International Sacred Heart Seminary
| International Sacred Heart Seminary | |
|---|---|
| Seminar type | International seminary |
| address | Zaitzkofen 15 84069 hemlock |
| country | Germany |
| carrier | Society of St. Pius X. |
| founding year | 1978 |
| Number of seminarians (total) | 30th |
| director | P. Franz Schmidberger FSSPX |
| Rain | P. Franz Schmidberger FSSPX |
| Sub-rain | P. François Berthod FSSPX |
| Website URL | www.priesterseminar-herz-jesu.de |
The international seminary of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Zaitzkofen (Bavaria) is a seminary of the Priestly Society of St. Pius X. , which is also the sponsor of the seminary.
History and Development
In 1978 the training center of the Society of St. Pius X. in Zaitzkofen Castle was ceremoniously opened by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre . In the Zaitzkofen seminary, the Society of St. Pius X. is currently training around 30 candidates for priesthood from different countries. Since the seminary was opened, over 100 priestly ordinations have taken place in Zaitzkofen.
Since the Priestly Society of St. Pius X has no canonical status in the Roman Catholic Church, diocesan bishops or religious superiors do not send candidates for training to the seminary in Zaitzkofen. The Zaitzkofen seminary is not considered to be a training facility of the Roman Catholic Church, as the Apostolic See did not give permission for the establishment of such a supra-diocesan seminary (cf. CIC / 1983 can. 237). The consecrations donated in Zaitzkofen are considered to be forbidden but validly donated according to church law. The local bishop Gerhard Ludwig Müller called the priestly ordinations carried out there as an "act of schism ".
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Individual evidence
- ^ Bishop Rudolf Voderholzer : Ordination of the Pius Brotherhood to the priesthood is not permitted Diocese of Regensburg , June 30, 2013
- ↑ See Codex CIC / 1983 : Canones 1015-1023
- ↑ Renewed consecration by the Pius Brothers. Vatican Radio , June 1, 2010
Coordinates: 48 ° 50 ′ 14.1 ″ N , 12 ° 12 ′ 39.9 ″ E