Hermann equal

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Hermann Gleich (born September 10, 1815 in Laskowitz , † April 2, 1900 in Breslau ) was auxiliary bishop and vicar of the capitol of Breslau .

Life

Hermann Gleich was ordained a priest on September 30, 1838 in Breslau . After chaplain activities in Namslau and Oppeln , he worked as a pastor in Tillowitz from 1842 , where he was also archpriest and district school inspector . From 1851 he was pastor and from 1855 prince-bishop commissioner in Opole. There he founded a girls' education school, which was looked after by the poor school sisters. After he had become cathedral chapter in Breslau in 1862 , he held numerous offices. He was:

  • Council of the Vicariate General and the Secret Chancellery
  • Prosynodal examinator
  • Magister fabricae of the Kreuzkirche and
  • Curator of the Konvikt , the Convent of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd and the Lazarus Hospital

In 1875 Pope Pius IX appointed him . as titular bishop of Mallus and auxiliary bishop in Breslau . The episcopal ordination took of the Austrian diocese share emigrated Prince-Bishop Heinrich Förster on 21 September 1875 in Jauernig ago. Therefore, and because of the in Prussia ruling Kulturkampf DC was able to exercise his episcopal functions only secret. Nonetheless, after Förster's death, after Förster's death, he was appointed vicar of the capitol with the consent of the Prussian government in 1881 , after he had previously become cathedral dean .

The newly elected Bishop Robert Herzog appointed him vicar general in 1882 . From 1884 to 1894 he was President of the Consistory of the Second Instance and after the Duke's death in the period of the Sedis vacancy from 1886 to 1887 he was again Capitular Vicar. The newly elected Prince-Bishop Georg von Kopp reappointed him as Vicar General. He held this office until 1895.

Hermann Gleich achieved great merits with the re-establishment of the diocesan authorities (vicariate general, official office, secret chancellery), which were dissolved in the Kulturkampf in 1875. In addition to his numerous offices, he was also General President of the Vinzensverein from 1866 to 1896 . The Catholic Faculty of the University of Münster awarded him an honorary doctorate in 1883 .

literature

  • Bernhard Stasiewski: Hermann equal 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. 249 f.

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personal data
SURNAME In a moment, Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Auxiliary Bishop, Vicar General and Capitular Vicar of Wroclaw
DATE OF BIRTH September 10, 1815
PLACE OF BIRTH Laskowitz , Upper Silesia
DATE OF DEATH April 2, 1900
Place of death Wroclaw