Joseph Gargitter

Bishop Gargitter (1966)

Joseph Gargitter (born January 27, 1917 in Lüsen , South Tyrol , † July 17, 1991 in Bozen ) was bishop of the diocese of Bozen-Brixen .

Life

Gargitter received his school education from 1929 to 1934 at the Vinzentinum and from 1934 to 1936 at the Italian state school in Brixen . From 1936 to 1944 Joseph Gargitter lived in the Germanikum in Rome and studied at the Papal Gregorian University .

Gargitter was ordained a priest in Rome on October 25, 1942 . In 1950 Gargitter became a professor of dogmatics at the seminary in Bressanone . Pope Pius XII appointed him Bishop of Brixen in 1952 . The episcopal ordination on May 18, 1952, was donated to him by Adeodato Giovanni Cardinal Piazza OCD, Secretary of the Consistorial Congregation . Co- consecrators were the auxiliary bishop of Trent Oreste Rauzi and the vicar apostolic of Fort Victoria / Zimbabwe Aloysius Haene . In 1961 he was also by Pope John XXIII. appointed Apostolic Administrator of Trent ; the office ended in 1963 with the appointment of Alessandro Maria Gottardi as the new Archbishop of Trento. During his term of office in 1964, the transition from the old diocese of Brixen to the new diocese of Bozen-Brixen fell. His resignation for health reasons ( Parkinson's ) was granted by Pope John Paul II in 1986.

After his death, Gargitter was buried in Brixen Cathedral. He is the namesake of the Bischof Joseph Gargitter Prize.

literature

Alfred Frenes: Service to Faith: Bishop Joseph Gargitter . Athesia, Bozen 1995, ISBN 88-7014-858-0 .
Josef Gelmi : Bishop Joseph Gargitter (1917-1991) . Weger, Brixen 2016, ISBN 978-88-6563-162-1 .
Ekkart Sauser : GARGITTER, Joseph. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 16, Bautz, Herzberg 1999, ISBN 3-88309-079-4 , Sp. 551-552. ( Article / beginning of article in Internet archive )

Video

Bishop Joseph Gargitter - Time of Change , VHS 30 min, 2002

Web links

Commons : Joseph Gargitter - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Entry about Joseph Gargitter on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
Literature by and about Joseph Gargitter in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

↑ "Bishop Joseph Gargitter - Time of Change" , Media Shop, Province of Bozen

predecessor	Office	successor
Johannes Geisler	Bishop of Bozen-Brixen 1952–1986	Wilhelm Egger

personal data
SURNAME	Gargitter, Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian clergyman, bishop of the Diocese of Bozen-Brixen
DATE OF BIRTH	January 27, 1917
PLACE OF BIRTH	Lüsen , South Tyrol
DATE OF DEATH	17th July 1991
Place of death	Bolzano

[1] "Bishop Joseph Gargitter - Time of Change" , Media Shop, Province of Bozen