Gregor von Scherr

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Archbishop Gregor von Scherr, ca.1860
Scherr's epitaph in the Frauenkirche in Munich, which he had redesigned in a neo-Gothic style
Gregor von Scherr as an active member of the Palatia

Gregor Scherr , since 1856 Ritter von Scherr , OSB , baptismal name Leonhard Andreas (born June 22, 1804 in Neunburg vorm Wald , † October 24, 1877 in Munich ) was abbot of the Benedictine monastery of Metten (1840-1856) and archbishop of Munich and Freising ( 1856-1877).

Life

Leonhard Andreas Scherr was the first child of the innkeeper Wolfgang Scherr and his wife Barbara, geb. Posl. His parents ran the inn "Zum Rössl" in the Neunburg suburb of Aign. There Scherr grew up with his three younger sisters and attended the local elementary school. In 1815 he went to Amberg , where he attended the preparatory study school and then the Progymnasium. A lack of diligence and health problems made it necessary to change schools, which is why Scherr transferred to the high school in Regensburg in autumn 1819 . There he stayed for four school years before he switched to the high school in Passau in 1823 , where he took the absolute exam in 1825.

In the fall of 1825, Scherr went to the University of Landshut to complete two philosophical semesters, which were required before starting the desired course of theology. He did not take part in the relocation of the Bavarian State University to Munich , but returned to Regensburg and from 1826 studied six semesters of theology at the local lyceum . During this time he became a member of the Corps Palatia Munich . In May 1828 he passed the exam that enabled him to enter the Regensburg clerical seminar . Formative figures of these years were Bishop Johann Michael Sailer , whom Scherr deeply revered and from whom he received the minor ordinations on December 18, 1828 , and Auxiliary Bishop Georg Michael Wittmann , who ordained him as a priest on August 4, 1829 as a representative of the sick Sailer . Scherr was immediately assigned his first assignment: Rimbach in the Deanery Cham , where he worked as a chaplain until 1832 .

At the end of October 1832 Scherr entered the Metten Monastery, which was only rebuilt in 1830. On December 29, 1833, he took the solemn religious vows as a Benedictine monk and was given the religious name Gregory, after Pope Gregory XVI. The young Metten convent had a variety of tasks to carry out in building other Benedictine monasteries, which King Ludwig I supported. In 1838 Scherr was involved in the rebuilding of the Scheyern Monastery , where he served briefly as its provisional director. On October 29, 1838, he was elected prior by his own convent in Metten . When the monastery was raised again to an abbey by Ludwig I in May 1840 , Scherr was appointed abbot. His canonical appointment took place on June 5, 1840 by the Regensburg bishop Franz Xaver Schwäbl . Scherr held the office until 1856.

In July 1855, the Augsburg bishop Peter von Richarz died and Scherr was traded as one of the successor candidates. Compared to King Maximilian II , he rejected this dignity, pointing to his inadequate theological qualifications. Although the king initially accepted this - Michael von Deinlein was appointed bishop of Augsburg - Maximilian II subsequently favored Scherr as archbishop of Munich and Freising. A new appointment was due here in 1855/56 after the Bavarian government had managed to withdraw the ultra-montane Archbishop Karl August von Reisach from Munich in long-term negotiations with the Curia . In December 1855 Reisach was appointed Curia Cardinal, on June 19, 1856 he finally renounced his Bavarian archbishopric. This cleared the way for Scherr, who resisted the appointment of a bishop, which was also made by Pope Pius IX. was supported, had given up. On August 3, 1856 he was in the Basilica of St. Boniface by the Munich nuncio Antonino Saverio De Luca bishop consecrated ; Co-consecrators were Passau bishop Heinrich von Hofstätter and Regensburg bishop Valentin von Riedel . After taking the oath before King Maximilian II on August 24, 1856, Scherr's enthronement as Archbishop of Munich and Freising took place on August 28, 1856 in the Cathedral of Our Lady . Scherr was to lead the archbishopric for 21 years.

Scherr took part in the 1st Vatican Council in 1869/70 , where he fought unsuccessfully against the dogmatization of papal infallibility . His last years in office were overshadowed by the disputes over the emergence of the Old Catholics and by the Kulturkampf . He tried in vain to persuade the Munich church historian Ignaz von Döllinger and his pupil Johann Friedrich to give in.

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Web links

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Remarks

  1. ^ Anton Landersdorfer: Gregor von Scherr (1804–1877). Munich 1995, pp. 14-19.
  2. ^ Anton Landersdorfer: Gregor von Scherr (1804–1877). Munich 1995, p. 18 f. and pp. 20-24.
  3. ^ Anton Landersdorfer: Gregor von Scherr (1804–1877). Munich 1995, p. 26 f. and pp. 31-37.
  4. ^ Anton Landersdorfer: Gregor von Scherr (1804–1877). Munich 1995, p. 103 f.
  5. ^ Anton Landersdorfer: Gregor von Scherr (1804–1877). Munich 1995, p. 112 and p. 129.
  6. ^ Anton Landersdorfer: Gregor von Scherr (1804–1877). Munich 1995, pp. 131-136.
predecessor Office successor
Karl August Graf von Reisach COA archbishop DE Scherr Gregor.png Archbishop of Munich and Freising
1856 - 1877 		Antonius von Steichele
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before the secularization Cölestin Stöckl 		Abbot of Metten Monastery
1840–1856 		Utto II. Lang
personal data
SURNAME Scherr, Gregor von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Scherr, Leonhard Andreas von; Scheer, Leonhard Andreas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Benedictine Abbot and Archbishop of Munich and Freising
DATE OF BIRTH June 22, 1804
PLACE OF BIRTH Neunburg vorm Wald
DATE OF DEATH October 24, 1877
Place of death Munich