Josef Innerhofer

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Josef Innerhofer (born July 21, 1931 in Campo Tures ) is a South Tyrolean priest and publicist .

Life

Innerhofer attended the Vinzentinum in Brixen from 1942 to 1952 and then the local seminary . In 1957 he was ordained a priest . As a result, he enrolled at the University of Salzburg , where he received his doctorate with the history of the Taufers parish in Pustertal , submitted in 1964 . From 1965 to 1992 Innerhofer was editor of the Catholic Sunday paper of the diocese of Bozen-Brixen and from 1992 to 1998 director of the Institute for the Promotion of Young Journalists (ifp) in Munich. Until 1993 he also taught media education at the Philosophical-Theological University of Brixen .

Innerhofer was considered a close friend of Bishop Wilhelm Egger , whom he presented to the public in 1986. He also acted as a postulator in the beatification process of Josef Mayr-Nusser .

In 2011 Innerhofer received the honorary citizenship of his home community Sand in Taufers.

Publications (selection)

  • My beloved South Tyrol. Pope Benedict XVI Bolzano ( Athesia ) 2008; ISBN 978-88-8266-477-0
  • Sun in the shade. 100 years of the Jesus home in Girlan. Bolzano 2006
  • He remained true to himself. Josef Mayr-Nusser. Bolzano 2005
  • Institute for the Promotion of Young Journalists (Ed.): How do I become a journalist? Augsburg 1993
  • South Tyrol under a shepherd's crook. 25 years of the Diocese of Bozen-Brixen. Row of the Press Office of the Diocese of Bolzano-Brixen. Volume 2. Bolzano 1989; ISBN 88-7014-565-4
  • South Tyrolean martyrs at the time of National Socialism. Bolzano 1985
  • The church in South Tyrol yesterday and today. Bolzano 1982
  • Taufers, Ahrn, Prettau. The story of a valley. 2nd, revised edition. Bolzano 1982
  • True to his conscience: the testimony of Josef Mayr-Nusser (1910–1945). The biography of the beatification, Innsbruck 2016

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Dissertation by Josef Innerhofer (University of Salzburg, 1964)
  2. Florian Kronbichler : The suggester . In: Neue Südtiroler Tageszeitung , No. 165 from August 19, 2008, p. 4
    Josef Innerhofer in an interview with Artur Oberhofer: Wonderful conclusion . In: Neue Südtiroler Tageszeitung, No. 165 from August 19, 2008, p. 3
  3. ^ Memorial service for Josef Mayr-Nusser in Lichtenstern. Südtirol Online , February 25, 2012, archived from the original on February 1, 2016 ; Retrieved May 5, 2015 .
  4. Sand in Taufers has two new honorary citizens. Marktgemeinde Sand in Taufers, December 29, 2011, accessed on January 17, 2016 .