Joseph Pletz

Joseph Pletz (born January 3, 1788 in Vienna ; † March 30, 1840 ibid) was an Austrian Roman Catholic clergyman, educator and author.

Life

Joseph Pletz was born the son of Andreas Pletz (* unknown; † December 7, 1805), accountant of a trading house in Vienna and his wife Cäcilia (* unknown; † 1833), a daughter of the court chamber jeweler Johann Bernhard Büttner. His sister was Barbara Pletz (* June 18, 1791; † unknown).

He initially attended the German school in Vienna and later switched to the St. Anna normal school , where the catechists Anton Hye (1761–1831) and Augustin Johann Joseph Gruber , who later became Archbishop of Salzburg, taught . In 1801 Joseph Pletz came to the St. Anna high school and had lessons from the teachers August Weimer (world preacher and catechist), Martin Span (professor of rhetoric and Greek language), Wenzel Hanke (professor of geography and history), Professor Vincenz Pleban, Valentin Polite (Professor of Poetics and Greek Language) and Professor Anton Reiman.

On the occasion of the death of his father in 1805, Joseph Pletz had to give lessons himself at the age of 17 in order to secure his livelihood, with the support of the priest Franz Schmid (1764-1843), the later prelate and cathedral choirmaster , who took him to the introduced and introduced better houses in Vienna.

Because of his very good school reports, Joseph Pletz received a scholarship from the Vienna University Fund after the death of his father, so that in 1806 he could begin studying philosophy and theology at the University of Vienna . He attended lectures by Professors Jakob Frint , Franz Hammer (1758–1825) ( philosophy ), Remigius Samuel Döttler (1741–1812) ( mathematics and physics ), Anton Joseph Stein ( philology ) and Martin Johann Wikosch (history).

In 1808 he joined the archbishop's alumnate and attended theology lectures at the University of Vienna with Vincenz Darnaut (church history), Leopold Ackermann (Bible studies), Anton Aryda (oriental languages), Altmann Arigler (New Testament Bible studies), Thomas Dolliner (1760– 1839) ( canon law ), Augustin Braig (1766–1821) ( dogmatics ), Theobald Fritz (1771–1848) ( moral theology ), Andreas Reichenberger ( pastoral care ) and Vincenz Eduard Milde (education), he received catechism lessons at the normal school in St Anna with Wendelin Simmerdinger (1783–1832).

Shortly after his ordination on August 30, 1812, Archbishop Sigismund Anton von Hohenwart appointed him on October 28, 1812 as the first prefect of studies in the alumni; This position of prefect of studies in the archbishop's seminary was also associated with the position of adjunct in theological studies at the University of Vienna.

In 1813 the Archbishop of Hohenwarth chose him as his ceremonial .

When the alumnate director Franz Bugl died on September 1, 1813, Joseph Pletz was put in charge of the seminar until the new director was appointed.

As an adjunct he taught dogmatics at the University of Vienna after Professor Braig left the school in the school year 1814/1815.

On September 6, 1816 he was appointed real court chaplain .

In 1816 the court and castle pastor Jakob Frint founded the higher educational institution for secular priests of St. Augustine, the “ Frintaneum ”, in Vienna. The head of this educational establishment was also a member of the court orchestra . Jakob Frint chose Joseph Pletz as the first director of studies. He was now director of studies at the Frintaneum and was therefore responsible for directing all scientific education. The court chaplain, Johann Michael Leonhard, was responsible as spiritual for the moral education of the students. One year later , Michael Johann Wagner , who later became Bishop of St. Pölten , was appointed court chaplain and second director of studies. These three then shared the education of the students in the educational institution.

On March 10, 1823 Joseph Pletz was appointed professor of dogmatics at the University of Vienna.

He was appointed by Emperor Franz I on February 15, 1827, after the death of Canon Anton Schopp, as his successor as canon of the Metropolitan Church of St. Stephen and consistorial councilor.

In 1827 Joseph Pletz planned to publish a theological newspaper, "Neue Theologische Zeitschrift", to follow the one published by Frint. This was supported by Bishop Frint and Professor Fourerius Ackermann, so that the newspaper could be published from 1828 until his death.

On March 27, 1828, he was appointed by Archbishop Leopold Maximilian von Firmian to be an ordinariate examiner in dogmatics and the paraphrase of the Holy Scriptures at the six-monthly parish bankruptcy exams.

To support the missionaries in North America, the Leopoldinen Association was founded on May 13, 1829 in Vienna by the Archbishop Count von Firmias. Joseph Pletz took over the editing of the reports of this association.

Due to the large number of his tasks, Joseph Pletz received Joseph Büchinger from 1829 to 1832 and Vincenz Seback from 1832 to 1834, who was finally replaced by Thomas Christ in October 1834, to support his tasks in the leadership of the department in philosophy, which was transferred on September 18, 1829 Study matters at the study commission.

On 27 June 1830 he was by the emperor dean of the Metropolitan Chapter of St. Stephen and appointed on 25 July 1830 by the auxiliary bishop and vicar general Johann Michael Leonhard invested .

On November 17, 1831, the previous director of theological studies, councilor and abbot of the Schottenstift , Andreas Wenzel, died . Joseph Pletz was then provisionally handed over the directorate, so that he now led the philosophical and theological studies in the entire monarchy.

