Squidward Stahler
Thaddäus Stahler (born September 26, 1857 in Geinsheim , † September 14, 1938 in Würzburg ) was a Catholic priest , from the diocese of Speyer , cathedral capitular , cathedral provost and cathedral dean of the diocese of Würzburg , as well as papal house prelate and long-time chairman of the Bavarian clergy association .
Life
origin
Thaddäus Stahler was born in Geinsheim as the son of Friedrich Stahler and Klara. Schreiner (from Harthausen ) born. The father was a tailor by trade. Geinsheim is strongly religious and numerous priests and religious have emerged from the village in the course of history. Thaddäus Stahler also aspired to the clerical profession, but could not enter the seminary in Speyer because there was an abundance of alumni there. On the advice and mediation of the Franciscan Father Konrad Eupel (parish administrator in Geinsheim in 1874), the young man entered the seminary of the diocese of Würzburg instead.
Priest and Canon in Würzburg
On July 31, 1881 he was ordained a priest in Würzburg and continued to stay in this district. At first Stahler worked as a chaplain in the Franconian communities in Arnshausen (today part of Bad Kissingen ), Forst and Gerolzhofen . From 1885 he went to the Aschaffenburg study seminar as prefect ; In 1891 he was promoted to pastor at the church "Our Lady". Here Stahler - as a child of poor people - was increasingly active in workers 'pastoral care, for 10 years he also worked as President of the Catholic workers' associations in the Diocese of Würzburg.
In 1912 the priest from the Palatinate received his appointment as Würzburg cathedral capitular and he was on the board of the central committee for the organization of the German Catholic Days. Stahler became provost of the cathedral in 1921 , as well as papal house prelate , in 1933 cathedral dean . Between 1914 and 1936, the canon also looked after the “Zeller Sisters” in the nearby Oberzell monastery as spiritual director .
Chairman of the clergy association
Thaddäus Stahler was involved in the founding of the Bavarian Priesthood Representation, the still existing "Bavarian Clergy Association", as its 1st chairman between 1919 and 1933 and thus gained national fame. In the anniversary book “The Bavarian Clergy in the Time of Three Revolutions 1918-1933-1945; 25 Years of Clergy Association ” , Stahler is therefore devoted to a separate chapter. On the occasion of his golden jubilee of consecration, in 1931, the initiator of the clergy association, Cardinal Michael von Faulhaber , paid tribute to him with the words: “That the priestly associations have smoothly assumed a solid shape and - what is the main thing - have gone beyond mere organization and actually for our clergy were a spiritual and economic blessing is your great merit. ” Domdekan Stahler remained closely connected to his Palatinate homeland and the Speyer home diocese throughout his life and he cultivated intensive contacts here. The Bavarian Clergy Association - which is also the professional representative of the Speyer priests - donated a memorial plaque to the founding chairman in the entrance area of the Geinsheim church after his death. It says u. a. the beautiful characterization: "... one of the most distinctive personalities of the Bavarian clergy, whose work was not carried out loudly in front of the general public".
literature
- Kästel, Norbert: St. Peter and Paul, Geinsheim - On the history of the church and the parish . Festschrift for the 125th anniversary of the consecration of the new church; Neustadt-Geinsheim, 1998.
- Alois Natterer: The Bavarian clergy in the time of three revolutions 1918-1933-1945; 25 years of clergy association . Munich 1946.
- Theodor Maas-Ewerd: clerics in the service of God for people. Festschrift for the 75th anniversary of the clergy association and the clergy gazette in Bavaria and the Palatinate 1920-1995 . Munich 1995.
- Florian Trenner: Clergy Association. History and meaning . Munich 2004.
Web links
- Literature by and about Thaddäus Stahler in the catalog of the German National Library
- ( Page no longer available , search in web archives: memorial page for Thaddäus Stahler, from his home parish Geinsheim, Diocese of Speyer )
- Page of the clergy association, on the history of the association, mentioning Thaddäus Stahlers
- ( Page no longer available , search in web archives: Page on the history of the Aschaffenburg parish St. Kilian, with an entry on Thaddäus Stahler, at the very end, year 1895 )
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stahler, Squidward |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Catholic priest, cathedral capitular, cathedral provost, cathedral dean |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 26, 1857 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Geinsheim |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 14, 1938 |
| Place of death | Wurzburg |