Joseph Anton Hofer

Joseph Hofer is a redirect to this article. For other people see Josef Hofer .

Joseph Anton Hofer (born May 19, 1742 in Kastelruth , † June 15, 1820 in Brixen ) was an Austrian Roman Catholic theologian and clergyman .

Life

Hofer attended the grammar schools in Brixen and Innsbruck . He then went to the University of Innsbruck . There he studied theology, philosophy and both rights and was awarded a Dr. phil. PhD . In 1765 he was ordained a priest . He then embarked on a career as a teacher. In 1771 he became professor of rhetoric and prefect at the grammar school and seminary in Brixen . He also received a canon position . In 1776 he was appointed professor of canon law and a real consistorial councilor, and in 1779 he was also canon at the Frauenkirche on the cloister .

Under Emperor Joseph II, Hofer was appointed to Innsbruck in 1782 as kk gubernialrat and clerk in spiritual matters . In 1786 he returned to his old offices in Brixen. In 1807 he was as fürstbischöflicher cleric council in the retirement staggered.

Works (selection)

• Instructions for Geography of Older and Modern Times , Brixen 1774.
• Van Espen, Juris ecclesiastici universi compendium . 4 volumes, Brixen 1781.
• Conspectus juris ecclesiastici publici , Brixen 1783.
• Man's business , Bressanone 1797.

literature

• Joseph Anton Hofer . In: Franz Joseph Rosenbächer: Biographischer Ehren-Tempel, erected deceased Catholic school board members, clergymen and teachers , who did outstanding work for the school system , Volume 2, Kranzfelder, Augsburg 1828, pp. 133–135.
• Joseph Anton Hofer . In: Heinrich Döring : The learned theologians of Germany in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries , Volume 1, Wagner, Neustadt an der Orla 1831, p. 746 f.
• Hofer, Jos. Anton . In: Johann Jakob Heinrich Czikann, Franz Gräffer : Oesterreichische National-Encyklopädie , Volume 2, Beck, Vienna 1835, p. 608.
• Constantin von Wurzbach : Hofer, Joseph Anton . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 9th part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1863, p. 153 ( digitized version ).
• Johann Friedrich von Schulte :  Hofer, Josef Anton . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 12, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1880, p. 563 f.
• Hofer, Joseph Anton. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 2, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1959, p. 374.