Michael Felix Korum

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Bishop Michael Felix Korum, firm picture
Bishop Michael Felix Korum 1895
Trier Cathedral, Neo-Romanesque grave monument for Michael Felix Korum, created by Georg Busch , Korum is led by Peter to Jesus Christ, who shows him the open Bible with a passage from the Book of Revelation : “Whoever wins can sit on my throne with me sit, just as I victorious and sat on his throne with my father. "( Rev 3,21  EU ), inscription of the tomb in translation: Michael Felix Korum, for 40 years (1881-1921) Bishop of Trier, he died on December 4, 1921, may he rest in peace; The biblical inscription comes from the praise of the high priest in the book Jesus Sirach "Like lighted incense in a censer" ( Sir 50.9  EU )

Michael Felix Korum (born November 2, 1840 in Wickerschweier (Alsace) , † December 4, 1921 in Trier ) was Bishop of Trier from 1881 to 1921 .

Life

Michael Felix Korum came from a family of teachers and grew up in Colmar . After attending the seminary in Strasbourg he studied at the University of the Jesuits in Innsbruck and was established in November 1865. Dr. theol. PhD . He was ordained a priest on December 23, 1865 in Strasbourg . In 1869 he became professor of ecclesiastical history, from 1872 as a professor for dogmatics and New Testament exegesis at the Strasbourg seminary. Later he was appointed French cathedral preacher at Strasbourg Cathedral and, in 1880, cathedral priest , cathedral capitular and clergyman .

bishop

The recruitment of some foreign bishops for Michael Felix Korum indicates his enormous knowledge and perseverance. The bishops Paul Dupont of the Lodge of Metz and Andreas Räß of Strasbourg did not succeed in drawing him into their dioceses . It was not until 1881 that the Vatican and Prussia agreed to occupy the bishopric in Trier , which had been vacant since 1876 , during the gradual decline of the Kulturkampf . The candidate of Kaiser Wilhelm I for the office of bishop was Franz Xaver Kraus , but he was persuaded to approve Korum. After all, it was Pope Leo XIII. , who determined the candidate Korum on August 12, 1881 and thus overruled the Trier cathedral chapter's right to vote , the chapter then renounced its right of co-determination. Michael Felix Korum received his episcopal ordination from Cardinal Raffaele Monaco La Valletta on August 14th in Rome . Co- consecrators were the vice-gentleman of the diocese of Rome , Archbishop Giulio Lenti , and Curia Bishop Francesco Marinelli OESA . The Prussian recognition, and thus the first awarding of bishops during the Kulturkampf in Prussia, took place on August 30, 1881, and the office began on September 25, 1881.

The new Trier bishop did not develop into a peaceful middleman between Rome and Prussia. He defended the ecclesiastical freedoms with great tenacity and was the leader of the German episcopate against Prussian religious policy. It was different in the trade union dispute: here he appeared as an integrative representative and mediated between trade unions and Catholic workers' associations . On June 18, 1896 Korum was by Pope Leo XIII. appointed Papal Assistant to the Throne and "Roman Count" (Comes Romanus).

On the occasion of the so-called Trier school dispute and the mediating stance in the trade union dispute, there were clear differences of opinion between the Trier bishop and the Vatican, which prompted Korum to resign; however, his request was not granted. Korum knew how to approach the faithful on his visitation trips and to maintain good contact with the clergy , which earned him the reputation of a popular shepherd . With his four auxiliary bishops Johann Jakob Kraft (until 1884), Heinrich Feiten (1887-1892), Karl Ernst Schrod (1894-1914) and Antonius Mönch (since 1915), Korum had good and steadfast companions. In 1915 he received the honorary citizenship of the city of Trier. On March 1, 1916, he was awarded the pallium . He found his final resting place on December 9, 1921 in the High Cathedral in Trier . The Munich sculptor Georg Busch created a grave monument for him on the north wall of the cathedral.

Korum's motto on the bishop's coat of arms was: In patientia possidibitis animas (Through patience you will save your souls; ( Lk 21.19  EU ): If you stand firm, you will win your life).

reconstruction

When Korum took office in September 1881, 230 of the 731 pastoral posts in the Diocese of Trier were vacant , and the number of clergymen had fallen from 816 to 510. Bishop Korum began to rebuild the episcopal organs, 42 parishes and 30 independent vicarages were also established. Between 1881 and 1921, 250 new parish churches , 80 larger branch churches , additional church and monastery buildings as well as many conversions and extensions were built. With the participation and support of the diocesan bishop , the reconstruction and re-establishment of the Benedictine monasteries Maria Laach (1892) and St. Matthias in Trier (1921), the Cistercian monastery Himmerod (1921) and the Trier Joseph Sisters (1888) began. During this boom, the boys' seminary was founded in Prüm (1889), several pastoral conferences took place, and in 1889 the theological journal "Pastor bonus" appeared for the first time, later "Trier Theologische Zeitschrift". It was thanks to Bishop Korum that the Caritas Association was founded in 1916, and in 1920, after 400 years, he convened the first diocesan synod .

He bequeathed his private library of around 10,000 volumes to the Trier seminary, in whose library the books are still available today.

Episcopal conscriptions

During his tenure, Bishop Korum was consecrator of Bishops Heinrich Feiten , Karl Ernst Schrod , Willibrord Benzler OSB and Antonius Mönch . He acted as co -consecrator for the bishops Georg von Kopp , Henri-Victor Altamayer OP , Christian Roos , Adolf Fritzen , Karl Marbach and Wilhelm Schneider .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See the encyclical Licet multa on the Belgian school dispute.

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predecessor Office successor
Matthias Eberhard Bishop of Trier
1881–1921 		Franz Rudolf Bornewasser
personal data
SURNAME Korum, Michael Felix
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German clergyman, Bishop of Trier
DATE OF BIRTH November 2, 1840
PLACE OF BIRTH Wickerschweier (Alsace)
DATE OF DEATH 4th December 1921
Place of death trier