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Nikolaus Bares (1871-1935)
Coat of arms of the Bishop of Berlin (1933–1935)
Memorial plaque in Berlin, St. Hedwig's Cathedral

Nikolaus Bares (born January 14, 1871 in Idenheim near Bitburg , † March 1, 1935 in Berlin ) was a Roman Catholic clergyman, bishop of Hildesheim and Berlin .

Life

After graduating from high school in 1891, Bares studied theology in Trier and was ordained a priest in 1895 . He then worked as a chaplain at the Liebfrauenkirche in Koblenz , in 1899 as a religion teacher at the Kemperhof secondary school in Koblenz-Moselweiß and in 1905 as a senior teacher at the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gymnasium in Trier . In 1908 he went to the renewed study to Berlin and in 1909 at the University of Breslau for doctor of theology doctorate .

In the period from 1909 to 1918 he was professor teaching New Testament exegesis and apologetics at the Trier seminary . During this time Nikolaus Bares was also active as a pastor, among other things as confessor of Sr. Blandine . In 1918 Bares became regens of the seminary; he held this position until 1929. Up to this point he was also clergyman councilor and cathedral chapter in Trier , an office that he had assumed in 1920. In 1923 he was appointed papal house prelate .

In 1929 Nikolaus Bares became Bishop of Hildesheim. He received his episcopal consecration on February 24, 1929, the Bishop of Trier, Franz Rudolf Bornewasser ; Co- consecrators were Ludwig Maria Hugo , the bishop of Mainz , and Antonius Mönch , auxiliary bishop in Trier. After he was appointed Bishop of Berlin in 1933 , he took over this bishopric on February 2, 1934. He held the office of Bishop of Berlin until his death in 1935.

Nikolaus Bares was buried on March 7, 1935 in the lower church of St. Hedwig's Cathedral in Berlin.

He is remembered at the listed St. Hedwig cemetery on Konrad-Wolf-Straße in the Lichtenberg district, Berlin-Alt-Hohenschönhausen district . On a simply designed memorial with the inscription The eternal light shine for them. All deceased members of the St. Hedwigs parish are noted for the deceased Brandenburgers right next to the cemetery chapel. Among them is also Bishop Nikolaus Bares † 1.3 in an exposed place . 1935 .

literature

  • Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz:  Nikolaus Bares. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 1, Bautz, Hamm 1975. 2nd, unchanged edition Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-013-1 , Sp. 370.  ( Article / beginning of article in the Internet archive )
  • Bernhard Stasiewski:  Cash, Nikolaus. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, ISBN 3-428-00182-6 , p. 588 ( digitized version ).
  • Lorenz Zach: Bishop Dr. Nicholas cash. Sketches from his life. Berlin 1934.
  • Laurentius Zeller: Dr. Nikolaus Bares, Bishop of Berlin, as a personality. Trier 1935.
  • Michael Höhle: The first Berlin bishops Christian Schreiber (1872–1933) and Nikolaus Bares (1871–1935). In: Michael Höhle (Ed.): 75 years of the Diocese of Berlin. 20 personalities. Heiligenstadt 2005.
  • Berthold Fochs: Nicolaus Bares (1871-1935). Regens at the Trier seminary, Bishop of Hildesheim and Berlin. Trier 1992 (Kath.-theol. Dipl.-Arb., Mach. Multiplied).
  • In the light of eternity. Selected pastoral words, sermons, addresses and letters. Kevelaer 1936 (posthumously).

Web links

Commons : Nikolaus Bares  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Fochs, Berthold: "I also call you every day". Blessed Sister Blandine Merten and her confessor Nicolaus Bares. In: Paulinus 116 (1990) p. 19.
  2. ↑ cf. Norbert Fischer: Nikolaus Bares, Bishop of Berlin. Kevelaer 1936, p. 171 ff.
predecessor Office successor
Christian Schreiber Bishop of Berlin
1933–1935 		Konrad Cardinal von Preysing
Joseph Ernst Bishop of Hildesheim
1929–1933 		Joseph Godehard Machens
personal data
SURNAME Cash, Nicholas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Roman Catholic bishop
DATE OF BIRTH January 14, 1871
PLACE OF BIRTH Idenheim
DATE OF DEATH March 1, 1935
Place of death Berlin