Fritz Bornemann (religious priest)
Fritz Bornemann SVD (born August 29, 1905 in Dortmund , † April 8, 1993 in Steyl ) was a German theologian and Steyler missionary .
Life
After graduating from high school in Steyl in 1925, he joined the Societas Verbi Divini and the seminary in Sankt Augustin on September 8, 1925. After the first vows on September 8, 1927, the perpetual vow on October 26, 1930 he received in Rome the priestly ordination on 25 October 1931. He taught from 1932 to 1934 in Sankt Augustin and Thomas Apoloketik reading. In Mission St. Gabriel dwelling he studied from 1934 to 1937 at the University of Vienna Ethnology. After completing his doctorate The Constancy of Culture in Cultural and Historical Ethnology in Vienna in 1937 , he taught at the Fu-Jen University in Beijing from 1940 to 1946 . In 1946 he traveled to New York City and Chicago to study ethnological literature on the Philippines. In 1948 he was appointed editor of the Anthropos magazine and head of the Anthropos Institute. From autumn 1958 he conducted research as a historian of the Steyler Mission in Rome.
Fonts (selection)
- Missionary in New Guinea. P. Karl Morschheuser SVD, 1904–1934 . Mödling 1938, OCLC 1068994057 .
- Ars sacra Pekinensis. Sino-Christian painting at the Catholic University (Fu Jen) in Beijing . Mödling 1950, OCLC 73270149 .
- Blessed P. J. Freinademetz 1852–1908. A Divine Word China missionary based on contemporary sources . Rome 1976, OCLC 1073743276 .
- P. Wilhelm Schmidt SVD, 1868-1954 . Rome 1982, OCLC 29250510 .
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| SURNAME | Bornemann, Fritz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German theologian and Steyler missionary |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 29, 1905 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dortmund |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 8, 1993 |
| Place of death | Steyl |