Johann Valentin von Reissmann

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Depiction of the bishop on his epitaph in the Würzburg Cathedral

Johann Valentin Ritter von Reißmann (born November 12, 1807 in Allersheim, today Giebelstadt , † November 16, 1875 ) was a German theologian, cathedral provost and bishop of Würzburg from 1870 to 1875 .

Origin and career

Reissmann was born as Johann Valentin Reissmann on November 12th, 1807 in Allersheim, a small market in Lower Franconia of "simple farmers". Of the three sons in the family, two chose the spiritual path. The young Reissmann was taught the Latin language at an early age by Kaplan Benkert, who later became the dean of the cathedral in Würzburg . In 1820 he came to Würzburg and went through the normal school career there before he was ordained a priest on November 25, 1830. The following year, on August 6, he received his doctorate in theology. His dissertation was titled canticum Habacue . He then worked in various places as a pastor and parish administrator. In spite of his poor health, he occupied himself with studies before he was appointed professor for biblical research and oriental languages ​​at the University of Würzburg in 1834.

Bishop of Würzburg

In 1846 he was appointed cathedral capitular by his friend and bishop of Würzburg, Georg Anton von Stahl . In 1854 he was appointed vicar general and in 1861 by Pope Pius IX. promoted to provost. King Ludwig II offered him the diocese of Eichstätt in 1866, but Reißmann stayed in Würzburg, where he continued to support his friend Stahl. After his death on July 13, 1870, the cathedral provost and vicar of the capitular Reissmann was appointed by the Bavarian government as the new bishop of Würzburg on October 28, 1870. While still as vicar of capital, on December 5, 1870, he ordered the promulgation of the dogma of infallibility in the churches of the diocese.

He was ordained bishop on July 9, 1871, by the Archbishop of Bamberg, Michael von Deinlein .

Johann Valentin's term of office was dominated by the Kulturkampf in Germany. Even if the Bavarian dioceses were not directly affected, they accepted learners from other dioceses in their seminaries. Open conflicts had broken out particularly in Prussia. Among those who had come to Würzburg was the later Cardinal Adolf Bertram .

He was often referred to as an opponent of the Vatican , which resulted from the fact that he did not intervene in the disagreements so as not to worsen them. In 1875, like all other Bavarian bishops, he issued an election pastor's letter and suspended his advisor Melchior Hohn, who had elected liberally, from his office. He is an early sponsor of Herman Schell . He died on the morning of November 16, 1875 of a " heart attack " that was perhaps the result of an illness that had broken out in 1874. His "provisional" successor was Ambrosius Käß (1815–1890), prior of the Würzburg Carmelite monastery.

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  1. ↑ Pencil Steiner: Church Heraldry in Bavaria. The coats of arms of the archbishops and bishops since 1817. 2nd edition 1986, p. 204 f.
  2. ^ Sybille Grübel: Timeline of the history of the city from 1814-2006. In: Ulrich Wagner (Hrsg.): History of the city of Würzburg. 4 volumes, Volume I-III / 2, Theiss, Stuttgart 2001-2007; III / 1–2: From the transition to Bavaria to the 21st century. Volume 2, 2007, ISBN 978-3-8062-1478-9 , pp. 1225-1247; here: p. 1231.
  3. ↑ Wolfgang Weiss : The Catholic Church in the 19th Century. In: Ulrich Wagner (Hrsg.): History of the city of Würzburg. 4 volumes, Volume I-III / 2, Theiss, Stuttgart 2001-2007; III / 1–2: From the transition to Bavaria to the 21st century. 2007, ISBN 978-3-8062-1478-9 , pp. 430-449 and 1303, here: pp. 444 f.
  4. ↑ Wolfgang Weiss: The Catholic Church in the 19th Century. 2007, p. 445 f.
personal data
SURNAME Reissmann, Johann Valentin von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Reissmann, Johann Valentin Ritter von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theologian, Bishop of Würzburg
DATE OF BIRTH November 12, 1807
PLACE OF BIRTH Allersheim
DATE OF DEATH November 16, 1875