Karl Oerder
Johannes Karl Maria Oerder SDB (born October 31, 1928 in Linde-Scheurenhof in the Rhineland ; † August 16, 2019 in Cologne ) was a German Roman Catholic religious priest and long-time provincial and missionary procurator of the Salesians of Don Bosco .
Life
Karl Oerder, one of four children of a railroad worker, grew up in Linde-Scheurenhof. He lived with his family in Rösrath from 1938 to 1947 . Oerder first learned the job of a chemical laboratory assistant. Since he wanted to join the order of the Salesians of Don Bosco, he attended the Salesians evening high school in Buxheim near Memmingen .
On August 15, 1953, after the novitiate year in Ensdorf, he made his first profession and in 1956 his perpetual vows. From 1957 to 1961 he studied in Turin and Messina philosophy and Catholic theology and received on 29 June 1961 in Benediktbeuern the priesthood .
He first worked in the youth pastoral care in Velbert , then as head of the Salesian apprenticeship home in Essen-Borbeck . From 1965 to 1970 he was Provincial Vicar, from 1970 to 1978 Provincial of the North German Order Province. From 1974 to 1978 Oerder was also head of the Conference of German Superiors .
In 1978 he took over the management of the mission procuration of the Salesians Don Bosco in Bonn and was at the same time pastor of St. Winfried in Bonn's government district. He remained Mission Procurator until 2003. Until 2012 he worked as a representative for missionary animation and chaplain of the nuns in the Sacred Heart Monastery in Bonn-Ramersdorf . He was a co-founder and board member of Don Bosco Mondo eV
Since 2013 he has lived in the Dominikus Savio House of the Don Bosco Jünkerath youth education center .
honors and awards
- Federal Cross of Merit on Ribbon of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (April 24, 1995)
- Honorary doctorate from the Universidad Centroamericana , Managua (2001)
Fonts
- Globetrotter's experience. 30 years of commitment in the spirit of Don Bosco . Munich 2006.
- In the service of the youth of Africa . Bonn 1985
Web links
- A life in the footsteps of Saint Don Bosco: Father Karl Oerder is 80 years old. Bürger-Verein Linde eV, October 2008, archived from the original on February 11, 2013 .
- Marcel Bauer: Father Karl Oerder celebrates 50 years of priestly service. In: donbosco.de. November 30, 2011, archived from the original on March 4, 2016 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Salesians of Don Bosco mourn Father Karl Oerder. In: donbosco.de. August 16, 2019, accessed August 20, 2019 .
- ↑ Trauerbrief Karl Oerder on donboscomission.de , accessed on August 22, 2019
- ↑ Source: Office of the Federal President
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Oerder, Karl |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Oerder, Johannes Karl Maria; Oerder, Karl SDB |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Roman Catholic religious priest, provincial and mission procurator of the Salesians of Don Bosco |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 31, 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Linde-Scheurenhof , Rhineland |
| DATE OF DEATH | 16th August 2019 |
| Place of death | Cologne |