Johannes Bernhard Brinkmann
Johannes Bernhard Brinkmann , also Johann Bernhard Brinkmann (born February 4, 1813 in Everswinkel , † April 13, 1889 in Münster ) was a German Roman Catholic theologian and bishop of Münster .
Life
The house where he was born, the “Bishop's House”, is still in Everswinkel on the west side of St. Magnus Church. At the request of the father, the only son should learn the woodworking trade after attending primary school. But Johann Bernhard resisted, as well as the military service.
After studying theology and ordained a priest in 1839, Brinkmann had a straightforward career. He was chaplain in Beckum for thirteen years and from 1854 to 1858 rector of the Marian pilgrimage in Kevelaer , where he founded the World Priests Congregation of Kevelaer . In 1857 he was elected vicar general of the diocese of Münster and in 1870 its bishop . He received his episcopal consecration on October 4, 1870, the then Archbishop of Cologne and later Cardinal Paulus Melchers .
In the course of the Kulturkampf he was declared deposed and charged by Prussia in 1875 for violating the Kulturkampf Laws. He lived as the “confessing bishop” officially in the Netherlands and de facto from 1871 to 1878 in Leuth near the Dutch border in the rectory of the parish of Sankt Lambertus. He retained indirect influence on events in his diocese through his confidants (e.g. the deposed district administrator of Münster Heinrich von Droste zu Hülshoff ). Bishop Brinkmann was only able to return to Münster after the Kulturkampf Laws were repealed and after nine years of exile. He died after a short sick leave in 1889 and was buried in the choir of the cathedral in Münster .
In Everswinkel on the church square there has also been a memorial since 1913.
literature
- Wilhelm Cramer: Johann Bernard, Bishop of Munster. Würzburg [u. a.] 1882 ( digitized version )
- In Cruce Salus, commemorative publication on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the death of Confessing Bishop Johann Bernard Brinkmann 1870–1889, ed. from the parish of St. Magnus Everswinkel.
- Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz : Johannes Bernhard Brinkmann. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 1, Bautz, Hamm 1975. 2nd, unchanged edition Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-013-1 , Sp. 751.
Web links
- Johannes Bernhard Brinkmann in the hierarchy of the Catholic Church
- Photograph of the monument in Everswinkel
Individual evidence
- ^ Rheinische Post of February 9, 2012, page C3. The house is in Johann-Finken-Str. 2 in Leuth, nettetal.de
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Johann Georg Müller |
Bishop of Münster 1870–1889 |
Hermann Jakob Dingelstad |
| Paul Melchers | Vicar General of the Diocese of Münster 1857–1871 |
Joseph Giese |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Brinkmann, Johannes Bernhard |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Brinkmann, Johann Bernhard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Roman Catholic theologian and Bishop of Munster |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 4, 1813 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Everswinkel |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 13, 1889 |
| Place of death | Muenster |