Hubertus Brandenburg
Hubertus Brandenburg (born November 17, 1923 in Osnabrück ; † November 4, 2009 there ) was a Roman Catholic clergyman and bishop of Stockholm . Above all, he was regarded as "a man of balance and dialogue" and as an "outstanding personality for the Church in Sweden and all of Northern Europe".
Life
Hubertus Brandenburg was born on November 17, 1923 in Osnabrück as the son of the Chief Public Prosecutor Hermann Brandenburg (1868–1940) and his wife Carla Brandenburg, b. Freiin Spiegel von und zu Peckelsheim (1882–1967), born. He was a grandson of the Zentrum politician and member of the Reichstag, Carl Brandenburg , who, as Ludwig Windthorst's successor , represented the constituency of Meppen in the Reichstag from 1891 to 1902 . Brandenburg was obliged to do military service after graduating from high school in Osnabrück Carolinum . As a marine, he made it to the speedboat commander. His assignment took him to Tromsø in Northern Norway. He served in the same flotilla as the later Protestant regional bishop Eduard Lohse , with whom he later became significantly involved in ecumenism .
After the end of the war, Brandenburg first studied law and economics in Münster . He then switched to the Catholic Theological Faculty of the Westphalian Wilhelms University of Münster . Brandenburg had been a member of the Catholic student associations KDSt.V. since 1946 . Sauerlandia Münster and AV Widukind Osnabrück in the CV . He was a member of the Carolingerbund and in the Carolini Curatorium of his old school.
On December 20, 1952, Brandenburg was ordained a priest in St. Peter's Cathedral in Osnabrück. He was chaplain at St. Antonius in Hamburg-Winterhude . Having 1955-1958 at the Pontifical Gregorian University had studied in Rome, he was at Gustav Gundlach SJ with the work - "Caritas and welfare foundations for their cooperation" to the doctor of theology doctorate . From 1958 he was youth pastor in the Diocese of Osnabrück. In 1967 he was appointed cathedral capitular , then appointed finance director in Osnabrück.
In 1972 he was appointed Knight of the Order of Knights of the Holy Sepulcher by Cardinal Grand Master Eugène Cardinal Tisserant and invested on May 13, 1972 by Lorenz Cardinal Jaeger , Grand Prior of the German Lieutenancy , and Hermann Josef Abs , Lieutenant in Germany. He was Commander with the Star of the Order. He was a member of the German Association of the Holy Land and was involved in numerous social projects in the Holy Land .
In 1974 he was appointed by Pope Paul VI. appointed auxiliary bishop in the Diocese of Osnabrück and titular bishop of Strathernia . The episcopal ordination received his Helmut Hermann Wittler on 26 January 1975; Co-consecrators were the Curia Bishop and President of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications , Andrzej Maria Deskur , and the Osnabrück Auxiliary Bishop Johannes von Rudloff . In 1976 Brandenburg became an honorary conventual chaplain of the Sovereign Order of Malta .
In 1977 Paul VI appointed him. to the Bishop of Stockholm . For many years he was deputy chairman of the Nordic Bishops' Conference .
On the occasion of his 75th birthday, Pope John Paul II accepted Brandenburg's resignation due to reasons of age. Brandenburg first lived in Helsingborg before returning to his hometown Osnabrück. He died after a long illness on November 4th, 2009 at the age of 85 and was buried on November 14th in the bishop's crypt in Osnabrück Cathedral .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ a b “A man of balance and dialogue” , Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung , November 6, 2009
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| John Edward Taylor OMI |
Bishop of Stockholm 1977–1998 |
Cardinal Arborelius OCD is different |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Brandenburg, Hubertus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Brandenburg, Hubert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Catholic Bishop of Stockholm |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 17, 1923 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Osnabrück |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 4, 2009 |
| Place of death | Osnabrück |