Johannes Zeschick
Johannes Nepomuk Zeschick OSB (born March 10, 1932 in Weseritz , Bohemia as Alois Zeschick ; † June 3, 2013 in Langquaid ) was a German Benedictine and abbot of the Rohr monastery .
Life
After graduating from high school in 1955, Alois Zeschick entered the Benedictine Abbey of Braunau in Rohr , where he took the religious name Johannes Nepomuk . Zeschick made his profession in 1959 and studied philosophy and Catholic theology . He was ordained a priest in 1960 and then studied history and English, partly in England. In 1969 he was with a thesis on the Augustinian canons to Dr. phil. PhD .
He taught English, history and religion at the Johannes-Nepomuk-Gymnasium of the abbey in Rohr.
After being appointed prior of the abbey in 1974, Zeschick was promoted to cellar in Rohr in 1984. In 1988 the chapter of the order was elected third abbot of Braunau in Rohr and 61st abbot since the foundation of the Benedictine convent of Brevnov-Braunau by Saint Adalbert in 993. He initiated the general renovation of the baroque monastery complex and a school expansion. Zeschick was a member of the historical section of the Bavarian Benedictine Academy . He was a board member of the Sudeten German Priestly Work and the Working Group of Religious in the Diocese of Regensburg.
In 2002 the President of the Bavarian Benedictine Congregation , Abbot Gregor Zasche OSB, accepted Abbot John's resignation, which he had to submit on his 70th birthday according to the congregation's statutes.
After his retirement as Abbot von Rohr, Zeschick devoted himself to historical research. He died on June 3, 2013 in Langquaid after a long illness .
Awards
- 1999: Federal Cross of Merit 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany for his "outstanding work as pastor and teacher in the monastery and grammar school in Rohr" and as "ambassador for the interests of the Sudeten Germans"
- 2003: Bavarian Order of Merit
Fonts
- Rohr monastery: past and present , 1968
- The Augustinian canons of Rohr and the reforms in Bavarian monasteries from the 15th to the 17th centuries , 1969
- Monograph Benedictine Abbey Church in Rohr: Patronage of the Assumption (15 Aug.); Diocese of Regensburg, District of Kelheim, Lower Bavaria , 1974
- Book of professions of the Augustinian canons of Rohr , 2010
items
- To find the graves of two provosts in the former Rohr monastery , In: Negotiations of the Historisches Verein für Niederbayern Vol. 96 (1970) pp. 61–73
- The Augustinerchorherrenstift Rohr , In: Contributions to the history of the Diocese of Regensburg Vol. 12 (1978) pp 113-131
- Ed .: Living from the source today. On the occasion of the Benedictus jubilee 480 - 1980. Self-published by Benedictine Abbey Braunau in Rohr, Rohr in Ndb. 1981
- The Benedictines in Bohemia and Moravia , In: Archive for Church History of Bohemia-Moravia-Silesia Vol. 6 (1982) pp. 38-102
- The Benedictines in Bohemia and Moravia , In: A thousand years of Benedictines in the Brevnov monasteries (1993) pp. 3-82
Web links
- Entry to Johannes Zeschick on Order online
- Johannes Zeschick in the Biographia Benedictina (Benediktinerlexikon.de)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Entry on orden-online , accessed on June 7, 2013
- ↑ Abbot Gregor leaves, succession is uncertain in the Mittelbayerische Zeitung of July 8, 2010
- ^ Obituary notice in the Mittelbayerische Zeitung from June 4, 2013
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Virgil Kienzel |
Abbot of Rohr Monastery 1988–2002 |
Gregor Zippel |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zeschick, Johannes |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Zeschick, Alois (maiden name); Zeschick OSB, Johannes Nepomuk |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German chaplain, Abbot von Rohr |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 10, 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Weseritz , Bohemia |
| DATE OF DEATH | 3rd June 2013 |
| Place of death | Langquaid |