Hilarius Breitinger

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Hilarius Breitinger (born June 7, 1907 as Lorenz Breitinger in Glattbach near Aschaffenburg, † August 23, 1994 in the Maria Eck monastery in Bavaria) was a German Franciscan minorite .

biography

From 1922 Hilarius Breitinger was a student at the St. Valentin Franciscan Seminary in Würzburg, where he then studied Catholic theology. On March 18, 1932, he took his religious vows in Würzburg , and on July 31, 1932, he was ordained a priest there. As a Franciscan minor , he was sent to Posen as a German chaplain in 1934 as a replacement for Father Venantius Kempf, who had been expelled from Poland . In 1939 he was abducted along with many other Germans. In view of the anti-church policy in the Warthegau and the flight, Cardinal August Hlonds was installed in Posen as Apostolic Administrator . Breitinger acted as his representative, after his resignation the Pope transferred this office to him in 1942.

In January 1945 Breitinger fled to the West, where he was deployed in the People's Mission. In 1946 he made an unsuccessful attempt to establish a branch in Tauberbischofsheim . From 1947 to 1953 he was guardian in Würzburg and also exercised this function in the Maria Eck monastery from 1953 to 1959. He then became a hospital chaplain and rector of the Antonius Seminary in Vienna. From 1964 to 1972 he was Provincial of the Austrian Province. In 1972 Breitinger became Guardian and City Pastor in Graz and from 1978 until his death he was procurator of the pilgrimage pastoral care in Maria Eck and a member of the local convent.

literature

  • Martin Sprungala: Father Hilarius Breitinger (1907–1994). In: Yearbook Weichsel-Warthe. Wiesbaden 2008.

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personal data
SURNAME Breitinger, Hilarius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Breitinger, Lorenz (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Minorite Father
DATE OF BIRTH June 7, 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH Glattbach
DATE OF DEATH 23rd August 1994
Place of death Maria Eck monastery