Kunigunde Prince

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Kunigunde Fürst FrVbr (* 1944 in Ried in der Riedmark ) is an Austrian nun and former general superior of the Franciscan Sisters of Vöcklabruck .

Life

Anna Elisabeth Fürst started as a kindergarten assistant with the Franciscan Sisters in Linz in 1959, entered the order of the Franciscan Sisters of Vöcklabruck in 1964 and studied mathematics as a teacher and holds a doctorate in theology. She completed her doctorate in canon law at the University of Salzburg . She taught as a high school teacher in Wels and was the head of the University Council of the Diocese of Linz .

From 1994 to 2012 Kunigunde Fürst was Superior General of the Franciscan Sisters in Vöcklabruck for three terms of office each six years, where she was succeeded by Sr. Angelika Garstenauer.

From 2008 to 2012 Fürst was President of the Union of Austrian Women's Orders, where she was succeeded by Sr. Beatrix Mayerhofer SSND .

In 2013 Kunigunde Fürst was involved in a social and school project of her order in Kazakhstan .

Awards

literature

  • Marlen Schachinger: Sr. Dr. Kunigunde Fürst (born 1944). More breath of life. Or: And that's enough. In: Maria Fellinger-Hauer (Ed.): If there weren't any women. Ten portraits from the Catholic Church in Upper Austria. Edition Kirchenzeitung, Linz 2003, ISBN 3-902237-05-8 , pp. 127–140.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Doris Breinstampf: Sister Kunigunde Fürst has a big heart and is full of zest for action ( Memento from December 16, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Tips, Vöcklabruck, April 17, 2012
  2. ^ Vöcklabruck: Ring of honor for Sister Kunigunde Fürst salzi.at, July 28, 2012
  3. ^ Sr. Kunigunde Fürst receives human rights award ordensgemeinschaften.at, Kathpress , December 10, 2012
  4. ↑ Gold Medal of Honor of the Republic of Austria for Sr. Kunigunde Dr. Prince Franciscan Sisters of Vöcklabruck, December 21, 2012
personal data
SURNAME Prince, Kunigunde
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian nun
DATE OF BIRTH 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Ried in the Riedmark