Lukas Weichenrieder

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Luke Weichenrieder OSB (* as Klaus Weichenrieder on 9. August 1944 in Nuremberg ) from 1982 to 2004, the fifth and last Abbot of the 1922 re-founded monastery of the Benedictine in Weingarten in Upper Swabia .

Life

After graduating from high school in 1967, Weichenrieder studied Slavic Studies at the Theresianum late-career seminar in Bamberg . On March 25, 1969, he made his profession in Weingarten . He was ordained a priest on August 8, 1976.

He was elected abbot on March 11, 1982 by the community of monks of the Weingarten monastery. During his 22-year tenure as abbot, 23 monks left the monastery. Some had lived there for 10 or 20 years.

Abbot Lukas resigned from his office in 2004 for “health reasons” .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Rupert Feneberg , Rolf Schaubode: 900 years of adoration of the Holy Blood in Weingarten 1094–1994. Part 1.
  2. ↑ Stuttgarter Zeitung : The Benedictine hopes until he dies ( Memento from September 29, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) from May 13, 2010
  3. ↑ Allgäuer Zeitung : Weingarten Monastery must close  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. from October 9, 2009@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.all-in.de  
  4. ↑ Kölner Stadtanzeiger : The end of Weingarten Monastery from May 16, 2010
  5. ^ Südkurier : Weingarten: The Passion of the Monks of April 10, 2010
personal data
SURNAME Weichenrieder, Lukas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Weichenrieder, Klaus (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German religious, Benedictine abbot
DATE OF BIRTH August 9, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Nuremberg