Peter Carl Aloys Kreutzwald
Peter Carl Aloys Kreutzwald (born September 21, 1850 in Kommern ; † May 28, 1918 in Cologne ) was vicar general of four Cologne archbishops from 1894 to 1918 .
Life
Kreutzwald was the son of the doctor Martin Kreutzwald (1816–1881) and his wife Agnes Miltz (1824–1876). After graduating from high school in Neuss , he studied theology at the University of Bonn . After an interruption due to the Franco-Prussian War in 1870/71, where he served as a voluntary nurse, he continued his theological and legal studies at the Catholic University of Leuven , graduating with a doctorate. jur. utr. at the Humboldt University in Berlin .
On December 23, 1876, during the Kulturkampf in Eichstätt, he was ordained a priest and from 1876 to 1879 went to the Campo Santo Teutonico in Rome as a chaplain . He then worked as an auxiliary pastor in his home town of Kommern until 1886. From 1886 to 1892 he taught as a professor of canon law at the Cologne seminary . On March 19, 1892, he became an official , an office he held until March 9, 1895. Archbishop Philipp Cardinal Krementz appointed him on September 29, 1894 as his vicar general. He was a close associate of Krementz in its capacity as chairman of the Fulda Bishops' Conference .
The successors of Cardinal Krementz, the Archbishops Hubert Theophil Simar , Anton Cardinal Fischer and Felix Cardinal von Hartmann confirmed Kreutzwald in the office of Vicar General. During all vacancies he acted as the vicar capitular . On February 21, 1895 he was appointed cathedral chapter . He died in the 24th year of his office as vicar general of the Archdiocese of Cologne as a result of a stroke on May 28, 1918.
Honors
- Pope Leo XIII. appointed Kreutzwald to the Apostolic Protonotary .
Fonts
- Peter Karl Alois Kreutzwald: De canonica iuris consuetudinari praescriptione , Berlin 1873
See also
literature
- Eduard Hegel : Kreutzwald, Peter Karl Aloys. In: Erwin Gatz (Ed.): The bishops of the German-speaking countries 1785/1803 to 1945. A biographical lexicon. Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1983, ISBN 3-428-05447-4 , p. 415 f.
- Hermann Joseph Hecker: Chronicle of the regents, lecturers and economists in the seminary of the Archdiocese of Cologne 1615-1950 . Düsseldorf 1952, p. 210 f.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Friedrich Ludger Kleinheidt |
Cologne Vicar General 1894 - 1918 |
Joseph Heinrich Peter Vogt |
| Caspar Anton Heuser |
Cologne official 1892 - 1895 |
Hermann Joseph Schmitz |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kreutzwald, Peter Carl Aloys |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kreutzwald, Peter Karl Alois |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Vicar General in Cologne |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 21, 1850 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kommern |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 28, 1918 |
| Place of death | Cologne |