Kassian Lauterer

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Former Abbot Kassian Lauterer OCist with Archabbot Tutilo Burger OSB
Coat of arms of Abbot Kassian II. Lauterer in the Collegium Chapel Mehrerau
Mass celebration with Bishop Gebhard Fürst in the former Imperial Abbey of Ochsenhausen (2014)

Kassian Lauterer OCist (born January 29, 1934 in Bregenz as Otto Lauterer , Vorarlberg ) is a Cistercian and old abbot of the Wettingen-Mehrerau Territorial Abbey .

Life

Kassian Kaiserslautern became effective on August 19, 1951 during his schooldays at the gymnasium of the Abbey Mehrerau into the novitiate of the Cistercian order one. Born Otto Lauterer, he took the religious name Kassian in honor of Kassian Haid . He studied Catholic theology and philosophy at the theological college of the abbey, since 1955 in Friborg , Switzerland. On August 6, 1957, he received the sacrament of ordination by diocesan bishop Bruno Wechner and became a teacher of philosophy and religion and prefect in the boarding school. In 1960 he was in Friborg to the doctor of theology doctorate .

On August 19, 1968 he was elected Abbot of Wettingen and Prior of Mehrerau (the official title). The abbot of Mehrerau is also the head of the Mehrerau congregation . After the papal confirmation on August 31, the consecration of the abbot by Cardinal Archbishop Benno Gut took place on October 26, 1968. His motto is: Bona voluntate servire ("Serve in good will", "Willingly serve"). Since 1975 he has headed the religious conference of the diocese of Feldkirch . As abbot of a private abbey , Lauterer was also a member of the Austrian Bishops' Conference . From 1978 to 2009 Kassian Lauterer was Prior of the Bregenz Commandery of the Order of the Knights of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem . On January 29, 2009, Pope Benedict XVI. his resignation request submitted for reasons of age.

Lauterer taught religion at the Collegium Bernardi until his retirement . In the course of the uncovering of several abuse scandals in Germany and Austria, Lauterer was accused of not only using a well-known pedophile priest in the boarding school, but also, after the renewed discovery of sexual assault, asked the victims to remain silent, arranged for the perpetrator to be transferred and failed to report . Lauterer denied the allegations.

Awards

Publications

  • Bibliographica Monastica (4). Printed writings by Kassian Lauterer , in: Cistercienser-Chronik 119 (2012), pp. 63–70. (A complete directory of all Lauterer publications from his youth to 2012).
  • In the service of the Gospel and the Order. Sermons, speeches and newspaper comments . Karlheinz Lauda (Ed.) ISBN 3-85298-122-0 .
  • Konrad von Ebrach SO Cist. CV and writings . In: Analecta Cisterciensia . Vol. 17, 1961, pp. 151-214.
  • On the impact of the Fürstenfeld reform statutes from 1595 to the Cistercians of the 20th century . In: H. Nehlsen and K. Wollenberg (eds.): Cistercians between centralization and regionalization. 400 years of Fürstenfeld abbots meeting , Frankfurt a. M. 1998, ISBN 3-631-32177-5 , pp. 713-727.

literature

  • Pius Maurer : bona voluntate servire. Willingly serve. Kassian Lauterer. Abbot of Wettingen-Mehrerau 1968 to 2009 (= Mehrerauer Greetings special edition 98 - March 2019), Verlag der Abtei Wettingen-Mehrerau, Bregenz 2019 / Bucher Verlag, Hohenems 2019, ISBN 978-3-99018-502-5 . [Biography with an interview attached]
  • Franz Xaver Bishop: Lauterer . In: Erwin Gatz (ed.), The Bishops of the Holy Roman Empire: a biographical lexicon. 1945 to 2001. Berlin 2002, p. 561.

Web links

swell

  1. ↑ Die Presse - Abuse: New lawsuit against the Mehrerau monastery
  2. ↑ ots - Former Abbot of Mehrerau Abbey: "Condemn abuse and assaults of the past"
  3. ↑ List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF; 6.9 MB)
predecessor Office successor
Heinrich Suso Groner Abbot of Wettingen-Mehrerau
1968–2009 		Anselm van der Linde
Heinrich Suso Groner Abbot praeses of the Cistercian Congregation of Mehrerau
1968–2009 		Anselm van der Linde
personal data
SURNAME Lauterer, Kassian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lauterer, Kassian Otto OCist (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian clergyman, abbot of the Wettingen-Mehrerau Territorial Abbey
DATE OF BIRTH January 29, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Bregenz , Vorarlberg