Michael Landau (priest)
Michael Landau (born May 23, 1960 in Vienna ) is an Austrian Catholic clergyman . Since 2013 he has been President of Caritas Austria and since 2020 of the Region Europe of Caritas Internationalis .
Life
Michael Landau is the son of the marriage of the Jewish father Erwin Landau , who had to flee Austria in 1939 and did not return to Austria until 1947 after his stay in Shanghai , and the Catholic mother Eva Landau . His younger brother Daniel Landau is a teacher and active as an education politician for the Greens in Vienna .
Michael Landau graduated from high school in Vienna in 1978 and then began studying biochemistry , which he completed with a doctorate in 1988 . He entered the Catholic Church while studying and was baptized in 1980. Since his high school days he has been a member of the Catholic secondary school associations KPV Thuiskonia Wien and Ö.KC Kahlenberg , both in the MKV . He is also a band philistine at KMV Siegberg Dornbirn in the VMCV. Since 2005 he has been an honorary member of the K.Ö.HV Alpenland zu Wien in the ÖCV .
In 1986 he entered the seminary and studied philosophy and Catholic theology . In 1999 he was for a doctorate in canon law with the work impeachment and transfer of pastors to Dr. iur. can. PhD. He was ordained a priest in Rome in October 1992 .
In December 1995 he took over the management of Caritas Vienna after Helmut Schüller . Since November 13, 2013 he has been President of Caritas Austria . In May 2020 he was elected President of the Europe Region of Caritas Internationalis to succeed Lucas Van Looy .
honors and awards
- Great Decoration of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria 1952 (2006)
- Greinecker Seniorenpreis (2006) for his engagement in the hospice movement, care for the elderly and for people with dementia
- Investiture in the Order of the Knights of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem (2007)
- Decoration of Honor in Gold for Services to the State of Vienna (2012)
Works
- Impeachment and transfer of pastors. An examination of the law in force with particular reference to the case law of the Second Section of the Supreme Court of the Apostolic Signature . Peter Lang, Frankfurt 1999, ISBN 978-3-631-35686-9 .
- Christmas . Holzhausen, Vienna 2005, ISBN 3-85493-226-X .
- Solidarity. Incitement to Humanity, Vienna 2016, ISBN 978-3-7106-0055-5 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Michael Landau in the catalog of the German National Library
- CV (Caritas Vienna)
- Curriculum vitae (Archdiocese of Vienna) ( Memento from January 15, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
- High honor for Caritas and Diakonie Town hall correspondence from March 28, 2012
Individual evidence
- ↑ Michael Landau. Caritas Vienna, March 5, 2019, accessed on January 20, 2020 .
- ↑ a b Michael Landau elected President of Caritas Europa - derStandard.at. Retrieved on May 19, 2020 (Austrian German).
- ^ Message from the ORF
- ↑ a b c d Michael Landau - Vienna History Wiki. Retrieved December 9, 2018 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Landau, Michael |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian Roman Catholic clergyman, President Caritas Austria |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 23, 1960 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |