Joseph Köstner

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Joseph Köstner (born March 9, 1906 in Klagenfurt ; † January 1, 1982 ibid) was bishop of the Austrian diocese of Gurk-Klagenfurt .

Life

Joseph Köstner was born in Klagenfurt in 1906 and was baptized in the cathedral church. His father, a master plumber, died young. Köstner went to school in Klagenfurt, the later Protestant superintendent of Carinthia, Gerhard Glawischnig , was his classmate. Köstner decided to become a priest and was sent to the Collegium Germanicum in Rome by Bishop Hefter . He was ordained a priest there on October 25, 1931 .

Crypt of the bishops Wiery , Hefter and Köstner

Back in Carinthia, he became the general secretary and court chaplain. He was also a religion teacher at the Ursuline School and the State High School in Klagenfurt, but was removed from his position by the National Socialists. In 1939 he came to the cathedral parish as vicar . When the cathedral capitular Dr. Blümel received a “district ban” from the government, and Köstner became the parish administrator.

On August 5, 1945, after seven years of vacancy , the longest in the history of the diocese of Gurk-Klagenfurt, he was ordained and enthroned as the new bishop of Gurk-Klagenfurt by Salzburg's Archbishop Rohracher . Köstner was only 39 years old.

The beginning of his episcopate was marked by the post-war period. In 1962 he took part in the 2nd Vatican Council in Rome. After the introduction of the vernacular instead of Latin, which was previously mandatory, Bishop Köstner introduced Slovene as the second liturgical language of his diocese in addition to German.

In 1982 Bishop Köstner died after 37 years in office. He was buried in the bishop's crypt in Klagenfurt Cathedral . However, his name was also given on the grave of his family on the main route of the Klagenfurt central cemetery Annabichl .

literature

  • Jakob Obersteiner: The Bishops of Gurk 1824–1979 . Klagenfurt 1980.

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personal data
SURNAME Kostner, Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian clergyman, Bishop of Gurk (1945–1982)
DATE OF BIRTH March 9, 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH Klagenfurt am Wörthersee
DATE OF DEATH January 1, 1982
Place of death Klagenfurt am Wörthersee