On August 6, 1832, he was appointed director and consultant for theological studies at the study commission , combined with his appointment to the government council .

On February 20, 1836, he was appointed court and castle pastor as the successor to Michael Johann Wagner , who was transferred to the diocese in St. Pölten, while retaining his position as director of theological studies and assessor as well as advisor to the study commission. On March 12, 1836, he was introduced as the castle pastor and on March 19, 1836, he was appointed abbot to the Blessed Virgin of Pagrany in Hungary (Weszprimer diocese) (blessing granted).

In 1837 Emperor Ferdinand I and Archduke Franz Karl elected him confessor , the Archduke also appointed him religion teacher to his sons Franz Joseph , who later married Elisabeth of Austria-Hungary , known as "Sissi", Maximilian , who was later called by Napoleon III. enthroned as Emperor of Mexico and executed there after a court martial, as well as Karl Ludwig .

From August to October 1838 Joseph Pletz undertook a trip to Milan on the orders of Emperor Ferdinand I to his coronation as King of Lombardy-Venetia . He was accompanied by the court chaplain Ignaz Feigerle .

When Joseph Pletz died, he was on 1 April in 1840 by auxiliary bishop and vicar general of the Archdiocese of Vienna, Councilor Anton Aloys book Mayer ceremony in the Hofburg chapel consecrated. Joseph Pletz was the first to be consecrated in this chapel in the presence of the emperor who did not belong to the imperial family. For the second consecration the corpse was brought to the parish church of St. Michael , the third consecration took place shortly before the burial in the Hernals cemetery .

Works (selection)

• Christian Catholic teaching on the Holy Sacrament of Confirmation . Vienna: Published by Anton Doll, 1819.
• Genuine citizenship, the lovely fruit of the religion of Jesus Christ: a sermon given at the Restoration Festival of the Citizens' Hospital in St. Marx on the seventh Sunday after Pentecost . Vienna Wimmer 1824.
• The high value of the anniversary indulgence and its conditions: Five sermons, delivered in the church of the WWEE nuns of the Heil. Ursula in Vienna. Vienna Wimmer 1826.
• Reflections on some truths of Christianity presented in sermons: also for domestic edification for Catholic readers . Vienna: Wimmer, 1826. [1]
• At the end of the holy jubilee year: three sermons, delivered in the church of the WWEE nuns of St. Ursula in Vienna . Vienna: Wimmer, 1826.
• Sermons that were delivered during the second Säcular Feyer of the Barnabite Congregation on October 15 and 22, 1826 . Vienna: Printed by Anton Edlen v. Schmid 1826. [2]
• The consolation of the Christian in the bloodless sacrifice of the new covenant: a sermon, delivered on the feast of the birth of Mary, when the venerable secular priest Mr. Aloys Schlör celebrated his first holy mass in the parish church of Altlerchenfeld . Vienna Printed by the PP. Mechitarists 1828.
• New theological journal . Vienna, 1828. [3]
• About the obligatory accession of Catholic Christians to the Leopoldinen Foundation, established in the Austrian Empire for the expansion of the North American missions . Vienna: PP Mechitaristen, 1829. [4]
• Speech on the occasion of the solemn laying of the foundation stone in the newly built parish church in Döbling: August 30, 1829 . Vienna Strauss 1829.
• Speech at the high Consecration of the parish church at Döbling: spoken October 4th, 1829 . Vienna Strauss 1829.
• Marriage according to the will of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ: a gift from bride and husband . Vienna: Wimmer, 1832.
• Explanation of all epistles occurring in the prescribed Gospel book . Vienna: published by the royal-imperial school-books-administration at St. Anna in the Johannis-Gasse 1838.
• Status of the Croatian-Carniolan Franciscan Order Province of the H. Cross . Laibach: Dr. J. Blasnik, 1839.
• Historical temple of honor of the Society of Jesus . Vienna: At the expense of the editor and on commission from Franz Wimmer bookseller in Dorotheergasse No. 1107 (IS), Wimmer, Franz, 1841.

Literature (selection)

• At the grave of the most revered, highly learned Mr. Joseph Pletz, Doctor of Theology: for the commemoration of the day of his death, March 30, 1840, in the name of his students, admirers, friends . Vienna: Mechitaristen-Congregations-Buchh., 1840. [5]
• Vincenz Seback: Dr. Joseph Pletz. A biographical sketch . Vienna, 1841. [6]

Individual evidence

1. ^ New Nekrolog der Deutschen ... BF Voigt, 1842 ( google.de [accessed on January 2, 2018]).
2. ^ ADB: Pletz, Joseph - Wikisource. Retrieved January 3, 2018 . 
3. ^ Austrian biographical lexicon and biographical documentation: Pletz, Josef. 2003, accessed January 3, 2018 . 
4. ^ BLKÖ: Pletz, Joseph - Wikisource. Retrieved January 3, 2018 . 
5. ↑ Court and State Schematism of the Austrian Empire. Vienna 1807-1843 . 1807 ( google.de [accessed on January 3, 2018]).
6. ^ Theological journal . Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen. Retrieved May 26, 2019.