Johann Joseph Becker

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Johann Joseph Becker (baptized February 13, 1738 in Beltheim ; † December 30, 1800 in Mastershausen ) was a Catholic clergyman.

Career and work

He was the only child of the married couple Peter Becker and Margaretha Müller from Frankweiler , a current district of Beltheim. He was ordained on June 16, 1764 and was initially a chaplain in Blankenrath . In 1766 the Cologne Cathedral Chapter transferred the Mastershausen parish to him, where he worked for 44 years. At the same time he was dean of the dean's office in Zell for 18 years.

Becker was a precise, self-confident and contentious man who was very committed to his community and his parishioners. So in 1773 he defied the tithe lords of the long overdue new church building.

During his lifetime, the Mastershausen community had thwarted a foundation to hire a teacher for girls. Since he did not want to let the children atone for this stubbornness, he set up a foundation with 500 Reichstalers in his will, from which, among other things, paper and books were to be purchased for the students. He bequeathed his library with 762 titles to his successor.

He lists 239 relatives in his will, making it an interesting genealogical resource.

Another interesting document from his pen is a visitation report of the Maria Engelport monastery in which he precisely characterized the members of the last convent shortly before its abolition in 1792.

literature

  • Norbert J. Pies: Becker, Johann Joseph . Short biography in: Friderichs, Alfons (Hrsg.): Personalities of the Cochem-Zell district. Kliomedia. Trier 2004 pp. 40-41.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Norbert J. Pies: On the will of Johann Joseph Becker (1738-1800), pastor of Mastershausen. In: Hunsrücker Heimatblätter 72, vol. 27, pp. 49-53 (1987).
  2. ↑ Testament and other documents in the Koblenz State Main Archive, holdings 587, 31 B Notar Goergen Vol. 9 No. 33, 33½, 34, 37, 47, 97 and 99.
  3. ↑ State Main Archive Koblenz Stock 87 No. 130.
personal data
SURNAME Becker, Johann Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Catholic clergyman
DATE OF BIRTH on February 13, 1738
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankweiler
DATE OF DEATH December 30, 1800
Place of death Mastershausen