Maximilian Beyer

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Maximilian Beyer, early 20th century
Signature of Maximilian Beyer

Maximilian Beyer (born April 17, 1872 , † October 21, 1937 in Berlin ) was a German Catholic clergyman .

Gravestone of Maximilian Beyer in the Sankt-Matthias-Friedhof 52 ° 27 ′ 14 ″  N , 13 ° 21 ′ 42 ″  E

Life

Maximilian Beyer was on 14 June 1896 in Wroclaw for priests ordained . First he was chaplain in Friedeberg am Queis for two years and then in the Rosenkranz congregation in Steglitz near Berlin . In July 1899 he went from Steglitz to Groß-Lichterfelde as curator . He collected donations all over Germany for the construction of new churches in Berlin and was therefore also called “beggar preacher” and “beggar curatus”. The Holy Family Church in Lichterfelde , today Berlin-Lichterfelde , could be built with his help and was consecrated on July 19, 1904. Because the congregation grew steadily, Maximilian Beyer had more churches built in the then congregation area in the years that followed: In Berlin-Lankwitz the Mater Dolorosa church (consecrated on September 22, 1912), a provisional church in Teltow (consecrated on October 3, 1920 ) and in Lichterfelde-Nord the St. Anne's Church (consecrated on June 14, 1936).

In 1924 Maximilian Beyer became archpriest of the Berlin-Steglitz archipelago . On November 1, 1929, Pope Pius XI appointed him . to the Prince-Bishop's Spiritual Council and on December 18, 1930 to the Secret Papal Chamberlain with the title of Monsignor . A year before his death, he was appointed papal house prelate .

Maximilian Beyer represented the integralist "Berlin direction" in the trade union dispute . He died in the Sankt-Josefs-Krankenhaus in Berlin-Tempelhof and was buried in the Matthiasfriedhof in Tempelhof. His two successors as pastors of the Holy Family congregation, Melchior Grossek and Hans-Gerhard Müller, are also in his grave.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Certificate of the laying of the foundation stone Mater Dolorosa Berlin-Lankwitz
  2. ↑ 100 Years Mater Dolorosa Church - History of the Catholic Community in Berlin-Lankwitz - 1912 to 2012 , Mater Dolorosa Berlin-Lankwitz, accessed online on April 24, 2013

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personal data
SURNAME Beyer, Maximilian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Roman Catholic clergyman
DATE OF BIRTH April 17, 1872
DATE OF DEATH October 21, 1937
Place of death Berlin