Joseph Ludwig Buchkremer

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Memorial plaque on Buchkremer in the All Saints Chapel of Aachen Cathedral

Joseph Ludwig Buchkremer (born October 4, 1899 in Aachen ; † August 24, 1986 there ) was auxiliary bishop of the Aachen diocese from 1961 to 1979 .

Life

Joseph Buchkremer was the son of the Aachen cathedral builder Joseph Buchkremer and brother of Stephan Buchkremer , the founder of the Aachen Cathedral Guard . He studied theology in Münster , where he was active from 1919 to 1921 at the KStV Cimbria in the KV in Münster. Ordained a priest on August 10, 1923 in Cologne , then worked at St. Adalbert in Aachen, as a city ​​youth chaplain he was banned from teaching by the National Socialists as early as 1935 . The reason was strong opposition to the Nazi ideology . So he arranged for the distribution of the encyclical With Burning Concern .

Because of his activities against the regime, Joseph Buchkremer was arrested on February 20, 1942 and deported to the Dachau concentration camp on March 20 . He was only released there on April 4, 1945. The Americans liberated the camp at the end of the month.

On October 28, 1961, Pope John XXIII appointed him . as titular bishop of Aggar and auxiliary bishop of the diocese of Aachen . He was ordained bishop on December 21, 1961 by the Bishop of Aachen, Johannes Pohlschneider . Co -consecrators were Bishop Carl Maria Splett of Danzig and Auxiliary Bishop Friedrich Hünermann . Buchkremer's motto “Deo et Hominibus” - for God and for people - also reminded of his advocacy against the injustice of the Nazi state.

Buchkremer resigned from his office at the age of 80 on October 4, 1979 and died on August 24, 1986.

Honors

Memorial plaque for Joseph Buchkremer
  • 1965: Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
  • A plaque from the Ways Against Forgetting project , which is attached to the outside wall of the church under the Heinrichs niche, commemorates Buchkremer's time as chaplain in the resistance to St. Adalbert . It is engraved:

“The later Auxiliary Bishop Josef Buchkremer from Aachen worked as a youth chaplain in this church. In his youth work, he made no secret of his negative attitude towards the Nazis. In 1942 he was arrested because of negative statements about the SS and sent to the Dachau concentration camp. In 1945 he was liberated from the concentration camp. "

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Joseph Buchkremer. In: Family book Euregio. Iris Gedig, accessed April 6, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Priesterjubliäum: Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Buchkremer, 08/10/1983 (audio). In: Klaus Hemmerle . Klaus-Hemmerle-Werk eV, accessed on April 6, 2016 .
  3. ^ Kaiserplatz, St. Adalbert - Joseph Buchkremer. (No longer available online.) In: Ways against forgetting. Volkshochschule Aachen, archived from the original on January 29, 2016 ; Retrieved April 6, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.wgdv.de
  4. ↑ Appointments and resignations of bishops in 1979 under St. John Paul II. In: Apostolic Succession. Martin Wolters, accessed April 6, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Buchkremer, Joseph Ludwig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German clergyman, auxiliary bishop of the diocese of Aachen and titular bishop of Aggar
DATE OF BIRTH October 4, 1899
PLACE OF BIRTH Aachen
DATE OF DEATH August 24, 1986
Place of death Aachen