Hugo Aufderbeck

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Coat of arms of the Apostolic Administrator of the Episcopal Office of Erfurt-Meiningen

Hugo Aufderbeck (born March 23, 1909 in Hellefeld ; † January 17, 1981 in Erfurt ) was a Roman Catholic theologian as well as a bishop and apostolic administrator in the Episcopal Office of Erfurt-Meiningen .

Life

Hugo Aufderbeck was born in Hellefeld in the Sauerland (Arnsberg district). He grew up in the Catholic milieu of the Sauerland . After attending primary school in Hellefeld and one year of Latin lessons with his vicar Josef Brill († 1974), he moved to the Quarta at the Laurentianum humanistic grammar school in Arnsberg and to the Untersekunda in Paderborn, where he lived in the Archbishopric Knabenkonvikt ( Seminarium Liborianum ), the attended state high school Theodorianum and passed the Abitur on March 8, 1930. He then entered the Paderborn Leokonvikt and completed his theology studies at the Archbishop's Academy in Paderborn, the two free semesters from 1932 to 1933 in Vienna and Munich. After completing his training in the Paderborn seminary (1934–1936), he was ordained a priest on March 28, 1936 in the High Cathedral of Paderborn by Archbishop Caspar Klein (1865–1941).

After being ordained a priest , Aufderbeck was initially a religion teacher at the Gelsenkirchen Aloysianum Lyceum of the Nonnenwerther Franciscan Sisters . In 1937 he began studying teaching at secondary schools at the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster . But he had to stop this when the Aloysianum was closed in 1938 under National Socialist pressure. Aufderbeck then moved to the eastern part of the Archdiocese of Paderborn ( Archbishop's Commissariat Magdeburg ) and became vicar at the provost parish of St. Francis and Elisabeth in Halle (Saale) . In the same year he was also given the pastoral care of students, since 1947 with the title of student pastor , in the university town, and in 1942 the parish vicarie in Halle-Ost ( Büschdorf ). In 1940 the parish priest ordered the pastoral care of Reserve Hospital II in Halle. He had already built up a "soldiers' group" since September 1939, in which soldiers of all ranks met regularly, who maintained extensive correspondence by field post and until his last meeting in the Several thousand soldiers passed through Holy Week 1945. Suspected by the Gestapo , harassed with house searches and interrogations, the end of the war saved Aufderbeck from arrest and punishment.

Aufderbeck maintained contacts with the resistance group around Theodor Lieser , who was appointed Lord Mayor of Halle in 1945 by the American occupation. Aufderbeck was mainly involved in the field of youth work in the upheavals, which at first seemed democratic even under the advancing Soviet occupation. He became a member of the "Educational Advisory Board for Young People at Risk" and the "Advisory Board for Public Youth Welfare ". He was a Catholic representative in the liaison office between the FDJ and church youth work and was appointed permanent representative of the Archbishop's Commissariat at the “Youth Office of the Province of Saxony ” by the Archbishop's Commissioner in Magdeburg, who later became Bishop Wilhelm Weskamm (1891–1956) . In view of the increasing conformity of the FDJ as well as the entire public youth work with the politics of the SED , these contacts were soon given up again.

In 1948 Aufderbeck was commissioned by Weskamm to set up and manage the pastoral care office for the commissioner's office. In view of the rapidly advancing and increasingly stabilizing political-state division of Germany, Aufderbeck tried, in close cooperation with Weskamm and his successor Friedrich Maria Rintelen (1899–1988), to build up independent church structures and to conceive specific ways and means in pastoral care . In this way he gained importance for the Catholic Church in the German Democratic Republic beyond his narrower area of ​​office . Particularly noteworthy are Aufderbeck's efforts for liturgical renewal, the priestless services on the outstations with communion giving by lay people ( communion celebrations ) as well as the "arming" of priests and believers to deal with communist ideology.

