Peter Pfister

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Peter Pfister (* 1952 in Fürstenfeldbruck ) is a German Roman Catholic theologian , church historian , archival scholar , author and publicist, deacon . He was archive director and head of the archives of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising , the Archbishopric Archive of Munich and diocesan archivist of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising and director of the diocesan library of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising .

Life

After graduating from high school in Fürstenfeldbruck in 1972, Pfister did military service (Air Force) from 1972 to 1973. From 1973 to 1978 he studied Catholic theology , German studies and history at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich , where he graduated in 1978 with the first state examination for teaching at grammar schools and with a diploma in Catholic theology. From 1978 to 1980 a doctoral degree in Catholic theology with a focus on church history of the Middle Ages and modern times with Georg Schwaiger as well as liturgical science and dogmatics followed, with a doctorate at the Catholic Theological Faculty of the University of Munich in 1980.

Archbishop's Archive Munich (former Carmelite Church)

Pfister worked from 1981 to 1993 as personal advisor to the Vicar General of the Archbishop of Munich and Freising and as archbishop notary . He was a close associate of the Vicars General Gerhard Gruber and Robert Simon . From 1993 to 1996 he worked as archivist at the archives of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising and in 1996 passed the state examination for the higher archives service at the Bavarian Archive School, General Directorate of the Bavarian State Archives. In 1996 he became deputy head of the archives of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising. In 1998 Pfister was appointed archive director and head of the archives of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising, the Archbishopric Munich and the registry of the Vicariate General, at the same time diocesan archivist of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising, and in 2008 director of the diocesan library. His work in the registry ended with the establishment of a main department for records management as part of a structural reform of the Archbishop's Ordinariate in Munich on January 1, 2011.

The main focus of his archival work is the opening of the archbishop's legacy of Archbishop Michael Cardinal von Faulhaber for scientific research in 2002, the opening of Archbishop Julius Cardinal Döpfner's files for the Second Vatican Council and the expansion of archival public relations work.

In 1996 Pfister became Familiare , a lay member of the Cistercian order . In 1999 he was Archbishop Cardinal Friedrich Wetter for permanent deacon ordained of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising and part-time for pastoral assistance to the Cathedral to Our Lady in Munich and at the former Cistercian abbey church Fürstenfeld in Fuerstenfeldbruck instructed.

Since 2003 he has been a lecturer at the Bavarian Archive School (General Directorate of the Bavarian State Archives) for the subject of Catholic Church Law. From 2008 to 2012 Peter Pfister was chairman of the conference of the diocesan archives of the ecclesiastical province of Munich and Freising , from 2010 to 2014 he was chairman of the Federal Conference of Catholic Church Archives in Germany.

Pfister retired as head of the archbishopric archives, archbishopric archives and diocesan library on July 1, 2018.

His journalistic activities focus on the history of the archbishopric, the history of the Cistercians, the history of the Bavarian church and the Munich Cathedral of Our Lady. He is editor of the series of writings of the archives of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising and the diocesan library of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising, exhibition catalogs, new series .

Peter Pfister is married and has two children.

Since 1965 he has been an active table tennis player in the table tennis department of the Fürstenfeldbruck sports club (since 2015 TuS Fürstenfeldbruck); 1970-2004 he was also a table tennis referee with numerous national and international appearances (World Championship 1989 in Dortmund, Olympic Summer Games 1996 in Atlanta ).

Fonts

As a writer

  • The Ilmmünster Collegiate Foundation . Pfaffenhofen ad Ilm 1989, ISBN 3-7787-3190-4 .
  • Series Living by Faith. The Diocese of Freising (from issue 5 with the subtitle The Archdiocese of Munich and Freising ). Éditions du Signe, Strasbourg 1989–1996.
    • Issue 1: Beginnings, Korbinian, diocese organization
    • Book 2: The Middle Ages
    • Book 3: Reformation, Counter-Reformation and Baroque Era
    • Booklet 4: The Archdiocese of Munich and Freising
    • Book 5: Pilgrimage, popular piety and veneration of saints
    • Issue 6: The cathedrals in Munich and Freising
    • Book 7: The cross, symbol of our faith
    • Book 8: Mary, Mother of God
    • Book 9: Church. Liturgy, light and space
  • The Cistercian monastery Fürstenfeld . Schnell & Steiner, Regensburg, 2nd, completely reworked. 1998 edition, ISBN 3-7954-1159-9 .

as well as several booklets in the Kleine Kunstführer series . Schnell & Steiner, Regensburg.

