Robert Grosche

Robert Grosche (born June 7, 1888 in Düren , † May 21, 1967 in Cologne ) was a German Roman Catholic theologian .

Career

Community grave of Cologne pastors (Melaten cemetery)

Grosche studied Catholic theology at the University of Bonn . In 1908 he joined the Catholic student union AV Cheruscia Münster . He was ordained a priest on August 10, 1912. From 1920 to 1930 he was a student pastor at the University of Cologne . During this time he prepared his doctoral thesis, which he presented in 1924.

From 1930 he was pastor in Brühl-Vochem , from 1941 pastor on Assumption of Mary in Cologne. In 1943 he was appointed city dean and in 1944 as non-resident cathedral chapter . From 1945 he was pastor at St. Gereon .

From 1954 until his death he was honorary professor at the University of Cologne. He was editor of the controversial theological quarterly publication Catholica .

Robert Grosche died in 1967 at the age of 78 and was buried in the communal grave of the Cologne pastors in the Melaten cemetery (MA at hall 68).

Honors

1953: Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
1953: Honorary doctorate from the Theological Faculty of the University of Bonn

Individual evidence

^ Josef Abt, Johann Ralf Beines, Celia Körber-Leupold: Melaten - Cologne graves and history . Greven, Cologne 1997, ISBN 3-7743-0305-3 , pp. 96, 183.

literature

Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz : Grosche, Robert. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 2, Bautz, Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-032-8 , Sp. 357-358. ( Article / beginning of article in Internet archive )

personal data
SURNAME	Grosche, Robert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German Roman Catholic theologian
DATE OF BIRTH	June 7, 1888
PLACE OF BIRTH	Düren
DATE OF DEATH	May 21, 1967
Place of death	Cologne

[1] Josef Abt, Johann Ralf Beines, Celia Körber-Leupold: Melaten - Cologne graves and history . Greven, Cologne 1997, ISBN 3-7743-0305-3 , pp. 96, 183.