Heinrich Leven

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Heinrich Leven SVD (* 13. June 1883 in Lank (Niederrhein), † 31 January 1953 in Steyl , Netherlands) was a Roman Catholic , as a missionary active clergyman . His highest offices were those of Vicar Apostolic of the Lesser Sunda Islands and Titular Bishop of Arca in Armenia .

Life

Heinrich Leven was born in Lank on the Lower Rhine in 1883 as the son of the main teacher there .

After school education and the decision to live in the service of the Catholic Church, he joined the Order of Steyler Missionaries ( Society of the Divine Word , Latin Societas Verbi Divini , SVD for short ) in 1906 , based in the Dutch border area. There he was ordained a priest in 1910.

As a first mission, Leven went to the German colony of Togo in 1911 . Because of the First World War , Leven was expelled from Togo by the British in 1917 and temporarily detained in London.

After his return to Germany Leven was temporarily, from 1918 to 1920, chaplain in his place of birth Lank and in the neighboring town of Gellep-Stratum , where he helped to build up the local church and community.

In 1920 Leven went on a mission trip again, this time to Dutch India (now Indonesia). There he played a major role at the mission school in Ende on Flores Island , one of the Lesser Sunda Islands in the Nusa Tenggara region . On April 25, 1933 (after the accidental death of his predecessor Arnold Verstraelen the previous year) Leven was appointed Vicar Apostolic of the Lesser Sunda Islands. At the same time he was named titular bishop of the historical diocese of Arca in Armenia in recognition of his services and to improve his position ; on November 12, 1933, he was officially ordained a bishop. Leven's work on Flores took place under the protection and support of the Christian ruler Pius Rassi Wanggé , Raja of Tanah Kunu Lima (Li'o) .

In 1950 Leven resigned from his episcopate. He returned to the mother house of his order in Steyl, where he died in 1953. He was buried in the St. Michael cemetery in Steyl .

Order founder

Bishop Leven founded a women's order on March 25, 1935 in Jopu, Ende, Flores with the name Congregatio Jesu Imitationis (CIJ); Today this community is active in Indonesia, East Timor and Italy with over 435 women religious in 20 dioceses and 62 communities.

Honors

Memorial plaque at the birthplace in Lank

A commemorative plaque was affixed to the birthplace of Heinrich Leven in Lank, which today belongs to Meerbusch .

A street is named after him in the Gellep Stratum , which is now part of Krefeld and where Leven was temporarily active as a priest.

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Works

  • The first Corpus Christi procession in Agome Palime (Togo) . In: Steyler Missionsbote 39: 9 (May 1912) pp. 137-138.
  • Opening of the local seminary on Flores . In: Steyler Missionsbote (1929/30) pp. 97/99.

literature

  • Leven, Heinrich , in: R. Streit - J. Dindinger: Bibliotheca Missionum , 19th volume: African Missionsliteratur , Herder, Freiburg 1954, p. 198.
  • Kurt Piskaty, The Catholic Mission School in Nusa Tenggara (Southeast Indonesia). Its historical development and its significance for missionary work , (Studia Institut: Missiologici Societatis Verbi Divini 5), Steyl 1964, XXIV + 277 pp.
  • Leven, Heinrich , in: Robert Streit, Johannes Dindinger - Continued by J. Rommerskirchen and J. Metzler (eds.): Bibliotheca missionum. Vol. 29, Indonesische Missionsliteratur , Herder, Freiburg 1973, pp. 72-73.
  • Wilhelm Toups: Bishop Heinrich Leven - Apostolic Vicar of the Lesser Sunda Islands . In: Meerbuscher history books . No. 13 , 1996, pp. 105-122 .
  • Enrico Kroes: Leven, Enrico , in: Dizionario degli Istituti Perfezione, vol. V. (Roma 1978) pp. 632-633.
  • Msgr. Heinrich Leven 1883–1953 , in: Johannes Fleckner, So were they. Divine Word Missionaries from 14 countries , Missionary Seminary: Sankt Augustin [2002] pp. 116–121.
  • Fr Alex Beding SVD: Mgr. H. Leven, SVD: Profile Seorang Uskup-Misionaris , Msgr . H. Leven : Profile of a missionary bishop (in Indonesian). Ende, Flores, Indonesia, Secretariat Provinsi SVD Ende, 1996, 117 pp.
  • Steenbrink, Karel, Catholics in Indonesia, 1808–1942 , KITLV Press - Brill: Leiden 2007, 2 vols.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Information board at the birthplace in Meerbusch-Lank-Latum ( photo )
  2. ↑ a b c d e f Bishop Heinrich Leven. The Hierarchy of the Catholic Church, accessed July 29, 2011 .
  3. ↑ a b Reinhard Feinendegen, Hans Vogt: Krefeld: the history of the city . Ed .: Jörg Engelbrecht. tape 4 . City of Krefeld, Krefeld 2003.
  4. ↑ a b c d Robert Streit: Bibliotheca missionum . Publications. International Institute for Research in Mission Studies. Ed .: Johannes Dindinger. No. 19 . Herder, 1951 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  5. ↑ Document No. 8472 . Letter from Nikolaus Blum to Eugenio Pacelli dated January 1, 1918. In: Critical online edition of Eugenio Pacelli's (1917–1929) Nunciature reports . ( Full text ).
  6. ↑ Kurt Piskaty: The Catholic Mission School in Nusa Tenggara (Southeast Indonesia), its historical development and its significance for missionary work . (= Studia Instituti Missiologici Societatis Verbi Divini , Volume 5). Ed .: Steyler Missionswissenschaftliches Institut Sankt Augustin. Steyler, 1964.
  7. ↑ letter uit de missie 30: Antoon van den Ende op Flores (1936-1949)
  8. ↑ a b Karel Steenbrink: The spectacular growth of a self confident minority, 1903-1942 . (= Catholics in Indonesia, 1808–1942: a documented history , Volume 2; = Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde, Volume 232). Ed .: Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde, Leiden. KITLV Press, 2007, ISBN 90-6718-260-5 .
  9. ↑ January Sihar Aritonang, Karel Brink Steen (eds.): A history of Christianity in Indonesia . (= Studies in Christian mission , Volume 35). Brill, 2008, ISBN 90-04-17026-X .
  10. ↑ Manfred Krause SVD: The cemetery of the mother house . (= Volume 2 from the series on the history of the Missionshaus St. Michael, Steyl ). Ed .: Steyler Missionaries . Steyl 2009 ( full text as PDF ).
  11. ↑ https://cijkomspirit.wordpress.com/sejarah/
  12. ↑ An Easter trip to Lank-Latum. Between the Rhine ferry and the Old Market. Neuss-Grevenbroicher Zeitung (NGZ Online), April 18, 2003, accessed on August 9, 2011 .
personal data
SURNAME Leven, Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German missionary and Roman Catholic bishop
DATE OF BIRTH June 13, 1883
PLACE OF BIRTH Lank (Lower Rhine)
DATE OF DEATH January 31, 1953
Place of death Steyl , Netherlands