Stephan Jakob Neher
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.
literature
- Johann Peter Kirsch : Neher, Stephan Jakob. In: Catholic Encyclopedia . Volume 10, page 739, Robert Appleton Company, New York 1913, ( digitized )
- Friedrich Lauchert : Neher, Stephan Jakob. In: Anton Bettelheim (Hrsg.): Biographisches Jahrbuch and German Nekrolog. Volume 7, pages 332-333, Georg Reimer, Berlin 1905, ( digitized version ).
Web links
- Works by and about Stephan Jakob Neher in the German Digital Library
- Entry about Neher, Stephan Jakob in the index of the German biography
- Writings by Stephan Jakob Neher in the Index theologicus
- Entry about Neher, Stephan Jakob (1829−1902) in the CERL Thesaurus
- Entry about Neher, Stephan Jakob in the state bibliography of Baden-Württemberg
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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 |