As a co-author

  • with Oskar Simmel: Saint Benno . Patron of Munich and Bavaria. A contribution to church history , Munich 1984.
  • with Thomas Forstner and Susanne Kornacker: Cardinal Michael von Faulhaber, 1869–1952. An exhibition by the archives of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising, the Bavarian Main State Archives and the Munich City Archives on the 50th anniversary of death, Munich, June 6 to July 28, 2002 . Munich 2002, ISBN 3-921635-67-5 .
  • with Guido Treffler: Archbishop's Archive Munich, Julius Cardinal Döpfner. Archive inventory of documents relating to the Second Vatican Council . Schnell & Steiner, ISBN 3-7954-1439-3 .

As editor

  • Monastery guide of all Cistercian monasteries in German-speaking countries . Fink, Munich, 2nd edition 1998, ISBN 3-931820-57-2 .
  • A blessing to the country. Saint Korbinian, bishop in Freising . Verlag Sankt Michaelsbund, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-920821-12-2 .
  • Martyrs for the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising. The martyrs of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising during the National Socialist era . Schnell & Steiner, Regensburg 1999, ISBN 3-7954-1270-6 .
  • From Arbeo to the Internet. History writing and historical research in the Diocese of Freising and in the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising, exhibition of the archives of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the foundation of the Association for Diocesan History of Munich and Freising . Munich 1999, online (PDF; 14.8 MB).
  • Catholic Church and Forced Labor. Status and prospects of research . Schnell & Steiner, Regensburg 2001, ISBN 3-7954-1417-2 .
  • Julius Cardinal Döpfner and the Second Vatican Council. Lectures at the Scientific Colloquium on the occasion of the opening of the Cardinal Döpfner Council Archives on November 16, 2001 in Munich . Schnell & Steiner, Regensburg 2002, ISBN 3-7954-1477-6 .
  • Michael Cardinal von Faulhaber (1869–1952). Contributions to the 50th anniversary of death and the opening of the Cardinal Faulhaber archive. Sermon and lectures, speeches and reports . Schnell & Steiner, Regensburg 2002, ISBN 3-7954-1548-9 .
  • Joseph Ratzinger and the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising. Documents and pictures from church archives, contributions and memories . Schnell & Steiner, Regensburg 2006, ISBN 3-7954-1914-X .
  • Eugenio Pacelli - Pius XII. (1876–1958) in the focus of research. Lectures on the exhibition "Opus Iustitiae Pax" in Munich . Schnell & Steiner, Regensburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-7954-2329-2 .
  • For the life of the world. The World Eucharistic Congress 1960 in Munich . Schnell & Steiner, Regensburg 2010, ISBN 978-3-7954-2443-5 .
  • Beloved home. Pope Benedict XVI and the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising . Verlag Sankt Michaelsbund, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-939905-95-0 .
  • Julius Cardinal Döpfner (1913–1976). Data and pictures about his work in Würzburg, Berlin and Munich . Schnell & Steiner, Regensburg 2013. ISBN 978-3-7954-2824-2 .

As co-editor

  • with Hans Ramisch: The Cathedral of Our Lady in Munich. History - description . Wewel, Munich 1987; 3., completely redesigned. New edition 1994, ISBN 3-87904-199-7 .
  • with Hans Ramisch: pilgrimages to the Virgin Mary in the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising . Pustet, Regensburg 1989, ISBN 3-7917-1201-2 .
  • with Helmut Hempfer : St. Ludwig in Munich . 150 years of the parish 1844–1994 . Weißenhorn 1994, ISBN 3-87437-357-6 .
  • with Andreas R. Batlogg and Clemens Brodkorb: Renewal in Christ. The Second Vatican Council (1962–1965) in the mirror of the Munich church archives . Schnell & Steiner, Regensburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-7954-2686-6 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Homepage of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising ( Memento from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ^ Homepage of the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
  3. ↑ https://www.erzbistum-muenchen.de/news/bistum/Neuer-Leiter-fuer-Archiv-und-Bibliothek-der-Erzdioezese-34324.news
personal data
SURNAME Pfister, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Roman Catholic theologian, church historian, archivist and archivist
DATE OF BIRTH 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Fürstenfeldbruck