Karl Augustin (auxiliary bishop)

Karl Augustin (born November 1, 1847 in Olbersdorf , Province of Silesia , † September 16, 1919 in Breslau ) was auxiliary bishop in Breslau .

C (arolus) Augustine

Life

Karl Augustin was the son of a farmer. He attended elementary school in Olbersdorf and then the grammar schools in Leobschütz and Neisse , where he passed the Abitur in 1870 . He then took part in the Franco-Prussian War and began studying theology at the University of Breslau in 1871 . During his studies in 1871 he became a member of the KDStV Winfridia Breslau in the CV . On April 17, 1874 he received through the Breslauer Prince-Bishop Heinrich Förster the priesthood and was then the Spiritual the seminary called. In 1876 he was appointed cathedral monastery secretary and at the same time curator of the Gray Sisters in the Breslauer Josephsstift. In 1882 Karl Augustin became the secret secretary of the prince-bishop's chancellery, and in 1886 an assessor in the ordinariate , where two years later he was promoted to ecclesiastical council and in 1904 was appointed honorary canon .

Because of the illness of the incumbent Auxiliary Bishop Heinrich Marx Karl Augustine on March 10, 1910 by Pope was Pius X to the titular bishop of Diocaesarea and Auxiliary Bishop of Breslau appointed. He was ordained bishop on April 25, 1910, by Prince-Bishop Georg Cardinal von Kopp ; Co-consecrator was the Apostolic Vicar of the Saxon Hereditary Lands , Aloys Schäfer .

In 1911 he was made an honorary doctorate in theology at the University of Wroclaw and was admitted to the Wroclaw Cathedral Chapter in the same year . He then served under Bishop Adolf Bertram for a few years . His direct successor was Auxiliary Bishop Valentin Wojciech , and from 1923 Auxiliary Bishop Josef Deitmer was responsible for the Apostolic Delegation for Brandenburg and Pomerania .

Act

Auxiliary Bishop Karl Augustin (Latin Carolus Augustin ) consecrated several priests and consecrated several churches, including the Mater Dolorosa church in Berlin-Lankwitz on September 22, 1912 , as the province of Brandenburg and thus Berlin , at that time, belonged to the diocese of Wroclaw as a delegation district.

Karl Augustin, as curate from 1897 to 1919, worked hard for the Congregation of the Gray Sisters in Wroclaw.

For his achievements he was awarded the Red Eagle Order 3rd Class with Ribbon.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Complete directory of the CV The honorary members, old men and students of the Cartell Association (CV) of the cath. German student associations. 1912, Strasbourg i. Els, p. 89.

Web links

• Entry on Karl Augustin on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on August 9, 2016.
• Werner Marschall: The Wroclaw Auxiliary Bishop Dr. theol. hc Karl Augustin (Polish)
• Wroclaw Auxiliary Bishops (Polish)