Johannes Maria Hoeck
Johannes Maria Hoeck (also Johannes M. Höck ) (born May 18, 1902 in Inzell ; † April 4, 1995 ) was a Bavarian Benedictine and Byzantine . He was 35th Abbot of Ettal Abbey and then 54th Abbot of Scheyern Abbey .
Life
Hoeck was born the son of a baker in Inzell. In 1923 he entered the Scheyern Monastery and was ordained a priest on July 24, 1927 . Hoeck was a teacher at the grammar school and head of the Byzantine Institute of the monastery, which he founded in 1939 together with Hans-Georg Beck . In 1943 he received his doctorate from the University of Munich under Franz Dölger with a thesis on Nikolaos von Otranto . On July 24, 1951, he was elected Abbot of Ettal. In July 1961 he was elected abbot of his professed monastery in Scheyern and led this until his resignation in 1972. In 1951, his own Byzantine Institute was also founded in Ettal. Between 1953 and 1965, the 11 volumes of the Studia Patristica et Byzantina were created there under the direction of Franz Dölger and Abbot Hoeck , in which the Dominican Raymond-Joseph Loenertz also contributed.
As Abbot President of the Bavarian Benedictine Congregation , Hoek was a participant in all four sessions of the Second Vatican Council . His most important contribution as a Council Father was his work for the Eastern Churches - ecumenism . He was involved in the constitution of the Eastern Church decree " Orientalium Ecclesiarum " and supported the reintroduction of the patriarchal structure in the Catholic Church in order to facilitate the path to unity for the Orthodox Churches . Hoeck was intensely involved in the post-conciliar Orthodox-Catholic dialogue. Among other things, he initiated the “Regensburg Ecumenical Symposia” (1969–1994).
Like Hoeck, his brother Prelate Michael Höck was an uncompromising opponent of National Socialism . He had a close friendship with the writer Luise Rinser since 1955 . He spent his old age in the Benedictine Abbey of Scheyern.
Honors
A street was named after him in his birthplace Inzell.
Web links
- Hoeck, Johannes on orden-online.de , accessed on December 6, 2012
- Hoeck, Johannes M. Publications in the bibliographic database of the Regesta Imperii .
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Angelus copper |
Abbot of Ettal Abbey 1951–1961 |
Karl Gross |
| Franz Seraph Schreyer |
Abbot of Scheyern Monastery 1961–1972 |
Bernhard Maria Lambert |
| Johannes Ruhland |
Abbot praeses of the Bavarian Benedictine Congregation 1961–1968 |
Paul Augustin Mayer |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hoeck, Johannes Maria |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Höck, Johannes M. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Benedictine abbot and Byzantinist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 18, 1902 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Inzell |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 4, 1995 |
| Place of death | Scheyern |