Heinrich Ewers
Heinrich Ewers (born February 18, 1906 in Beuthen (Upper Silesia) , † August 12, 1992 in Paderborn ) was a German theologian , canonist and judge at the Roman Rota .
Life
Heinrich Ewers graduated from high school in Minden in Westphalia in 1927 . He then studied law at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg as well as at the Université de Bourgogne Dijon , at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster . In 1934 he received his doctorate from the Friedrich Alexander University in Erlangen .
In May 1934 Heinrich Ewers began studying Catholic theology in Paderborn as a candidate for the priesthood . On May 2, 1940 he received in Paderborn Cathedral by the then Archbishop Caspar Klein the priesthood . After stays as a cooperator in Bernburg (Saale) and Anröchte , he moved to the Archbishop's Office in Paderborn in November 1945 , and later to the Archbishop's Office .
In 1948 he began further studies in canon law at the Canonical Institute of the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich , where he received his doctorate in canon law in July 1951 with summa cum laude . Ewers was Dr. iur. utr. ( Doctor iuris utriusque ), so doctor "both rights" (secular and ecclesiastical law).
Ewers returned to the Paderborn officials as an instructing judge. From 1955 he was also a lecturer at the Paderborn seminary .
On August 3, 1956 Ewers was by Pope Pius XII. Appointed judge at the Holy Roman Rota , where he served for over 25 years. In 1961 he was appointed by Pope John XXIII. appointed consultor at the Council Congregation (from 1967 Congregation for the Clergy ). He held this office until February 1989. In 1969 Ewers also became a judge at the civil Vatican Court of Appeal, where he was president from 1978. From 1978 to 1982 he was the longest serving judge at the Rota Dean and was thus primus inter pares at the head of the court. This made him the highest-ranking German church judge in recent times.
In 1983 Ewers received the Grand Cross of Merit with Star of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany from the then Federal President Karl Carstens .
Heinrich Ewers had been a member of the Catholic student association KDSt.V. since 1927. Wildenstein Freiburg im Breisgau in the Cartell Association (CV) .
Individual evidence
literature
- Stefan Killermann: Ewers, Heinrich. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 26, Bautz, Nordhausen 2006, ISBN 3-88309-354-8 , Sp. 289-298.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ewers, Heinrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German theologian, canonist and judge at the Roman Rota |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 18, 1906 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Beuthen (Upper Silesia) |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 12, 1992 |
| Place of death | Paderborn |