Georg Weig

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Bishop Georg Weig (around 1935)

Georg Weig , SVD (Chinese name: Wei Changlu) (born December 14, 1883 in Beratzhausen ; † October 3, 1941 in Qingdao ) was a German Roman Catholic Bishop and Apostolic Administrator of Qingdao in China .

Life

Gravestone for Georg Weig in St. Michaels Cathedral

Georg Weig entered the order of the Steyler Missionaries on October 31, 1906 . He was ordained a priest on February 10, 1907. On March 18, 1925 he was appointed Apostolic Prefect of the newly established Apostolic Prefecture of Qingdao , the former German Tsingtao . With the elevation of the prefecture to the Apostolic Vicariate , Weig was appointed Apostolic Vicar and at the same time titular Bishop of Antandrus on June 15, 1928 . On September 23, 1928, he received the episcopal ordination by the Apostolic Delegate for China and later Cardinal Celso Costantini . The coconecrator was the Vicar Apostolic of Southern Shantung , Augustin Henninghaus SVD.

During his tenure, St. Michael's Cathedral was built and consecrated on October 28, 1934, where he was also buried. The cathedral was damaged by the Red Guard during the Cultural Revolution, but was able to reopen in 1981. He was succeeded on November 10, 1942 by the later Cardinal Thomas Tien Ken-sin .

Commemoration

  • The inscription above his grave, in both Chinese and Latin, reads:

“Dormit in Christo
Exellentia Dominus
Georg Weig SVD Primus Vicarius Apostolicus de Tsingtao.
Qui hanc ecclesiam a primus episcopatus sui annis miro animi vigore exstruendam navabat eamque S. Michaeli principi militiae caelestis dedicans die 28.X.1934 sollemniter consecravit.
Exstitit vigilans fidelium pastor animarium juventutis sudiosae assiduus fautor. Missionariorum suorum dux prudens providusque pater.
Natus 14.XII.1883 Sacepdos ordinatus 10.II.1907. Episcopus consecratus 23.IX.1926 Piissime Obdormivit in Domino 3.X.1941 RIP "

  • There is also a memorial plaque on the house where he was born in Beratzhausen, commemorating Georg Weig.

literature

  • Erich Bauer: Georg Weig - Bishop of Tsingtao: an Upper Palatinate in China. Beratzhausen market 1995. Zugl. Regensburg, Univ., Diploma thesis 1982. (biography).

Web links

Commons : Georg Weig  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Franz Xaver Staudigl: Local history dictionary of the Beratzhausen market. Markt Beratzhausen, Beratzhausen 1996, p. 50.
personal data
SURNAME Weig, Georg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wei Changlu
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Bishop of the Roman Catholic Church
DATE OF BIRTH December 14, 1883
PLACE OF BIRTH Beratzhausen
DATE OF DEATH October 3, 1941
Place of death Qingdao