Leopold Lentner
Leopold Lentner (born November 6, 1907 in Vienna ; † February 12, 1995 in Heiligenkreuz ) was an Austrian theologian, religious educator and head of the Catechetical Institute in Vienna.
life and work
Leopold Pensionner graduated from Hollabrunn in 1926 and then entered the Viennese seminary . On July 19, 1931, he was ordained a priest in Vienna and on February 27, 1932 at the University of Vienna with a dissertation under Nivard Schlögl as Dr. theol. PhD.
During the Second World War he was taken prisoner by the French.
After 1946 he worked as a high school professor in Vienna and until 1950 as a journalist for the Austrian weekly newspaper Die Furche .
In 1950 he came to the archiepiscopal education authority and took on the task of editing a new catechism for Austria . From 1956 to 1968 he was director of the Catechetical Institute in Vienna . In 1958 he received his habilitation and was appointed Univ.-Doz. for pastoral care and catechetics .
Until 1968 he was editor of the Christian-pedagogical papers . From 1969 to 1982 he was a lecturer in pastoral theology , liturgy and catechetics in Heiligenkreuz . Gregor Henckel-Donnersmarck held his funeral at the Vienna Central Cemetery .
Works
- Leopold Lentner (Ed.): Catechetical Dictionary. Herder, Freiburg 1961.
literature
- Herbert Holzer: Obituary in: Christian pedagogical sheets 108, 1995, issue 2, pp. 124–126.
- Alkuin Volker Schachenmayr : Formative professors in the development of theological teaching in the Cistercian monastery Heiligenkreuz 1802-2002. Bernardus, Langwaden 2004, ISBN 3-937634-08-8 .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lentner, Leopold |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian theologian and religious educator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 6, 1907 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 12, 1995 |
| Place of death | Vienna |