Roland Breitenbach

Roland Breitenbach (2011)

Roland Breitenbach (born August 7, 1935 in Chemnitz ; † July 15, 2020 in Schweinfurt ) was a German Roman Catholic priest and writer .

Life

Roland Breitenbach grew up in Aschaffenburg and graduated from high school in 1957 with the Abitur. Although his actual career aspiration was a journalist , he decided to study theology at the Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg . He entered the Würzburg seminary , where Josef Stangl Regens , whom he knew, was. In 1963 he was ordained a priest in Würzburg by the new Bishop of Würzburg Josef Stangl. He spent the first seven months as a chaplain in Retzstadt . Then he was employed in the parish Herz Jesu in Bad Kissingen in the school sector, youth work and course pastoral care, where he met the spa guest and later Bishop of Limburg Franz Kamphaus . From 1968 he was a religion teacher at the Olympia-Morata-Gymnasium in Schweinfurt for five years . During this time he was briefly a member of the city ​​council of Schweinfurt for the CSU .

In 1974, Breitenbach took over the position of pastor of the parish of St. Michael in Schweinfurt, which he held until his retirement in 2010. Up to 6,000 visitors came to his motorcycle services and up to 1,500 to the youth services. During his tenure, he married 2,000 couples. He also initiated several social projects. He was a close friend of Bishop Jacques Gaillot .

Breitenbach received the Franconian cube in 1999 . In the laudatory speech, Franz Vogt , District President of Lower Franconia, stated: "Breitenbach is now at least as familiar with the minced meat ordinance as he is with the Holy Scriptures, because he is also an IHK-certified innkeeper, chef at Schweinfurt's 'Löwenzahn', Employer for almost no chance and meanwhile the 'island' in the Schweinfurt market hall has been added. "

Breitenbach's first book publication was Zeit des Glücks, which he wrote at the request of the Mainz publisher Laubach. In 1990 he published his book Der kleine Bischof, which originally appeared as a serial novel in the service journal of his Schweinfurt parish and has since been reprinted several times in an expanded form. In addition to 50 books, he wrote articles in Lower Franconian newspapers and a regular column in an advertising paper. It was primarily through these publications that he was perceived as a church critic both inside and outside his church .

On October 4, 2014, he had a bicycle accident in the Schleerieth district of Werneck . Because of serious, life-threatening injuries, he was operated on several times and kept in an artificial coma. Only after a long recovery period was he able to resume his pastoral and writing activities.

After a fall, Roland Breitenbach had to be admitted to a hospital in Schweinfurt with a fractured femur. He died there on July 15, 2020 at the age of 84.

Fonts (selection)

• A time of happiness. Matthias Grünewald, Mainz 1984, ISBN 3-7867-1090-2 .
• The little bishop. A church science fiction. 17th edition. Reimund Maier, Schweinfurt 2003 (1990), ISBN 3-926300-47-7 .
• The shadow wanders silently. Reimund Maier, Schweinfurt 1990, ISBN 3-926300-42-6 .
• See the liberator is coming. Reimund Maier, Schweinfurt 1992, ISBN 3-926300-40-X .
• A little white feather. Peter II, the Pope who blew up the ghetto. Reimund Maier, Schweinfurt 1993, ISBN 3-926300-13-2 .
• Footnotes on everyday life Reimund Maier, Schweinfurt 1997, ISBN 3-926300-25-6 .
• Born from dreams. The life of an unusual person. Reimund Maier, Schweinfurt 1998, ISBN 3-926300-36-1 .
• Passion flowers. Reimund Maier, Schweinfurt, 2001, ISBN 3-926300-39-6 .
• Six-minute sermons, reading year B. Herder, Freiburg 2002, ISBN 3-451-27782-4 .
• Six-minute sermons, year of reading C. Herder, Freiburg 2003, ISBN 3-451-27783-2 .
• Six-minute sermons, year of reading A. Herder, Freiburg 2004, ISBN 3-451-27781-6 .
• Blessings to you. Biblical Works Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-460-30238-0 .
• I feel like it, prayer of the plants. Reimund Maier, Schweinfurt 2007, ISBN 978-3-926300-61-4 .
• Six-minute sermons from A to Z: With meditations and blessings. Herder, Freiburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-451-32174-0 .
• Jesus would be a Palestinian today. Reimund Maier, Schweinfurt 2008, ISBN 978-3-926300-56-0 .
• Pilgrimage: Finding your own way. Herder, Freiburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-451-06061-8 .
• A fool says: I am so free. Reimund Maier, Schweinfurt 2010, ISBN 978-3-926300-63-8 .
• Freedom will make you come true to Bishop Jacques Gaillot. Ed .; in collaboration with Katharina Haller and Christian Modehn, Reimund Maier Verlag 2010, ISBN 978-3-926300-64-5 .
• The secret of the stones. Echter, Würzburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-429-03497-9 .
• My word in God's ear. Biblical Works Stuttgart 2012, ISBN 978-3-460-27168-5 .
• The key to heaven. Benno, Leipzig 2012, ISBN 978-3-7462-3877-7 .
• Live love. Biblical Works Stuttgart 2012, ISBN 978-3-460-08032-4 .
• Live, love, act mindfully. Echter, Würzburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-429-03532-7 .
• Francis of Assisi - Dear Brother Francis. anonymous. Patmos Verlag 2013, ISBN 978-3-8436-0446-8 .
• The Gospel on Foot. Echter, Würzburg 2013, ISBN 978-3-429-03624-9 .
• Talking places. Biblical meditations from the Holy Land. Verlag Katholisches Bibelwerk, Stuttgart 2015, ISBN 978-3-460-27176-0 .
• Accept God's melody and live. Verlag Katholisches Bibelwerk, Stuttgart 2015, ISBN 978-3-460-27184-5 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Roland Breitenbach in the catalog of the German National Library
• Victory of the rump . In: Der Spiegel . No. 51 , 1994, p. 71-73 ( online ).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ursula Lux: Roland Breitenbach: A priest who polarized from the beginning. In: kathisch.de . July 15, 2020, accessed July 15, 2020 . 
2. ^ Roland Breitenbach - The human. In: stmichael.de. Archived from the original on July 5, 2007 ; accessed on July 15, 2020 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b} Hannes Helferich: Pastor Roland Breitenbach: The community wants me to continue. In: main.de. June 8, 2009, archived from the original on August 3, 2012 ; accessed on July 15, 2020 . Reject for Pastor Roland Breitenbach. (No longer available online.) In: main.de. Formerly in the original ; accessed on July 15, 2020 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Gerd Landgraf: Pastor Breitenbach has to move out of the official apartment. In: mainpost.de. June 30, 2010, accessed July 15, 2020 . 
    
    
4. ^ Franz Vogt: Awarding of the Franconian Cube 1999 in Volkach: Roland Breitenbach: Laudatio. In: frankenwuerfel.de. 1999, accessed July 15, 2020 . 
5. ^ Roland Breitenbach - The author. In: stmichael.de. Archived from the original on July 5, 2007 ; accessed on July 15, 2020 . 
6. ^ Manfred Schweidler: Breitenbach. In: mainpost.de . October 5, 2014, accessed July 15, 2020 . 
7. ^ Barbara Markus: Accident near Schweinfurt: Pastor Roland Breitenbach in mortal danger. In: BR.de . October 6, 2014, archived from the original on October 8, 2014 ; accessed on July 15, 2020 . 
8. ^ Church critic and biker pastor Breitenbach died. In: BR.de. July 15, 2020, accessed July 15, 2020 .