Stephan Jakob Neher

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Stephan Jakob Neher (born July 24, 1829 in Ebnat near Neuler , † October 7, 1902 in Nordhausen ) was a German Catholic theologian and church historian .

Life

After attending grammar school, Neher studied Catholic theology at the University of Tübingen . After successful completion, he was ordained a priest on August 10, 1855 . In 1867 he became pastor in Dorfmerkingen , in 1879 in Zöbingen and in 1896 in Nordhausen near Unterschneidheim .

Neher was the author of numerous theological and statistical works. From 1864 to 1868 the first section of the large-scale handbook Church Geography and Statistics appeared in two volumes, The European ecclesiastical provinces, and the first volume of the second section, The Non-European Church Provinces, America. For the second edition of the Wetzer and Welte's Lexicon - Church Lexicon or Encyclopedia of Catholic Theology and its Ancillary Sciences , published from 1892 to 1901, he was the most productive author with 232 articles. He mainly wrote historical-statistical articles on non-German and non-European church provinces. In 1895 he published his work Conspectus hierarchiae catholicae toto orbe terrarum. Ecclesiastical statistical tables over the whole Catholic world . His home diocese dedicated Neher's 50th anniversary, commemorative Statistical personal catalog of the Diocese of Rottenburg , which first appeared in 1878. Second and third editions of a more limited scope were published in 1884 and 1895.

Publications (selection)

  • Altare privilegiatum. Practical treatise on the indulgence of the privileged altar. Regensburg 1861. ( digitized )
  • Church geography and statistics. Department 1: The European ecclesiastical provinces. Volume 1: Ecclesiastical Geography and Statistics of Italy, Spain, Portugal and France. Regensburg 1864. ( digitized )
  • Church geography and statistics. Department 1: The European ecclesiastical provinces. Volume 2: Ecclesiastical geography and statistics of Ireland, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Germany and the neighboring states, Russia, Turkey and Greece. Regensburg 1865. ( digitized )
  • Church geography and statistics. Department 2: The non-European church provinces. Volume 1: Ecclesiastical Geography and Statistics of America. Regensburg 1868. ( digitized )
  • The combination according to its historical development and according to today's law. Regensburg 1874. ( digitized )
  • Statistical personnel catalog of the Diocese of Rottenburg. Festschrift for the 50th anniversary of this diocese. Schwäbisch Gmünd 1878.
  • The mission association or the work of the spread of the faith, its foundation, organization and effectiveness. Freiburg im Breisgau 1894.
  • Personal catalog of the clergy of the Rottenburg diocese who have been ordained and used in pastoral care since 1813 . Schwäbisch Gmünd 1894 digitized .
  • Conspectus hierarchiae catholicae in toto orbe terrarum. Ecclesiastical statistical tables covering the entire Catholic world. Regensburg 1895.

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SURNAME Neher, Stephan Jakob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Catholic theologian and church historian
DATE OF BIRTH July 24, 1829
PLACE OF BIRTH Ebnat at Neuler
DATE OF DEATH October 7, 1902
Place of death Nordhausen