Odo Haas
Odo Haas OSB (born March 4, 1931 in Karlstadt as Walter Haas ; † February 17, 2019 in Waegwan , South Korea ) was a German Benedictine and abbot of the Waegwan Benedictine monastery in South Korea.
Life
Haas attended high school in Münsterschwarzach and Würzburg. After graduating from high school in 1952 at the Old School in Würzburg, he joined the Congregation of Benedictines in the Münsterschwarzach Abbey in 1957 and celebrated his profession. After his philosophical and theological training, he was ordained a priest on July 6, 1958 by the Würzburg bishop Josef Stangl . From 1959 he worked as a missionary in a priory founded in 1956 in Waegwan , South Korea , and as a pastor in various parishes. 1964 was raised to an abbey; Odo Haas was elected the first abbot of the Waegwan Benedictine monastery on April 28, 1964.
In 1972 he moved to Tokyo to rebuild a Benedictine community. In 1982, at the request of Pope John Paul II, he was entrusted with the reconstruction of a monastery in Digos in the Philippine province of Davao del Sur on the island of Mindanao , where he worked as superior of the Digos Conventual Priory. Further missions until 2004 followed in India , China and Taiwan . From 2005 to 2008, at the request of Abbot Primate Notker Wolf, he worked in the Benedictine Abbey of Saint Paul Outside the Walls in Rome for the revitalization of the dying monastery. He lived in Waegwan again until his death.
In addition to his native German, Haas also spoke English , Korean , Japanese and Cebuano .
Fonts
- Paulus the Missionary , Vier Türme GmbH 1999, ISBN 978-3-87868-004-8
Web links
- Entry to Odo Haas on Orden online
- Kim Ae-ran OSB: "In memory of abbot Odo Haas" (The Korean Times, February 20, 2019)
Individual evidence
- ^ Obituary by Odo Haas , Main-Echo from February 19, 2019
- ↑ Abbey of St. Maurus and Placidus in Waegwan on orden-online of September 3, 2013, accessed on February 21, 2019
- ↑ Benedictine abbot em. Odo Haas died , Diocese of Würzburg on February 20, 2019
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
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Abbot of Waegwan 1964–1971 |
Placidus Ri |
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Haas, Odo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Haas, Walter (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Benedictine monk, Abbot of Waegwan |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 4, 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Karlstadt |
| DATE OF DEATH | 17th February 2019 |
| Place of death | Waegwan Benedictine Monastery , South Korea |