In 1951, under the leadership of Aufderbeck, the working group of pastoral leaders and clerks was established in the Konrad-Martin-Bildungshaus Bad Kösen as the most important instrument for the development of pastoral care in the area of ​​the German Democratic Republic. In this half-yearly meeting, the most important pastoral concepts were developed, materials were developed, events were prepared, pastoral letters for the Berlin Ordinarienkonferenz were conceived or structural institutions such as the so-called language course in Halle / Saale (1951), the Magdeburg late- professions seminar Norbertuswerk (1952) or the seminar for religious lay education launched in Görlitz (1952). As head of the Magdeburg pastoral care office, Aufderbeck developed an intensive educational work for priests and laypeople far beyond the area of ​​the commissariat and made extensive materials available for pastoral care. Not least because of Aufderbeck's influential figure, the pastoral work of the Catholic Church in the German Democratic Republic between 1948 and 1962 was significantly influenced by the Magdeburg Commissariat.

In 1952, Aufderbeck headed the newly opened seminary on the Huysburg near Halberstadt for a few weeks because Bruno Löwenberg (1907–1994) , who had been appointed Regens, had initially not received a residence permit for the German Democratic Republic. Later Aufderbeck gave lectures there in dogmatics , fundamental theology and pastoral care, as well as in the Magdeburg pastoral assistant seminar in dogmatics and church history . At the end of the 1950s, Aufderbeck wrote a pastoral handout "The Hour of the Church", in which he took a comprehensive pastoral theological approach, at the suggestion, perhaps also on behalf of the Berlin Cardinal Julius Döpfner (1913–1976), who later became Archbishop of Munich and Freising preceded by a detailed analysis of the ideology of Marxism-Leninism and its materialistic and atheistic implications. Although this could only be printed under a pseudonym and as a manuscript in 1961 and had to be illegally imported into the German Democratic Republic in order to be distributed among the clergy there, it was very effective in all jurisdictions, as a large part of the clergy for the first time with the theoretical foundations of the prevailing ideology and possible approaches to a countermeasure.

Aufderbeck has been a member of the Liturgical Commission at the Fulda Bishops' Conference since 1955 and of the Conference of German-speaking Pastoral Theologians since 1960. In 1956, at the invitation of the Trier Liturgical Institute , he took part in the First International Pastoral Liturgical Congress in Assisi . In 1958 he was appointed papal secret chamberlain and in 1959 papal house prelate. On June 19, 1962, Pope John XXIII appointed him . as titular bishop of Arca in Phenicia and auxiliary bishop of Fulda , based in Erfurt. He received the episcopal ordination on September 5, 1962 in Erfurt by the Berlin Archbishop and later Cardinal Alfred Bengsch (1921–1979), co-consecrators were Bishop Josef Freusberg (titular bishop of Hadrianopolis in Epiro and auxiliary bishop of Fulda) and Bishop Friedrich Maria Heinrich Rintelen (titular bishop by Chusira and Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn).

Aufderbeck initially worked in Erfurt as the second auxiliary bishop on the side of Joseph Freusberg (1881–1964). After his death in 1964 he became vicar general for the Thuringian part of the Fulda diocese based in Erfurt, provost and director of the spiritual court in Erfurt. In connection with the increasing willingness of Pope Paul VI. To give in to the state pressure for an identity of state and church borders through a step-by-step independence of the jurisdictions in the German Democratic Republic, Aufderbeck became on July 20, 1973 the apostolic administrator for the parts of the dioceses of Fulda and on the territory of the former German Democratic Republic Würzburg, now the episcopal office of Erfurt-Meiningen , appointed. As a member of the Berlin Ordinarien-, since 1976 Bishops' Conference , he took over the chairmanship of the Liturgy Commission in 1971 ; at the same time he became a member of the International Working Group of Liturgical Commissions in the German-speaking area. With Karl Ebert (1916–1974), Joachim Meisner (1933–2017), who later became Bishop of Berlin, Cardinal and finally Archbishop of Cologne, and Joachim Wanke (* 1941), who succeeded him as Bishop in Erfurt in 1981, received Aufderbeck Auxiliary bishops.

