Johannes Geisler

Bishop Geisler

Johannes Baptist Geisler (born April 23, 1882 in Mayrhofen , Austria-Hungary , † September 5, 1952 in Brixen ) was the last Prince-Bishop of Brixen .

Life

Geisler was ordained a priest in 1910 . On April 2, 1930 Pope Pius XI appointed him . to the Bishop of Brixen. He was ordained bishop on May 25, 1930 by the Archpriest of the Lateran Basilica and Cardinal Bishop of Velletri , Basilio Cardinal Pompili .

During the option in South Tyrol , Geisler decided on June 25, 1940 to emigrate to the German Reich .

On April 5, 1952 he resigned from his office and was replaced by Pope Pius XII. appointed titular archbishop of Odessus . Johannes Geisler died a short time later.

His grave slab is in the Brixen Cathedral . It is a work by the diocesan curator Karl Wolfsgruber ; it shows Geisler kneeling on a prayer stool with a stole.

literature

• Josef Gelmi : Prince-Bishop Johannes Geisler (1882–1952). One of the most dramatic chapters in South Tyrolean history . Weger, Brixen 2003, ISBN 88-85831-91-5 .
• Gerald Steinacher : Nazis on the run. How war criminals escaped overseas via Italy . Studienverlag, 2008, ISBN 978-3-7065-4026-1 .
• The Hohe Dom is her tombstone , article from August 21, 2008 in the newspaper Dolomiten , p. 9.

Web links

• Literature by and about Johannes Geisler in the catalog of the German National Library
• Entry on Johannes Geisler on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on May 16, 2017.

predecessor	Office	successor
Johannes Raffl	Bishop of Brixen 1930–1952	Joseph Gargitter