Karl Marbach (Bishop)

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Auxiliary Bishop Dr. Karl Marbach
Birthplace in Weissenburg
Epitaph for Auxiliary Bishop Karl Marbach, Abbey Church of St. Peter and Paul, Wissembourg

Karl Marbach (also Charles Marbach ) (born November 22, 1841 in Weißenburg ( Wissembourg ), Alsace ; † October 15, 1916 in Strasbourg ) was titular bishop of Paphus and from 1891 to 1901 incumbent auxiliary bishop in Strasbourg in Alsace.

Life

Marbach was born in 1841 in Weißenburg (today Wissembourg ) as the son of the shoemaker Philipp Marbach and his wife Genoveva born. Doeffler and was ordained a priest on December 17, 1864 in Strasbourg. 1864–1867 he was vicar in Colmar and Türkheim (now Turckheim ); from 1867 to 1870 teacher at the “Minor Seminary” in Strasbourg. 1870–1879 Marbach worked as a professor of church history at the Strasbourg seminary. 1879–1880 and 1880–1881 he officiated as pastor of Gerstheim and von Schirmeck, respectively . In 1881 he was promoted to canon and archpriest at the cathedral in Strasbourg . Bishop Adolf Fritzen of Strasbourg chose Marbach to be his auxiliary bishop and he was consecrated with him on the same day (July 21, 1891) by Metz's bishop Franz Ludwig Fleck as titular bishop of Paphus . Msgr. Marbach served as auxiliary bishop in Strasbourg from July 21, 1891 to September 1901. He was forced to resign because of political displeasure. He rejected the elevation to titular archbishop ordered by the emperor and the pope. After that he lived as emeritus mostly in the Marienthal monastery , where he is also buried. He died on October 15, 1916. The neo-baroque Thumba grave is preserved in the cemetery of the Marienthal monastery, and an epitaph with a portrait medallion was dedicated to him in the Weissenburg parish church of St. Peter and Paul .

His successor as auxiliary bishop of the diocese of Strasbourg was Franz Zorn von Bulach in October 1901 .

Marbach had a long-standing friendship with the priest and Reichstag representative Joseph Guerber , who also came from his hometown Weissenburg, and a collection of letters in this regard was published under the title "Letters from Joseph Guerber to the young Carl Marbach".

literature

  • Yves Marie Hilaire: Dictionnaire du monde religieux dans la France contemporaine , Volume 2, Page 278, 1987, ISBN 2701011418 ; Scans from the source
  • Paul Maria Baumgarten and Joseph Schlecht : The Catholic Church in our time and its servants in word and image , Leo Society Vienna , Allgemeine Verlagsgesellschaft Munich, 1900, Volume II, pages 212 u. 213, with photo
  • J. Brauner: Letters from Joseph Guerber to the young Carl Marbach , Archive for Alsatian Church History, Volume 8, 1933, pages 371–448

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sendbote des divine Heart of Jesus, Volume 28, 1901, pages 869 and 955; Excerpt from the source
  2. ^ Société pour la conservation des monuments historiques d'Alsace: Cahiers alsaciens d'archéologie, d'art et d'histoire , Volume 48, 2005, page 120; Scan from the source
personal data
SURNAME Marbach, Karl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Marbach Charles
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Auxiliary Bishop in Strasbourg
DATE OF BIRTH November 22, 1841
PLACE OF BIRTH Wissembourg
DATE OF DEATH October 15, 1916
Place of death Strasbourg