Heinrich Tenhumberg

Heinrich Tenhumberg (1967)

Heinrich Tenhumberg (born June 4, 1915 in Lünten near Vreden ; † September 16, 1979 in Münster ) was a Roman Catholic clergyman and from 1969 to 1979 Bishop of Münster .

Life

He has been associated with the Schoenstatt Movement since he was a student . In 1936 he joined the academic Catholic student association Unitas -Eckhardia Freiburg. Heinrich Tenhumberg was ordained a priest on September 23, 1939 . From 1947 he was a member of the Schoenstatt Institute for Diocesan Priests .

On May 28, 1958, Pope Pius XII appointed him . as titular bishop of Thuburnica and auxiliary bishop in Münster. He was ordained a bishop on July 20, 1958, by the Bishop of Münster, Michael Keller . Co- consecrators were auxiliary bishop Heinrich Baaken and the bishop of Essen , Franz Hengsbach .

Heinrich Tenhumberg took part in all four sessions of the Second Vatican Council in Rome as a council father .

Grave of Bishop Heinrich Tenhumberg in Münster Cathedral

After Bishop Joseph Höffner was transferred to Cologne as coadjutor of Cardinal Josef Frings on January 6, 1969 , the cathedral chapter elected auxiliary bishop Tenhumberg as his successor. On July 7, 1969, the papal confirmation by Pope Paul VI followed. , on September 14, 1969 the inauguration.

From 1966 to 1969 Tenhumberg headed the Catholic Office in Bonn, the representation of the German bishops at the Bundestag and the federal government.

Bishop Tenhumberg adapted his diocese to the post-conciliar requirements and in 1973 divided it into regions, each of which was assigned an auxiliary bishop as regional bishop.

Tenhumberg's pastoral focus was on industrial pastoral care in Marl and pastoral care for refugees after the Second World War , the coordination of the lay apostolate and the leadership of the Catholic rural youth .

Tenhumberg's decision in 1975 to withdraw the church teaching permit from Horst Herrmann , then Münster professor of theology, was publicly controversial . this was the first case of this kind in the Federal Republic of Germany. [4]

Tenhumberg died after a serious illness on September 16, 1979 and was buried in the bishop's crypt in the west choir of the cathedral. Reinhard Lettmann was his successor in 1980 .

Bishop Heinrich Tenhumberg Foundation

In 1980 the Bischof-Heinrich-Tenhumberg-Foundation named after him was founded, the purpose of which is to support families and single parents in economic and social emergencies.

Fonts (selection)

"Tell me, Mr. Bishop ..." Heinrich Tenhumberg answers questions of faith and life. Butzon and Bercker, Kevelaer 1978, ISBN 3-7666-9030-2 .
A man for the future. Bishop Heinrich Tenhumberg on questions of justice, peace and the integrity of creation. Ikon-Verlags-GmbH, Lünen 1989, ISBN 3-927393-02-9 (collected lectures and articles in publications).
As auxiliary bishop at the council. Diary notes 1962–1965. Edited by Joachim Schmiedl . Aschendorff, Münster 2015, ISBN 978-3-402-13114-5 .

literature

Cathedral chapter of the diocese of Münster (ed.): Veni sancte spiritus. Bishop Heinrich Tenhumberg, 1915–1979. Contzen, Lünen 1979.
Wilhelm Damberg : Heinrich Tenhumberg (1915-1969). In: Jürgen Aretz , Rudolf Morsey , Anton Rauscher (Eds.): Contemporary history in life pictures. From the German Catholicism of the 19th and 20th centuries. Volume 9. Aschendorff, Münster 1999, ISBN 3-402-06120-1 , pp. 135-148.

References and footnotes

^ Joachim Schmiedl : Tenhumberg, Heinrich . In: Hubertus Brantzen (Ed.): Schoenstatt Lexicon: Facts - Ideas - Life . 2nd unchanged edition. Patris-Verlag, Vallendar 2002, ISBN 3-87620-195-0 , p. 388 ( moriah.de [accessed October 17, 2012]).
↑ Jürgen Kappel: Who was Heinrich Tenhumberg? In: Church + Life Network. Diocese of Münster, accessed on August 26, 2019 .
↑ The date of the episcopal ordination is wrong with “14. September 1969 ”; in fact, it is the date of his inauguration as Bishop of Munster. Since Heinrich Tenhumberg had already been auxiliary bishop for ten years when he became bishop of Münster, the correct date for the episcopal ordination should be July 20, 1958. (On the other hand, on the adjacent plate on the grave of Bishop Reinhard Lettmann, the date of episcopal ordination as auxiliary bishop and the year of inauguration as bishop of Münster are correctly distinguished.)
^ Günter Graf: Spread the freedom. (PDF; 2,532.14 kB) In: Church + Life. Diocese of Münster, May 31, 2015, accessed on September 23, 2019 .

Web links

Commons : Heinrich Tenhumberg - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Literature by and about Heinrich Tenhumberg in the catalog of the German National Library
Entry on Heinrich Tenhumberg on catholic-hierarchy.org

predecessor	Office	successor
Joseph Höffner	Bishop of Münster 1969–1979	Reinhard Lettmann

personal data
SURNAME	Tenhumberg, Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German clergyman, Bishop of Munster
DATE OF BIRTH	June 4, 1915
PLACE OF BIRTH	Lünten
DATE OF DEATH	16th September 1979
Place of death	Muenster

[1] Joachim Schmiedl : Tenhumberg, Heinrich . In: Hubertus Brantzen (Ed.): Schoenstatt Lexicon: Facts - Ideas - Life . 2nd unchanged edition. Patris-Verlag, Vallendar 2002, ISBN 3-87620-195-0 , p. 388 ( moriah.de [accessed October 17, 2012]).

[2] Jürgen Kappel: Who was Heinrich Tenhumberg? In: Church + Life Network. Diocese of Münster, accessed on August 26, 2019 .

[3] The date of the episcopal ordination is wrong with “14. September 1969 ”; in fact, it is the date of his inauguration as Bishop of Munster. Since Heinrich Tenhumberg had already been auxiliary bishop for ten years when he became bishop of Münster, the correct date for the episcopal ordination should be July 20, 1958. (On the other hand, on the adjacent plate on the grave of Bishop Reinhard Lettmann, the date of episcopal ordination as auxiliary bishop and the year of inauguration as bishop of Münster are correctly distinguished.)

[4] Günter Graf: Spread the freedom. (PDF; 2,532.14 kB) In: Church + Life. Diocese of Münster, May 31, 2015, accessed on September 23, 2019 .