Johannes Baptist Roessler

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Johannes Baptist Rössler (also: Johann Baptist Rössler ; born June 23, 1850 in Schrems ; † January 4, 1927 in St. Pölten ) was bishop of the diocese of St. Pölten .

Johannes Baptist Roessler
The coat of arms of the bishop

Life

Johann Baptist Rößler, born in 1850 in Niederschrems in the Waldviertel, as the son of a farmer, entered the seminary of the diocese of St. Pölten in 1870 and studied at the philosophical-theological home school there. On July 19, 1874, he was ordained a priest in St. Pölten by Bishop Matthäus Binder and then worked in pastoral care. In 1882 he became cathedral curate in St. Pölten, in 1884 Rößler became supplent and in 1885 professor of church history at the home teaching institution in St. Pölten. Sent to the Anima in Rome in 1887 , he received his doctorate in philosophy and theology in Rome in 1889. After his return in the same year he took over the leadership of the St. Pölten seminary as alumnate director. In 1890 he became papal secret chamberlain and in 1891 he was appointed cathedral capitular.

Appointed Bishop of St. Pölten by Emperor Franz Joseph I on January 5, 1894 , he was preconized by the Pope on April 10, 1894 and on June 10 in Vienna by Cardinal Archbishop Anton Josef Gruscha with the assistance of Bishop Franz Maria of Linz Doppelbauer and the Auxiliary Bishop of Vienna Eduard Angerer consecrated. On June 13, 1894, he was enthroned in St. Pölten. On June 10, 1899 he was appointed papal assistant to the throne and house prelate. Until the end of the monarchy, the seat and vote in the Lower Austrian state parliament were associated with the bishopric .

Although he was expected to strengthen the conservatives, Bishop Roessler supported, albeit moderately, the modern mass party of the Christian Socials, which was being established . To renew church life, he organized major events such as the Diocesan Catholic Day in 1905 and convened the first diocesan synod in 1908. In the same year, the fourth Lower Austrian Catholic Day took place in St. Pölten. During his episcopate from 1903 to 1905, a second boys' seminar was built in Melk - next to Seitenstetten - and in 1910 the church building association and the Catholic Volksbund were founded.

Bishop Roessler found it difficult to come to terms with the new political and social circumstances after the First World War . In 1919 he received the pallium . In 1921 he first appointed a vicar general, Josef Gruber , a colleague from the professorships of the home school , in accordance with the requirements of the new canon law (CIC) of 1917 . In 1924 he fell ill and was only able to carry out his duties with difficulty until his death. He died in early 1927 at the age of 77.

literature

  • St. Pöltner Zeitung . February 8, 1894, June 14, 1894
  • Friedrich Schragl : Johannes Roessler. In: The bishops of the German-speaking countries 1785/1803 to 1945. A biographical lexicon. Edited by Erwin Gatz . Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1983, ISBN 3-428-10684-9 , pp. 624f.
  • Wilhelm Pfabigan: Johannes Baptist Rößler of St. Pölten (1894–1927). Bishop in a time of conflict. Vienna Dipl. Arb. 1988
  • Otto Krause: Biographical Handbook of the Lower Austrian Parliament 1861–1921 . St. Pölten 1995
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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Präconisation, Consekration and enthronement of hochw. Lord Bishop of St. Pölten. In: Wiener Diözesanblatt , H. 11, 1894
    (Bischofs-Consecration.). In:  Wiener Zeitung , June 11, 1894, p. 2 (online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / wrzand p. 3
personal data
SURNAME Roessler, Johannes Baptist
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rössler, Johann Baptist; Rößler, Johannes; Rössler, Johannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bishop of the diocese of St. Pölten
DATE OF BIRTH June 23, 1850
PLACE OF BIRTH Schrems
DATE OF DEATH 4th January 1927
Place of death St. Polten