Matthias Eberhard

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Matthias Eberhard
Matthias Eberhard
Memorial plaque on Eberhard's birthplace in Trier, Hauptmarkt

Matthias Eberhard (born November 1, 1815 in Trier ; † May 30, 1876 ibid) was Bishop of Trier from 1867 to 1876 .

Life

Matthias Eberhard was ordained deacon on January 12, 1839, and ordained a priest for the diocese of Trier on February 23 of the same year . In 1842 he was professor of dogmatic theology at the Trier seminary whose rain he was 1849-1862. From 1850 he was cathedral capitular and from 1852 to 1856 a member of the Catholic parliamentary group in the Prussian state parliament .

The Dominican Order, of which he was a member as a Terziar , allowed him on March 10, 1859, to admit Christian believers into the brotherhood Militiae Angelicae seu cinguli Sancti Thomae Aquinatis . In 1862 Matthias Eberhard was appointed by Pope Pius IX. appointed titular bishop of Caesarea Philippi and auxiliary bishop in Trier. The bishop of Trier, Wilhelm Arnoldi , donated him his episcopal ordination on August 3, 1862. Co- consecrators were the Bishop of Munster , Johann Georg Müller , and Johann Anton Friedrich Baudri , auxiliary bishop in Cologne . After the death of Bishop Leopold Pelldram , Matthias Eberhard was his successor in 1867.

At the First Vatican Council he was an opponent of the dogma of infallibility , but after the decision he proclaimed it in his diocese without reservation. He is described as "theologically absolutely loyal to the Pope and ultra- montane-conservative" and is considered "one of the most important pulpit speakers of his century".

As part of the Kulturkampf , Matthias Eberhard was arrested on March 6, 1874 as the second Prussian bishop and then sentenced to a fine of 130,000 gold marks and nine months in prison. He died six months after his release from prison at the height of the Kulturkampf. At the time of his death, 250 priests had been tried and 230 parishes in his 731 diocese were vacant.

Works

  • Dissertation, Matthias Eberhard (Author): De tituli sedis apostolicae ad insigniendam sedem Romanam usu antiquo et vi singulari .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ M. Lohrum, The New Beginnings of the Dominican Order in Germany after Secularization 1856-1875, Mainz 1971, 135; K. Kammer, Eberhard, Matthias, in: LThK, Vol. 3, Freiburg i. Br. 1931, 513.
  2. ^ Trier diocese archives: Dept. 83 No. 501, Bl. 51.
  3. ^ Steinruck, in: LThK 3 III, 428.
  4. ^ Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz:  Eberhard, Matthias. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 1, Bautz, Hamm 1975. 2nd, unchanged edition Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-013-1 , Sp. 1443.  ( Article / beginning of article in the Internet archive )
  5. ^ David Blackbourn: Marpingen - The German Lourdes in the Bismarck Period , Historical Contributions of the Saarbrücken State Archives, Volume 6, Saarbrücken 2007, ISBN 978-3-9808556-8-6 , p. 128
  6. ^ David Blackbourn: Marpingen - The German Lourdes in the Bismarckian Period , Historical Contributions of the Saarbrücken State Archives, Volume 6, Saarbrücken 2007, ISBN 978-3-9808556-8-6 , p. 129
  7. ^ Dissertation, Eberhard, Matthias, In: Gateway-Bayern.de
predecessor Office successor
Leopold Pelldram Bishop of Trier
1867–1876 		Michael Felix Korum
personal data
SURNAME Eberhard, Matthias
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman Catholic clergyman, Bishop of Trier
DATE OF BIRTH November 1, 1815
PLACE OF BIRTH trier
DATE OF DEATH May 30, 1876
Place of death trier