Josef Michaeler
Josef Michaeler (born May 24, 1927 in Natz ; † May 6, 2007 in Brixen ) was a Roman Catholic theologian and church historian.
Life
Michaeler attended the Italian elementary school and the German catacomb school . On September 1, 1944, he was drafted into the 7th SS Volunteer Mountain Division "Prinz Eugen" and used to fight partisans in Serbia . From May 1945 to August 1946 he was a British prisoner of war in Italy. Then he went back to the Vinzentinum grammar school in Brixen, where he studied at the seminary.
Michaeler was ordained a priest on June 29, 1953 in Brixen . After working as a prefect in the Vinzentinum in Brixen and as a cooperator in St. Lorenzen , he studied theology and canon law at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome from 1955 to 1958 . In 1963 he became. Cross Hospital to Bressanone and the Twelve Apostles Hospital to Klausen in Rome with a rather historic work on the legal nature of St. doctorate . He was then until 1966 private secretary of Diocesan Bishop Joseph Gargitter .
In 1966 he received a call to the chair of canon law at the Philosophical and Theological College Brixen . In 1997 he retired .
At the same time he headed the diocesan administrative office from 1967 to 1972. He was also Vicar General of the Diocese of Bolzano-Brixen from 1971 to 1996 . He was responsible for the relocation and reorganization of the curial offices of the Ordinariate from Brixen to Bozen. In 1997 he became canon of the cathedral chapter of Brixen Cathedral .
Josef Michaeler was honored with the Tyrolean Decoration of Honor in Innsbruck in 1985 . In 1989 he was made an honorary citizen of his home community Natz-Schabs .
Autobiography
- Memoirs of a priest in turbulent times , edited by Josef Gelmi. Brixen: Weger, 2009. ISBN 978-88-88910-73-4
literature
- Heinz Degle, Experienced history: South Tyrolean witnesses tell - 1918 - 1945 , Bozen: Verl.-Anst. Athesia 2009 ISBN 978-88-8266-334-6
Web links
- Literature by and about Josef Michaeler in the catalog of the German National Library
- "Josef Michaeler has passed away"
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Michaeler, Josef |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman Catholic theologian and church historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 24, 1927 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Naz |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 6, 2007 |
| Place of death | Brixen |