Johannes Theodor Suhr
Johannes Theodor Suhr OSB (born January 24, 1896 in Nyborg , Denmark , † March 10, 1997 in Aabenraa ) was a religious and from 1938 to 1964 Roman Catholic Bishop of Copenhagen .
Life
Johannes Theodor Suhr was the son of the landowner Carl Emil Suhr and his wife Laura Marie Miller. He studied agriculture and worked as a farmer in Argentina for a few years after the First World War. In 1926 he converted to the Catholic Church. He joined the Congregation of Benedictine at and received on April 1, 1933, the priestly ordination . In 1935 he was appointed prior of the Benedictine Abbey of San Girolamo in Urbe in Rome.
On December 13, 1938 he was appointed by Pope Pius XI. Appointed Vicar Apostolic of Denmark and titular Bishop of Balecium . He was ordained bishop by Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi , Prefect of the Work of the Propagation of the Faith , on January 15, 1939; Co-consecrators were the secretary of Propaganda Fide , Archbishop Celso Costantini , and the abbot of Montecassino , Gregorio Diamare OSB.
With the elevation to the diocese of Copenhagen on April 29, 1953 he was by Pope Pius XII. appointed Bishop of Copenhagen.
In 1960 he was appointed a member of the Preparatory Commission of the Second Vatican Council . In the same year the Danish Bishops' Conference was founded, and Suhr was elected its first chairman. He participated in all four sessions of the Second Vatican Council as a council father.
On October 6, 1964, Pope Paul VI. his health-related resignation and appointed him titular bishop of Apisa Maius . Due to the changed allocation guidelines, he renounced the titular seat on June 16, 1976.
Web links
- Entry on Johannes Theodor Suhr on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Johannes Theodor Suhr in the Find a Grave database(English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Th. Suhr. In: Dansk Biografisk Leksikon. The Danske Encyklopædi store , October 4, 2014, accessed on March 10, 2015 (Danish).
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
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Bishop of Copenhagen 1953–1964 |
Hans Ludvig Martensen SJ |
| Josef Ludwig Brems OPraem |
Vicar Apostolic of Denmark 1938–1953 |
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Suhr, Johannes Theodor |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Suhr, Theodor |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish clergyman, Catholic bishop of Copenhagen |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 24, 1896 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nyborg , Denmark |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 10, 1997 |
| Place of death | Aabenraa |