Aufderbeck participated in the Second Vatican Council since the second session . As a member of a sub-commission headed by Cardinal Franz König (1905–2004) from Vienna , he worked, among other things, on the text on the “atheism problem” of the pastoral constitution Gaudium et Spes . Together with 39 other bishops, Aufderbeck was one of the first signatories of the so-called Catacomb Pact . This pact included a vow by the bishops to live and work with dedication and humility as servants of a "Church of the Poor." An important result of Aufderbeck's participation in the Council from then on were the intensive contacts with the universal church, which under the conditions in the German Democratic Republic was anything but a matter of course to maintain. At the joint pastoral synod of the jurisdictions in the German Democratic Republic, which met in Dresden from 1973 to 1975, Aufderbeck, as a member of Expert Commission 1 (Faith Today), contributed to making the results of the council fruitful for the Catholics in the German Democratic Republic.

In Erfurt Aufderbeck built on his Magdeburg work by trying to organize a well-planned and efficient pastoral work, especially through the restructuring of the pastoral office. Two pastoral congresses in 1972 and 1979 under Aufderbeck became milestones of pastoral care in the area of ​​the Episcopal Office Erfurt-Meiningen. Through priestly convents and priestly weeks he endeavored to gather and bring together the scattered confreres, through the great pilgrimages to Klüschen Hagis ( Eichsfeld ), to Kerbschen Berg (Eichsfeld) and to Erfurt Mariendom . The (endangered) public of pilgrimage sermons used Aufderbeck as well as the confirmed sermons in the parishes for fundamental preaching, which often clearly dealt with the conditions of the surrounding ideological diaspora. He gave special attention to children, the sick, the disabled and the elderly.

In turn, Aufderbeck passed on the material aid received from the West German mother dioceses to the churches in neighboring countries to the east. In Erfurt (secretly) Czech theologians were trained and ordained priests by Aufderbeck. Aufderbeck recognized the importance of ecumenical contacts for the dioceses in the German Democratic Republic in particular; his efforts in this regard were confirmed and encouraged by the council. In this regard, the highlights of his tenure were in 1974 the celebration of a service with the primate of the Anglican Church of England , Archbishop of Canterbury Michael Ramsey (1904–1988), in Erfurt's Mariendom and in 1980 an encounter with the Protestant provost Heino Falcke (* 1929) and the prior of Taizé, Roger Schütz (1915–2005), on the occasion of the youth pilgrimage on the Erfurt cathedral steps. On November 19, 1974, Aufderbeck was able to celebrate a Holy Mass in the Elisabeth Chapel of the Wartburg near Eisenach for the first time since the Reformation, with the consent of the Protestant regional bishop Ingo Braecklein .

Aufderbeck had known about his incurable cancer since 1977. On December 15, 1980 he signed the last version of his will. He died on January 17, 1981 in the Erfurt Catholic Hospital “St. Johann Nepomuk ” and was buried in the atrium of the cathedral cloister.

Episcopal coat of arms

The coat of arms divided, split at the top shows a golden cross in front in red, the diocese coat of arms of the Archdiocese of Paderborn (home diocese ), in the back in green, a six-spoke, white / silver wheel ( Mainz wheel ), below in blue and white / silver St. Martin on horse , sharing his cloak with the beggar.

Behind the shield is the bishop's cross, above it the green galero (bishop's hat ) with the six green tassels (fiocchi) hanging down.

