Leo Pietsch

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Leo Pietsch (born July 3, 1905 in Hermagor , Carinthia ; † September 30, 1981 in Graz ) was auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Seckau (since 1963: Diocese of Graz-Seckau ).

Life

After graduating from high school, Leo Pietsch studied theology and philosophy at the Karl-Franzens University in Graz and at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome , obtained his doctorate with a dissertation on the philosophy of René Descartes and obtained a doctorate in both studies. In 1929 he was ordained a priest in Rome and then worked as a religious teacher and pastor. After his habilitation in the field of Catholic moral theology and social teaching, he was appointed professor for moral theology and ethics at the University of Graz in 1945 .

Since the then Prince-Bishop of Seckau , Ferdinand Stanislaus Pawlikowski , began to be ailing in 1947 , Pietsch was assigned to him as auxiliary bishop on August 27, 1948 and consecrated as titular bishop of Narona on November 7, 1948 . Even after Pawlikowski's resignation in 1953, he remained active as auxiliary bishop under his successor Joseph Schoiswohl until his retirement in 1967.

On 31 August 1952, he consecrated as Mitkonsekrator of St. Pölten Bishop Michael Memelauer together with the Bishop of Linz Franz Zauner later Archbishop of Vienna Franz König bishop.

Pietsch particularly supported the Catholic campaign and pastoral care for children and young people.

In 1955 Pietsch became an honorary member of the AV Archduke Johann in the ÖKV .

After his death, Pietsch was buried in the bishop's crypt in the mausoleum of Emperor Ferdinand II in Graz. After a new burial place for the bishops of Graz-Seckau was created in Graz Cathedral in 2010 , the deceased bishops were transferred to the new bishop's crypt.

Publications

  • Cartesius as a philosophical worker, depicted from his letters to Mersenne (diss.), Graz 1933.
  • The layman in the church. Seckau Diocesan Synod 1960. Contributions and presentations With contributions from: Dr. Winfried Gruber, Dr. Josef Trummer, Dr. Andreas Posch , Dr. Karl Maria Stepan, Dr. Johannes Schasching , Dr. Erwin Melichar, Dr. Josef Wegan, Dr. Ferdinand Klostermann, Dr. Leo Pietsch, Dr. Josef Krainer, Dean Gottfried Puggl, Dr. Georg Hansemann. Graz (Styria) 1961.

literature

  • Karl Amon and Maximilian Liebmann: Church history of Styria . Styria, Graz et al. 1997, ISBN 3-222-12183-4 .
  • Siegfried Koß in Siegfried Koß, Wolfgang Löhr (Hrsg.): Biographisches Lexikon des KV. 1st part (= Revocatio historiae. Volume 2). SH-Verlag, Schernfeld 1991, ISBN 3-923621-55-8 , p. 77.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Last move into the bishop's church - reburial of deceased bishops in the new bishop's crypt , Sunday paper for Styria, issue no .: 07-10, accessed January 11, 2015
  2. ↑ Illustration of the new bishop's crypt, accessed January 11, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Pietsch, Leo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian Catholic auxiliary bishop of the Graz-Seckau diocese
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd July 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH Hermagor
DATE OF DEATH September 30, 1981
Place of death Graz