Josef Lederer (clergyman)

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Josef Lederer (born April 11, 1922 in Großenried ; † September 3, 2010 in Ingolstadt ) was a Roman Catholic clergyman, canon lawyer and cathedral provost and apostolic protonotary of the diocese of Eichstätt .

Life

After attending the humanistic grammar school in Eichstätt , Lederer was drafted into labor service in 1941 immediately after graduating from high school and shortly afterwards to the military; he was wounded three times in Russia and, among other things, lost an eye. After the end of the Second World War , Lederer studied theology at the Philosophical-Theological University of Eichstätt . In 1950 he was ordained a priest .

Lederer first worked as a chaplain and received his doctorate in canon law in Munich with his thesis on the concept of dispensation in canon law . After working in the vicariate general , he was appointed full professor at the Eichstätt University of Applied Sciences for canon law and Christian social doctrine, where he taught until 1973. From 1968 to 1970 he was rector of the Eichstätter Hochschule. After his retirement in 1973, he was elected as cathedral dean at Eichstätt Cathedral . From 1966 Josef Lederer was responsible for the administration of justice in the diocesan area as an official and from 1988 to 1997 as the vice-official of the diocesan court. As permanent deputy of the bishop on the board of trustees, he was involved from 1972 to 1983 in the expansion of the church's comprehensive university into the Catholic University of Eichstätt. At the Würzburg Joint Synod of the Dioceses in the Federal Republic of Germany from 1971 to 1975, he was involved as an advisor to the “Forms of Joint Responsibility in the Church” commission. From 1964 to 1992 he was the editor of the parish gazette published by the clergy association in Munich.

From 1988 until its dissolution in 1999 he was a member of the Bavarian Senate . During the vacancy from May 1995 to March 1996 he was the diocesan administrator of the diocese.

Awards

Pope John Paul II awarded him the honorary title of Apostolic Protonotary in 1998 .

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Lederer, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German provost and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH April 11, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Grossenried
DATE OF DEATH September 3, 2010
Place of death Ingolstadt