Norbert Stoffels
Norbert Stoffels OSB (born February 12, 1936 in Jülich ; † April 24, 2013 in Stuttgart ) was abbot of the Benedictine abbey of St. Ulrich and Afra Neresheim .
Life
Wolfram Stoffels, who grew up in Krefeld, entered the Benedictine monastery Neresheim in 1955, made his profession in 1956 and accepted the religious name Norbert. After studying theology in Neresheim and Beuron, he was ordained a priest on August 20, 1961 by Carl Joseph Leiprecht , Bishop of Rottenburg , in the abbey church . 1970, his abbot named him John Kraus the Prior of the abbey. On August 23, 1977 he was elected abbot by the monastery convent. On September 8, 1977, he received by Georg Moser the benediction . In 2006 he was re-elected for a last possible term of 6 years after reaching the age limit for abbots of the Benedictines of 70 years. It ended on February 21, 2012.
During his tenure as abbot, essential parts of the monastery complex such as the prelature, the monastery hospice and the convent building were renovated. In addition, Stoffels collaborated on the translation and new edition of the Rule of Benedict . After his death at the end of 2014, it was announced that he had left behind a fortune of around EUR 4.4 million, which the convention knew nothing about and which should largely come from a money laundering system called "Weinberg". After a few trials, the money is available to the monastery for the further renovation of the farm buildings.
Awards
- 1977: Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon
- 1996: Federal Cross of Merit, First Class
- 2006: Medal of Merit of the State of Baden-Württemberg
literature
- Helmut Engisch: A Rhinelander in "Swabian Siberia": the Neresheim abbot Norbert Stoffels. In: Schwäbischer Heimatkalender , 108, 1997, pp. 71–73.
Web links
- Stoffels, Norbert in the Biographia Benedictina (Benediktinerlexikon.de)
- Anniversary: Norbert Stoffels has been a priest for half a century
- Abbot Norbert Stoffels has turned 75
- Homepage of Neresheim Abbey
- Monastery museum
- Benedictine Abbey Neresheim in the database of monasteries in Baden-Württemberg of the Baden-Württemberg State Archives
Individual evidence
- ^ The whole region mourns the loss of Abbot Norbert Stoffels , April 25, 2013, Schwäbische Zeitung
- ↑ abtei-neresheim.de ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ benediktinerlexikon.de
- ↑ Secret accounts in the Neresheim monastery . November 2, 2014; accessed on November 24, 2016
- ↑ What does the monastery do with the inherited secret millions? Augsburger Allgemeine , November 22, 2016; accessed on November 24, 2016
- ↑ Heir to the millions of Neresheim Monastery. accessed on June 10, 2018.
- ↑ Waiting patiently bore fruit . accessed on June 10, 2018.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stoffels, Norbert |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Stoffels, Hermann Wolfram |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German chaplain, Abbot of Neresheim |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 12, 1936 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Jülich |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 24, 2013 |
| Place of death | Stuttgart |