His motto In Tribulatione et Regno et Patientia - Your brother in tribulation, in the kingdom of God and in steadfastness ( Rev 1.9  EU )

Fonts (selection)

  • as editor with Hermann Gabriel, Johannes Kollwitz , Hans Werner Schade and Alfons Theele: Pascha Domini. The celebration of the Easter secrets. Archbishop's Commission, t Magdeburg 1948.
  • with Heinrich Theissing I am with you. Catholic house booklet for the diaspora. St. Benno-Verlag, Leipzig 1953 (2nd edition, ibid 1954).
  • as editor: Pastoral catechetical booklets. No. 1-62, 1954-1979, ZDB ID 1143242-1 .
  • The introduction of the school child to the Easter secrets. In: Liturgical Yearbook. Vol. 8, 1958, ISSN  0024-5100 , pp. 35-39.
  • Two sketches for a missionary proclamation. In: Liturgical Yearbook. Vol. 8, 1958, pp. 118-127.
  • The celebration of the forty and fifty days. A work book. St. Benno-Verlag, Leipzig 1958 (2nd edition, ibid 1960).
  • Diaspora pastoral care. In: Lexicon for Theology and Church. Volume 3: Colet to Faistenberger. 2nd, completely revised edition. Herder, Freiburg (Breisgau) 1959, column 347 f.
  • Church formation from the word of God. In: Pastoral catechetical booklets. Vol. 9, 1959, ZDB -ID 1143242-1 , pp. 99-107 (2nd edition. 1960).
  • Shouts and shouts in the celebration of the Eucharist. Sketches. In: Liturgical Yearbook. Vol. 11, 1961, pp. 180-185.
  • Rector Christian Hammerschmidt (pseud. For Hugo Aufderbeck): The hour of the church or all times are times of the Lord. A handout on pastoral care. o. Vlg., o. O. o. J. [1961].
  • as editor: Pastoral Essays. 7 volumes (Vol. 1: Aedificare. 1964; Vol. 2: Congregare. 1965; Vol. 3: Plantare. 1966; Vol. 4: Adunare. 1968; Vol. 5: Illuminare. 1972; Vol. 6: Confirmare. 1974 ; Vol. 7: Sperare. 1979). St. Benno-Verlag, Leipzig 1964–1979.
  • "Sunday station service" - prayer and word service on outstations. Basic ideas of a working group. In: Walter Krawinkel (Ed.): Pastoral Liturgy. Lectures, sermons and reports from the Liturgical Congress Berlin 1965. St. Benno-Verlag, Leipzig 1965, pp. 148–151.
  • The spiritual hour. A way to form the community core (= series of publications for contemporary pastoral care. Vol. 5, ZDB -ID 1473575-1 ). Pastoral care publishing house, Freiburg (Breisgau) 1968.
  • The liturgical assembly in the diaspora. In: Concilium. (German edition), Vol. 2, 1966, ISSN  0588-9804 , pp. 114-116.
  • The common work. A workbook on pastoral care on the occasion of Hugo Aufderbeck's 60th birthday. From his essays, sermons and other publications. Edited by Walter Hentrich on behalf of the Episcopal Pastoral Office in Erfurt. St. Benno-Verlag et al., Leipzig et al. 1969.
  • Church as an assembly. Ten pastoral theses. In: Liturgical Yearbook. Vol. 19, 1969. pp. 65-78.
  • The common work. Thoughts on the bishop, priesthood, and ward. Pustetet, Regensburg 1972.
  • Station services. Developed and published with a working group. St. Benno-Verlag et al., Leipzig et al. 1972.
  • Sunday service without a priest. In: Theodor Maas-Ewerd , Klemens Richter (ed.): Community in the Lord's Meal. On the practice of mass celebrations (= pastoral liturgical series in connection with the magazine “Gottesdienst”. Vol. 1). Herder et al., Freiburg (Breisgau) et al. 1976, ISBN 3-451-17518-5 , pp. 91-96.
  • Church in the Diaspora - Ghetto or Mission? Notes on the theology of the diaspora. In: Living Witness. Vol. 32, No. 3, 1977, ISSN  0023-9941 , pp. 5-20.
  • Letters that you are waiting for. A bishop to the old and the sick. Verlag Styria, Graz et al. 1979, ISBN 3-222-11233-9 .
  • Station service. Communion celebration. Texts for Sunday services without priests in the diaspora outstations. St. Benno-Verlag et al., Leipzig et al. 1979.
  • People of God on the way. Letters, meditations, speeches and sermons. For the 70th birthday. Selected and edited by Elfride Kiel. St. Benno-Verlag, Leipzig 1979 (2nd, modified and supplemented edition. Ibid 1981).
  • Word worship. Communion celebrations on Sunday. Verlag Styria, Graz et al. 1979, ISBN 3-222-11146-4 .
  • Empty hands prayers. 7 days with God. Bergmoser + Höller, Aachen 1988. ISBN 3-88997-019-2 .

