Ivo Muser

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Ivo Muser (born February 22, 1962 in Bruneck , South Tyrol , Italy ) is an Italian clergyman and theologian . He is the Roman Catholic Bishop of Bozen-Brixen .

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Ivo Muser, whose family comes from the German-Carinthian language island of Tischlwang ( Friuli ), grew up as the son of a working-class family in Gais and graduated from the Humanist High School in Bruneck in 1981. He then completed a degree in philosophy and Catholic theology at the University of Innsbruck , which he completed with a thesis on the Eucharist, submitted in 1986 . In 1987 he received from Bishop Wilhelm Egger in Brixen the priesthood . After years of cooperation in Val Pusteria , he was the Bishop's private secretary from 1989 to 1991. He then studied dogmatic theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, where he met a 1995 published thesis on Mariology and ecclesiology Mathias Joseph Scheeben doctorate . From 1995 he worked as a spiritual director at the Vinzentinum and lecturer at the Philosophical-Theological University of Brixen .

September 1, 1996 Muser rain of the seminary , 2002, the appointment was made a full professor in Bressanone and the canon of the cathedral chapter in Bressanone. Since 2005 Ivo Muser has also been dean of the Brixen cathedral chapter. In 2010, Muser was replaced as Regens by Michele Tomasi . On July 27, 2011, Muser was founded by Pope Benedict XVI. appointed Bishop of the Diocese of Bozen-Brixen after his predecessor Karl Golser had submitted his resignation for health reasons. On October 9, 2011, the Archbishop of Trento, Luigi Bressan , donated him to be consecrated as bishop in Brixen Cathedral ; Co- consecrators were his predecessor Karl Golser and the Bishop of Innsbruck Manfred Scheuer . Muser chose the motto "Do it Christ" (You are Christ).

Muser is regarded as a rather conservative representative of the Roman Catholic Church, who rejected all contraception on the occasion of World AIDS Day 2017 . In 2018 he intervened in the Italian parliamentary elections and publicly called for voting only for parties that “stand for real Christian values”. He also spoke out repeatedly against cremation and urn burial practices . He tried to prevent free weddings .

In 2020 he defended the letter Querida Amazonia of Pope Francis , in which he on celibacy held for Catholic priests as "courageous and prophetic".

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b jol: Habemus Episcopum: Ivo Muser is the new chief shepherd . stol.it, accessed on July 27, 2011 .
  2. ↑ Asou geats. Kulturverein "G. Unfer", p. 7 , accessed on May 23, 2018 (German, Italian).
  3. ^ Diploma thesis by Ivo Muser (University of Innsbruck, 1986)
  4. ↑ Barbara Raich / joi: Motto: "Do it Christ". stol.it, accessed on July 27, 2011 .
  5. ^ Gianluca Battistel: "La danza macabra della chiesa cattolica" . Article on the news portal salto.bz from December 8, 2017.
  6. ↑ Letter from the Bishop on the Day of Solidarity - Call for elections 2018. Diocese of Bozen-Brixen, accessed on December 18, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Bishop Muser and the Conference of Deans speak out against the keeping of urns at home and the scattering of the ashes of the deceased in the open air. Diocese of Bolzano-Brixen, November 30, 2011, accessed on November 2, 2019 .
  8. ↑ His wrestling with the Church. Salto.bz, November 5, 2019, accessed on November 5, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Bolzano Bishop Muser deplores selective loyalty to the Pope. kath.net. Catholic News, March 5, 2020, accessed March 7, 2020 .
predecessor Office successor
Karl Golser Bishop of Bozen-Brixen
since 2011 		...
personal data
SURNAME Muser, Ivo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian clergyman, theologian, bishop of the Diocese of Bozen-Brixen
DATE OF BIRTH February 22, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Brunico , Italy