Hugo Lang

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Hugo Lang OSB , baptized Adolph (born December 3, 1892 in Rottenburg an der Laaber , † June 1, 1967 in Munich ), was a Roman Catholic theologian, monk and abbot in the monastery of St. Boniface and Andechs .

biography

Adolph Lang attended the Theresien-Gymnasium in Munich and then the Gymnasium of the Benedictine Abbey of Metten , where he passed his Abitur in 1911. After graduating from high school, he entered the Benedictine Abbey of St. Boniface in Munich; when he was professed in 1912 he was given the religious name Hugo. He then studied philology and theology at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich and was ordained a priest in 1916. In 1925, he received his doctorate in theology at the Catholic Theological Faculty of the University of Munich. In 1951 he was elected abbot of the St. Boniface monastery. His successor as Abbot of St. Boniface was Odilo Lechner , who served as Abbot Coadjutor from 1964 until Hugo Lang's death in 1967.

From 1919 Hugo Lang worked as a religious teacher and student chaplain at Munich universities. From 1945 to 1952 he also worked as a radio preacher, which made him known to a larger audience. At the same time he got involved in the development of the adult education center from 1945. In 1946 he was appointed honorary professor at the University of Munich. From 1953 Hugo Lang also taught as a visiting professor at the University of Salzburg . Furthermore, Hugo Lang was a member of the board of the Institute for Reformation Research , which was founded in 1947 by Karl August Meißinger . He was also a member of the Bavarian Benedictine Academy, which he headed from 1954 to 1964 as abbot protector. In the summer semester of 1952, Lang became an honorary member of the KBSt.V. Rhaetia Munich . In the following year he also received honorary membership of the Catholic student association Rheno-Bavaria in the KV , whose members he had accompanied on retreats for decades.

Awards

Works (selection)

  • The teaching of St. Thomas Aquinas . From the certainty of the supernatural belief. Historically examined and systematically presented. Augsburg 1929. (Diss. Theol.)
  • The Vatican Council . His story told from within in Bishop Ullathorne's letters by Cuthbert Butler . Trans. And exp. by Hugo Lang, Munich 1933.
  • Liturgy for lay people. Augsburg 1935.
  • The historian as a prophet. Life and writings of Abbot Rupert Kornmann (1757–1817). Nuremberg 1947.

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predecessor Office successor
Bonifaz Woehrmüller Abbot of Sankt Bonifaz, Munich
1951–1967 		Odilo Lechner
personal data
SURNAME Lang, Hugo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lang, Adolph (baptismal name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Benedictine abbot and theologian
DATE OF BIRTH December 3, 1892
PLACE OF BIRTH Rottenburg an der Laaber
DATE OF DEATH June 1, 1967
Place of death Munich