literature

  • Elfriede Kiel (edit.): People of God on the way. Letters, meditations, speeches and sermons from Bishop Hugo Aufderbeck and From his life and death , Leipzig 1979, ²1981.
  • Helga Mondschein: Bishop Hugo Aufderbeck. Life certificate , Heiligenstadt 1996. ISBN 3-929413-32-9 .
  • Clemens Brodkorb: Hugo Aufderbeck (1909-81). In: Theologie und Glaube 88 (1998) pp. 145–169.
  • Clemens Brodkorb: The relations between state and church in the Episcopal Office Erfurt-Meiningen under Bishop Hugo Aufderbeck 1962-1981. In: Archive for Middle Rhine Church History 51 (1999) pp. 263–320.
  • Clemens Brodkorb: brother and companion in distress, Hugo Aufderbeck as pastoral care director in Magdeburg. On the pastoral foundation of a "Church in the Soviet Zone / GDR" (= publications on the history of the Central German Church Province 18) , Paderborn 2002. ISBN 3-89710-111-4
  • Clemens Brodkorb: Aufderbeck, Hugo (1909-1981). In: Erwin Gatz (ed.), With the collaboration of Franz Xaver Bischof a. a .: The bishops of the German-speaking countries 1945 to 2001. A biographical lexicon. Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-428-10684-9 , pp. 176-180.
  • Clemens Brodkorb: Aufderbeck, Hugo. In: Guido Heinrich, Gunter Schandera (ed.): Magdeburg Biographical Lexicon 19th and 20th centuries. Biographical lexicon for the state capital Magdeburg and the districts of Bördekreis, Jerichower Land, Ohrekreis and Schönebeck. Scriptum, Magdeburg 2002, ISBN 3-933046-49-1 , p. 19 f.
  • Clemens Brodkorb, The Hour of the Church. Church in the GDR - a pastoral theological approach. In: Geist und Leben 75/2, March / April 2002, pp. 142–153.
  • Clemens Brodkorb, justification and establishment of a Central German diaspora pastoral care. On Hugo Aufderbeck's pastoral theological approach. In: Catholic Church in SBZ and GDR, ed. v. Christoph Kösters / Wolfgang Tischner, Paderborn et al. 2005, pp. 195–217.
  • Clemens Brodkorb, Hugo Aufderbeck as a religion teacher in Gelsenkirchen. Apprenticeship years of an Erfurt bishop. In: Yearbook for Central German Church and Order History 1 (2005) pp. 120–126.
  • Josef Pilvousek / Elisabeth Preuß (eds.): Hugo Aufderbeck. 1909-1981 , Heiligenstadt 2009. ISBN 978-3-939848-19-6
  • Clemens Brodkorb / Michael Schmitt: brother and companion in distress. On the 100th birthday of Bishop Hugo Aufderbeck , Paderborn 2002. ISBN 978-3-89710-442-6
  • Johannes Kreuzenbeck:  Aufderbeck, Hugo. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 30, Bautz, Nordhausen 2009, ISBN 978-3-88309-478-6 , Sp. 66-69.
  • Clemens Brodkorb:  Aufderbeck, Hugo . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 1. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .

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