Joseph Otto Kolb
Joseph Otto Kolb (born August 9, 1881 in Seßlach ; † March 29, 1955 in Bamberg ) was Archbishop of Bamberg from 1943 to 1955 .
Life
Joseph Otto Kolb attended the new grammar school in Bamberg as a pupil of the archbishop's college for boys, Ottonianum, and graduated from high school there in 1901. He then studied philosophy and theology at the University of Innsbruck from 1901/02 and continued his studies from 1902–1905 at the Philosophical-Theological University in Bamberg. After his ordination on July 30, 1905 in Bamberg, he was initially chaplain in Schlüsselfeld until September 1907 and then worked as a pastor at the Bayreuth Castle Church . In September 1911 he was appointed "inspector" (= director) of the archbishop's seminary for boys in Ottonianum. The position of a part-time religion teacher at the new grammar school in Bamberg was connected with this activity. From February 1, 1924 until his appointment to the Archbishop's Metropolitan Chapter in Bamberg on July 1, 1935, he held the parish of St. Elisabeth in Nuremberg.
Kolb was appointed titular bishop of Velicia on August 10, 1935 and at the same time auxiliary bishop in Bamberg (consecration on October 13, 1935). After the death of his predecessor, he took over the office of archbishop (inauguration on May 9, 1943).
He established the St. Joseph Foundation for church social housing and headed the archdiocese during the Nazi era. Since 1901 he was a member of the Catholic student union AV Austria Innsbruck .
Honors
- 1946: Honorary citizen of Bamberg
- 1948: Honorary citizen of Seßlach
- 1953: Great Cross of Merit with Star and Shoulder Ribbon of the Federal Republic of Germany
literature
- Bernhard Stasiewski : Kolb, Joseph Otto. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 12, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1980, ISBN 3-428-00193-1 , p. 442 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Josef Urban: Kolb, Joseph Otto. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 4, Bautz, Herzberg 1992, ISBN 3-88309-038-7 , Sp. 324-327.
Web links
- Entry about Joseph Otto Kolb on catholic-hierarchy.org
- bamberga.de Archbishop em. Joseph Otto Kolb
- Joseph Otto Kolb
Individual evidence
- ^ According to the tombstone in Bamberg Cathedral, born on August 9, according to other sources on August 19.
predecessor | Office | successor |
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Johann Jakob von Hauck |
Archbishop of Bamberg 1943 - 1955 |
Josef Schneider |
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Kolb, Joseph Otto |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Roman Catholic clergyman, Archbishop of Bamberg |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 9, 1881 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Sesslach |
DATE OF DEATH | March 29, 1955 |
Place of death | Bamberg |