Louis Zotz

Louis Zotz (* 22. April 1903 in pockets (House No. 76), Wenns, Imst, Tirol. Austria ; baptism on April 23, 1903 in Piller , Austria, † 1989 in Zaunhof , Austria) was a on the Philippines active Austrian Theologian , Catholic priest and university founder. The spelling “Luis Zots” and “Luis Zotz” are also used in the Philippines.

Life

The St. Joseph's Missionary Messenger ”, 1913

Herbert Cardinal Vaughan

Louis Zotz comes from the Austro-German artist, entrepreneur and scholarly family Zotz or Zoz, from which numerous theologians and priests emerged , including Edmund Zoz , Alois Zotz and Josef Zotz . Louis Zotz grew up in his native Tyrol . In his family's Catholic milieu one read the magazine “St. Josefs-Missionsbote ”, which reported with many pictures of Catholic order projects in Africa, Asia, Oceania and South America. When asked about it, Zotz decided in early youth to go into the world as a priest himself. He joined the Mission Society of St. Joseph of Mill Hill and became a great admirer of its founder the Archbishop of Westminster Herbert Cardinal Vaughan . The mission company for the German-speaking area was based in the South Tyrolean city ​​of Brixen, which was then part of Austria .

Zotz subsequently studied theology in Austria and London , where he was ordained a priest on July 20, 1930 at the headquarters of the Mission Society in the Mill Hill district of the London Borough of Barnet . The consecration was made by William Bouter, the bishop of the Indian diocese of Nellore . Then Louis Zotz went to the Philippines, where he worked until 1972 in the Antique Province, among other places, as a priest in Patnongon and in educational and social projects. He then returned to Austria, where he did pastoral work in Tyrol. He died in Zaunhof, about 17 kilometers from his birthplace in Piller.

activity

Louis Zotz founded in 1959 in San Jose with Simon Baars and John Daly, the "St. Anthony's College ”, which to this day, as a state-recognized university, offers various courses in the humanities and natural sciences. He submitted numerous writings in Filipino on theological questions and subjects of education.

Works (selection)

• Considerations for Mission in a Catholic Country. Patnongon 1968
• Memories. 1930-1970. San Jose (Antique) 1971

Individual evidence

1. ^ The life dates of Louis Zotz follow the information from Mill Hill Nederland
2. ↑ See Louis Zotz: Memories. 1930-1970. San Jose (Antique) 1971
3. ↑ Ambeth Ocampo: 'Clerical errors' in Antique. Philippine Daily Inquirer 02/26/2008
4. ↑ St. Anthony's College, San Jose, Antique ( Memento of the original from June 5, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.