Peter von Hötzl

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Peter von Hötzl

Peter Alcantara Hötzl , since 1895 Knight of Hötzl , (* 6. August 1836 in Munich as Alois Matthias Hötzl ; † 9. March 1902 in Augsburg ) was from 1895 to 1902 Bishop of Augsburg .

Life

Petrus von Hötzl was born the son of a post office clerk in Munich, where he also attended elementary school and grammar school. He completed the last class in Freising . Before deciding to take up a career, he decided to go to the monastery and entered the Franciscan monastery in Munich on October 27, 1857 , where he took the religious name Petrus Alcantara (after Saint Peter of Alcantara ). He studied theology and philosophy at the university and was ordained a priest on March 30, 1860.

After a few years in pastoral care in the monasteries of Dietfurt and Landshut , he was called back to Munich to hold philosophical and theological lectures as a lecturer. He was active in this position for almost 30 years and has clearly shaped the formation of priests.

In 1891 von Hötzl was elected Provincial of the Bavarian Franciscan Province and confirmed in this office in 1894. On November 7, 1894 he was appointed bishop by Prince Regent Luitpold , whereupon on March 18, 1895 the solemn preconization by Pope Leo XIII. took place. The ordination as bishop took place on May 1, 1895 in Augsburg Cathedral by the Archbishop of Munich and Freising Antonius von Thoma .

Publications

During his time as a lecturer, he edited a wide variety of theological and historical writings, including a .:

  • 1876: The Little Office U. 1 Woman, designed for understanding and contemplation .
  • 1870: The history of the parish and monastery church of St. Anna .
  • 1881: Esau and Jakob , a study of biblical typics and casuistry .
  • 1896: Dioecesis Augustana jussu illustrissimi ac reverendissimi domini domini.

He also worked as an editor for Berthold von Regensburg's Sermones ad religiosos 1882 , among others .

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predecessor Office successor
Pankratius of spelled Bishop of Augsburg
1895–1902
Maximilian von Lingg

Reichsrat (Bavaria)