Leopold Städtler
Leopold Städtler (born April 23, 1925 in Ligist ) is an Austrian Roman Catholic priest and papal honorary prelate . He was Vicar General of the Diocese of Graz-Seckau .
Life
After his Matura at the Academic Gymnasium in Graz in 1943, military service in the armed forces and imprisonment, Leopold Städtler studied theology at the University of Graz from 1945 to 1950 and completed his master's degree in 1971. After his ordination to the priesthood on July 2, 1950 in Graz Cathedral by Ferdinand Stanislaus Pawlikowski , he worked for thirteen years as a chaplain in Mureck , Murau and Judenburg . From 1964 to 1972 he was the first pastor at the parish church of St. Magdalena in Judenburg. In 1972 he became a member of the Graz-Seckau Cathedral Chapter, which he assumed chairmanship as Provost in 1989. On September 1, 1976 Johann Weber appointed him Vicar General of the Diocese of Graz-Seckau. On August 31, 1997, Helmut Burkard succeeded him. From 1990 to 2009 Städtler was custodian of the Diocesan Museum Graz , in whose construction and reopening from 1979 he was significantly involved.
Awards
- Papal Honorary Prelate
- 1972 Cathedral Chapter in the Cathedral Chapter of the Cathedral and Cathedral Church of St. Aegydius in Graz, from 1989 cathedral provost
- 1985 Great Golden Decoration of the State of Styria
- 1994 Apostolic Protonotary
- 2005 Great Silver Decoration for Services to the Republic of Austria
- 2009 citizen of the provincial capital Graz
Web links
- Leopold Städtler's biography on the Graz website
- Biography of Leopold Städtler on the website of the deaneries
- 70 years of priests , biography of Leopold Städtler on the website of the Diocese of Graz-Seckau
- Priest anniversary Leopold Städtler , photo series from the festive mass on the occasion of the 70th priest anniversary of Prelate Leopold Städtler in the Graz Cathedral on July 5, 2020 , website of the Diocese of Graz-Seckau.
Individual evidence
- ↑ List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF; 6.9 MB)
- ↑ Dompropst Mag. Leopold Städtler ( Memento from June 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive ). In: graz.at, accessed on February 2, 2015.
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| SURNAME | Städtler, Leopold |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian Roman Catholic priest and vicar general of the Diocese of Graz-Seckau |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 23, 1925 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ligist |