Georg Wuschanski
Georg Wuschanski , Sorbian Jurij Łusčanski (born November 8, 1839 in Ostro ; † December 28, 1905 in Bautzen ), was titular bishop of Samos and apostolic vicar in the Saxon hereditary lands, apostolic prefect of the former diocese of Meissen in the margraviate of Upper Lusatia and was thus head of the two Catholic jurisdictions in Saxony (with Sachsen-Altenburg , Reuss older and younger line ) and dean of the Bautzen cathedral monastery .
Life
The Sorbe Jurij Łusčanski attended school in Bautzen and Prague and was a pupil of the Wendish seminary . Again in Prague, then later in Cologne , he completed his theology studies. He was ordained a priest in Breslau in 1866 and then worked for 11 years as a chaplain in Ralbitz and Bautzen. During his time as chaplain in Bautzen, Wuschanski also directed the Sorbian church newspaper Katolski Posoł . As a chaplain in Bautzen, Wuschanski campaigned for Sorbian lessons at the Catholic cathedral school. In the absence of suitable teachers, he soon gave Sorbian lessons in addition to religion.
From 1877 to 1894 he was President of the Wendish Seminary in Prague. Wuschanski was then elected as resident canon in the collegiate chapter of St. Petri in Bautzen . As a result of the severe illness of the Apostolic Prefect Ludwig Wahl , he represented him from 1900, initially as Dean's Administrator, from 1904 he replaced him regularly as Apostolic Prefect of Meissen in Upper Lusatia . As early as December 1903 he was appointed Vicar Apostolic of the Saxon Hereditary Lands in Dresden and Titular Bishop of Samos . Georg Wuschanski received his episcopal ordination on March 19, 1904 from Cardinal Georg von Kopp in Breslau . The prelate was an ex officio member of the first chamber of the Saxon state parliament from 1899 until his death .
Wuschanski was only able to exercise his new offices for just under two years. According to the obituary, he died suddenly of a heart attack in December 1905 and was buried in the Nikolaifriedhof in Bautzen. Georg Wuschanski has written some smaller works on the history of the Lusatian church and has also dealt intensively with the Sorbian language. Before he was elected dean, he was chairman of Maćica Serbska for several years . Together with Michał Hórnik , he translated the New Testament into Upper Sorbian . In this way, he decisively shaped the Catholic version of Upper Sorbian and contributed to the modernization and enrichment of the non-denominational form of Upper Sorbian written language that was developing at the time, and which is essentially still in use today. Wuschanski also wrote a catechism and a short history of the Wendish seminary.
Works
- Georg Wuschanski: The Wendish seminary St. Peter on the Lesser Town in Prague . Vienna 1893.
- Michał Hórnik u. Jurij Lusčanski (transl. And ed.): Nowy zakoń (New Testament). Budyšin 1896.
literature
- Heinrich Meier: The Apostolic Vicariate in the Saxon Hereditary Lands (studies on the Catholic diocese and monastery history 24). Leipzig 1981, pp. 135-140.
- Siegfried Seifert : Georg Wuschanski. (Short biography), In: Erwin Gatz (ed.): The bishops of the German-speaking countries 1785/1803 to 1945. A biographical lexicon. Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1983, ISBN 3-428-05447-4 , p. 827.
- A short necrology for Georg Wuschanski in Sorbian can be found in: Časopis Maćicy Serbskeje 58 (1905), pp. 138f.
- City of God: Obituary with picture, City of God , Illustrated by the Steyler Missionaries , year 1906, page 317
- The Holy Gospel of 1905
Web links
- Entry on Georg Wuschanski on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Memorial page for the 100th anniversary of death
Individual evidence
- ↑ Contemporary evidence of the vital dates
- ^ Josef Matzerath : Aspects of the Saxon State Parliament History - Presidents and Members of Parliament from 1833 to 1952 , Saxon State Parliament 2001, p. 53
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Ludwig Wahl |
Apostolic Prefect of Upper Lusatia initially as dean administrator (for Meissen's former diocesan area there) 1900–1905 |
Aloys Schäfer |
| Carl Maaz (as Provikar) |
Apostolic Vicar in the Saxon Hereditary Lands 1903–1905 |
Aloys Schäfer |
also Apostolic Prefecture Bautzen or Apostolic Prefecture of Lusatia
Johann Leisentrit | Gregor Leisentrit | Christoph von Blöbel | August Wiederin von Ottersbach | Gregor Kathmann von Maurugk | Johann Hasius von Lichtenfeld | Martin Saudrius von Sternfeld | Bernhard von Schrattenbach (deputy administrator) | Christophorus Johannes Reinheld von Reichenau | Peter Franz Longinus von Kieferberg | Martin Ferdinand Brückner von Brückenstein | Matthäus Johann Josef Vitzki | Martin Bernhard Just von Friedenfels | Johann Josef Ignaz Freyschlag von Schmidenthal | Jakob Wosky von Bärenstamm | Carl Lorenz Cardona | Martin Nugk von Lichtenhoff | Johann Joseph Schüller von Ehrenthal | Wenceslaus Kobalz | Franz Georg Lock | Ignaz Bernhard Mauermann | Matthew Kutschank | Joseph Dittrich | Ludwig Forwerk | Franz Bernert | Ludwig Wahl | Georg Wuschanski (Dean's Administrator) | Georg Wuschanski | Aloys Schäfer | Franz Löbmann | Jakub Skala (Administrator of the Prefecture)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wuschanski, Georg |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Łusčanski, Jurij |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dean of the Bautzen Cathedral Monastery, administrator of the Catholic jurisdictions in Saxony |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 8, 1839 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ostro |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 28, 1905 |
| Place of death | Bautzen |