Johann Baptist Schneider

Auxiliary Bishop Schneider

Johann Baptist Schneider (born May 28, 1840 in Gaunersdorf , Lower Austria , † January 26, 1905 in Vienna ) was vicar general and auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Vienna .

Life

He attended the Schottengymnasium in Vienna and in 1856 joined Godfried Marschall in the newly founded prince-archbishop's seminary in Vienna, changed to the Vienna seminary in 1860 and studied Catholic theology at the University of Vienna . He was ordained a priest on July 19, 1864 . He obtained his doctorate in Vienna in 1869. theol. and from 1870 studied canon law in Rome .

In 1870 he became imperial chaplain, 1871 Hofburg parish vicar, 1881 associate professor of fundamental theology in Vienna, 1885 court and castle pastor of St. Augustine in Vienna , 1891 canon of St. Stephan in Vienna .

On June 25, 1896, he was appointed auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Vienna and titular bishop of Parnassus . He was ordained bishop on August 23, 1896 . In 1898 he was appointed Vicar General of Cardinal Gruscha , and in 1899 he became Provost of St. Stephan.

Among the people he was called the saintly auxiliary bishop .
In his birthplace Gaweinstal (the place was still called "Gaunersdorf" until 1917), the "Bischof-Schneider-Straße" was named after him.

F. Loidl: Schneider Johann Bapt .. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 10, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1994, ISBN 3-7001-2186-5 , p. 379 f. (Direct links on p. 379 , p. 380 ).
Franz Loidl : Auxiliary Bishop Dr. Johann Baptist Schneider (1840–1905) . Lichtner, Vienna 1951
Franz Loidl: History of the Archdiocese of Vienna . Herold, Vienna 1983. ISBN 3-7008-0223-4
Ekkart Sauser : Johann Baptist Schneider. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 22, Bautz, Nordhausen 2003, ISBN 3-88309-133-2 , Sp. 1238-1239. ( Article / beginning of article in Internet archive )

personal data
SURNAME	Schneider, Johann Baptist
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian clergyman, vicar general and auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Vienna
DATE OF BIRTH	May 28, 1840
PLACE OF BIRTH	Gaunersdorf , Lower Austria
DATE OF DEATH	January 26, 1905
Place of death	Vienna