Jakob Mitterhöfer
Jakob Mitterhöfer (born September 6, 1936 in Forchtenstein ) is an Austrian Catholic clergyman and missiologist .
Life
Jakob Mitterhöfer studied from 1958 to 1965 at the Papal Gregorian University in Rome , where he received his doctorate in 1968. theol. He joined the Steyler Missionaries in 1956 and was ordained a priest in Rome in 1963. From 1966 to 1994 he was Secretary General of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Austria ( Missio ). During this time he completed his "years of apprenticeship" in matters of the basic church, theology of liberation and on the subject of the Third World par excellence, as part of extensive trips, especially in Latin American countries.
From 1996 to 2002 Jakob Mitterhöfer was dean and university professor for dogmatics (creation, redemption, ecumenical theology ) at the Philosophical-Theological University of St. Gabriel and since 1995 lecturer in missiology . He also taught at the Heiligenkreuz Theological University .
From 1975, with interruptions, he was a lecturer in the Catholic Theological Faculty of the University of Vienna for missiology and editor of the mission journal of the Päpstlichen Missionswerke "alle welt".
Jakob Mitterhöfer was pastor in Südstadt and Hinterbrühl from 2003 to 2013 , where he succeeded former pastor Franz Jantsch , who retired at the end of 2003 as the oldest active pastor in Austria . He was followed by the Tyrolean Father Elmar Pitterle.
Publications
- Mission theme . Herder, Vienna 1974, ISBN 9783210244662 .
- "Religion and Church in Conflict", Church and Human Rights. In: Evangelium heute (Cursillo), vol. 38, August – September 2001,3.
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Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mitterhöfer, Jakob |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian Catholic clergyman and missiologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 6, 1936 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Forchtenstein |