Georg Ignaz Comp

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Georg Ignaz Komp, Bishop of Fulda (contemporary photo)
Coat of arms of the Bishop of Fulda 1894–1898

Georg Ignaz Komp (born June 5, 1828 in Hammelburg , † May 11, 1898 in Mainz ) was bishop in Fulda and appointed archbishop of Freiburg . He could not take up the latter office because he died shortly before taking office.

Life

Georg Ignaz Komp was born in Hammelburg in 1828. He was a nephew of the theologian Heinrich Komp . He studied in Bonn , Fulda and on Germanicum in Rome Catholic theology and received on 12 June 1853 in Rome , the ordination . After working as Dr. theol. et phil. had returned to Fulda, he worked in changing functions in the training of priests, from 1861 as the rain of the seminary. In addition, he was a member of the Fulda municipal council for the center , was active in Catholic associations and, from 1860, acted as superior of the Sisters of Mercy. In 1882 he became cathedral capitular .

In 1894 comp was made by Pope Leo XIII. appointed Bishop of Fulda . The Archbishop of Freiburg, Johannes Christian Roos , donated him his episcopal ordination on July 25, 1894 . During his two-year term of office, Komp made a particular contribution to the Fulda priest training.

After the death of Archbishop Roos on October 22, 1896, a difficult situation had arisen in the Archdiocese of Freiburg, because under the current state church law , the Baden state government had a say in the appointment of the archbishop. She rejected the auxiliary bishop Friedrich Justus Knecht , who was favored by the cathedral chapter . On March 21, 1898, Georg Ignaz Komp, who was almost 70 years old, was unanimously chosen as a compromise candidate. He went to Munich the following day to make the Apostolic Creed required for confirmation by the Pope in front of the Apostolic Nuncio .

The announcement of the appointment by Pope Leo XIII. took place on March 24, 1898. The inauguration with solemn enthronement and taking possession of the diocese was scheduled for May 12. It should be carried out by the Bishop of Mainz, Paul Leopold Haffner . So Komp stopped in Mainz to receive the pallium , spend the night and then travel on to Freiburg. Shortly after his arrival at the Episcopal Palace in Mainz , he suffered a stroke , immediately lost consciousness , was given the sacraments of death and died on May 11, 1898 at 1 am, without ever having entered “his” archdiocese and consequently without the office of archbishop to have started from Freiburg.

His final resting place is under the dome of the Fulda Cathedral in front of the Sturmius Altar.

The priest and composer Heinrich Fidelis Müller dedicated the composition Missa in honorem St. Bonifatii Episc to Georg Ignaz Komp . et Mart. for mixed choir op.19.

Episcopal coat of arms

The emblem shows: In fields 1 and 4 in white / silver a black cross, the coat of arms of the prince abbey of Fulda ( diocese of Fulda ). In field 2 quartered / split, field 1 in white / silver a black bar cross, the coat of arms of the diocese of Fulda, field 2 in red the six-spoke silver Mainz wheel , field 3 split and divided in front, above red / silver divided, below in white / silver , black bar cross, behind in red white / silver bar cross, the coat of arms of the Fuldaer Land, field 4 in red three white / silver tips ( Franconian rake ), the coat of arms of his home diocese of Würzburg . In field 3 in green on a black hill a silver fountain with a bowl, the family coat of arms.

Behind the shield is the bishop's cross, above it the green galero (bishop's hat ) with the six green tassels (fiocchi) hanging down.

Publications

literature

  • Christoph Schmider: The Freiburg bishops: 175 years of the Archdiocese of Freiburg. A story in pictures of life. Freiburg i. Br .: Herder Verlag, 2002. ISBN 3-451-27847-2 .

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Commons : Georg Ignaz Komp  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
predecessor Office successor
Joseph Weyland Bishop of Fulda
1894–1898 		Adalbert Endert
Johannes Christian Roos appointed Archbishop of Freiburg
1898–1898 		Thomas Nörber
personal data
SURNAME Comp, Georg Ignaz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bishop of Fulda and appointed Archbishop of Freiburg
DATE OF BIRTH June 5, 1828
PLACE OF BIRTH Hammelburg
DATE OF DEATH May 11, 1898
Place of death Mainz