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Jodokus Wagenhauer (also Jodokus Wagenhauber ; * 1580 in Fladungen ; † January 19, 1635 ) was auxiliary bishop in Würzburg from 1620 to 1635 . He was also the rector of the University of Würzburg several times between 1620 and 1630 .

Life

Jodokus Wagenhauer was born in 1580 in the small town of Fladungen, which at that time was part of the Würzburg Monastery. Wagenhauer no longer experienced the denominational upheavals in the outskirts of the Catholic diocese, because the first counter-Reformation activities had already been carried out. However, the father of the future auxiliary bishop was not yet secured in his denomination and at times also leaned towards Protestantism .

From January 13, 1600, Wagenhauer began studying at the newly founded University of Würzburg . The young man's abilities were quickly recognized and Bishop Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn sent him to the Collegium Germanicum in Rome. It was here that Wagenhauer was ordained a priest and was also awarded a doctorate in theology. At times he was active as a preacher for the Swiss nation in Rome and was the “praefectus” of the St. Jakobi congregation. On September 11, 1606 he briefly enrolled at the University of Perugia .

After Wagenhauer's return to Würzburg, he quickly rose in the institutions of the clergy. In 1607 the clergyman Magnus Schmidt presented him as a canon of the Neumünster monastery . Wagenhauer owned half a benefice at the collegiate monastery until 1611 , before receiving the full benefice in 1612. It was not until 1621 that he received a voice in the chapter. In 1624 he was promoted to school and in 1630 even to dean of the monastery.

Together with the appointment as a secular canon, Jodokus Wagenhauer received a job as court preacher from Bishop Julius. This may have been linked to the rise to the clerical council, which had been created by the bishop as the highest administrative body of his bishopric. On October 4, 1612 Wagenhauer was sent to the parish of Lengfurt . After the fall of the Wertheim fiefdom, he was supposed to promote the policy of confessionalization in the spirit of Julius Echter.

After the death of Bishop Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn, Wagenhauer remained in office and dignity. He was actively involved in establishing the Spiritual Council as a permanent body independent of the person of the respective bishop. Echter's successor Johann Gottfried I von Aschhausen confirmed his title as vicar general , which he had probably already received under Bishop Julius. Similar to the Auxiliary Bishop Eucharius Sang , who was in office at the same time , Wagenhauer was, due to his origins, a focal point for local priests from the northeastern edges of the bishopric.

On December 19, 1620, Jodokus Wagenhauer was appointed auxiliary bishop by Bishop Johann Gottfried . Pope Gregory XV confirmed his appointment on May 23, 1622 and appointed him titular bishop of Augustopolis in Phrygia . The episcopal ordination took place in Würzburg on September 18, 1622. In the period that followed, Wagenhauer consecrated many of the diocese's country churches, including the St. Michael's Church in Euerfeld and the Church of Sorrows in Mainsondheim. The Abbot Johannes Kassian von Münsterschwarzach was also designated by him.

In the winter semester of 1620 the theologian Wagenhauer was also appointed rector magnificus of the university. He was to hold this office again in 1621/1622 and 1630/31. In 1631 the auxiliary bishop fled the advancing Protestant Swedes to Cologne and did not return to the Main until the end of 1634. In the last years of his life, Wagenhauer also took part in witch trials and was responsible for the degradation of suspicious clergy. Jodokus Wagenhauer died on January 19, 1635 and was buried in the Neumünster Church.

literature

  • Veronika Heilmannseder: The spiritual council of the diocese of Würzburg under Friedrich von Wirsberg (1558–1573) and Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn (1573–1617) (= sources and research on the history of the diocese and bishopric of Würzburg, vol. LXXIII) . Wuerzburg 2014.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Heilmannseder, Veronika: The Spiritual Council of the Diocese of Würzburg . P. 452.
  2. ↑ Heilmannseder, Veronika: The Spiritual Council of the Diocese of Würzburg . P. 454.
personal data
SURNAME Wagenhauer, Jodokus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wagenhauber, Jodokus; Wagenhauer, Jodok
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German auxiliary bishop and university rector
DATE OF BIRTH 1580
PLACE OF BIRTH Fladungen
DATE OF DEATH January 19, 1635