Cardinal Innitzer Prize for Theology
The Kardinal Innitzer Prize for Theology is a science prize awarded by the Archdiocese of Vienna . The award is named after Cardinal Theodor Innitzer .
The Cardinal Innitzer Study Fund
The Kardinal-Innitzer-Förderungspreis für Theologie is endowed by the Kardinal-Innitzer-Studienfonds , an institution for the promotion of science . Every year it awards prizes to outstanding young Austrian scientists in various scientific disciplines.
Scientific papers are eligible for the award if their scientific significance is equivalent to a habilitation thesis . Applicants should be Austrian citizens. The work of foreign citizens will be accepted if they work permanently in Austria at a scientific institution. The applications are assessed by the study fund, whereby external experts are also commissioned.
Award ceremony
The award ceremony is held by the Archbishop of Vienna, currently Cardinal Christoph Schönborn , at a festive award meeting in December of each calendar year.
Holder of the Cardinal Innitzer Prize for Theology
- 1972: Philipp Harnoncourt , theologian and priest
- 1973: no prize awarded
- 1974: no prize awarded
- 1975: Josef Weismayer , theologian and priest
- 1976: Georg Braulik , theologian
- 1977: Maximilian Liebmann , theologian and church historian
- 1978: Karl Matthäus Woschitz , theologian
- 1979: no prize awarded
- 1980: Andreas Laun , moral theologian and auxiliary bishop emeritus
- 1981: Walter Kirchschläger , theologian and philosopher
- 1982: Adam Seigfried , theologian
- 1983: Johann Figl , theologian and religious philosopher
- 1984: Otto König, moral theologian
- 1985: Heinrich Schmidinger , theologian and philosopher
- 1986: Wilhelm Pratscher , theologian
- 1987: Engelbert Guggenberger , theologian and priest
- 1988: Gerhard Hartmann , theologian and church historian; Rudolf Langthaler , theologian and philosopher
- 1989: Siegfried Kreuzer , theologian
- 1990: Georg Fischer, theologian; Manfred Hutter , theologian; Herbert Kalb , historian
- 1991: no prize awarded
- 1992: Gertraud Putz, theologian
- 1993: no prize awarded
- 1994: Dorothea Weber , Classical Philologist
- 1995: Schlagnitweit Markus, theologian and priest
- 1996: Reinhold Esterbauer , theologian and philosopher
- 1997: Martha Zechmeister-Machhart , theologian
- 1998: Clemens Sedmak , theologian and philosopher
- 1999: Wolfgang Klaghofer , theologian; Rupert Klieber , church historian
- 2000: Andreas R. Batlogg , theologian and religious priest; Roland Faber , theologian and philosopher
- 2001: Michaela Kronthaler , church historian
- 2002: no prize awarded
- 2003: Augustinus Sander, theologian and religious priest
- 2004: Maximilian Heim , theologian, religious priest and abbot of the Cistercian Abbey of Heiligenkreuz
- 2005: Christa Schnabl , theologian
- 2006: Johannes Michael Schnarrer , social ethicist
- 2007: Dominik Markl, theologian and religious priest
- 2008: Kurt Appel , theologian
- 2009: Dominik Orieschnig, lawyer and religious economist
- 2010: no prize awarded
- 2011: no prize awarded
- 2012: no prize awarded
- 2013: no prize awarded
- 2014: Wolfgang Grünstäudl, theologian
- 2015: no prize awarded
- 2016: Eduard Prenga, theologian and religious priest
- 2017: Sigrid Eder, Old Testament biblical scholar
- 2018: no prize awarded
- 2019: Predrag Bukovec, theologian