Ulrich Wagener

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Ulrich Wagener (* 1930 in Siegen ; † April 19, 2007 in Dortmund ) was a Roman Catholic priest and church historian .

education

After high school in his hometown studied Wagener Catholic theology in Paderborn and Munich and received on 17 December 1955 at the Great Cathedral in Paderborn by Archbishop Lorenz Jaeger , the ordination . After his first job as a vicar in the parish of St. Johann Evangelist in Winterberg - Siedlinghausen , he began teaching studies at the University of Cologne , which he completed in 1960 with the scientific state examination for teaching at secondary schools in the subjects of religion and history .

Act

After completing this second degree , Wagener worked as a religion teacher in Hagen and Warburg until Archbishop Lorenz Cardinal Jaeger appointed him director of the higher technical college for religious education in Paderborn in 1968, which was soon converted into the institute for religious education. As head of this predecessor institution of the later department of theology, he made a significant contribution to the development of the Catholic University of Applied Sciences North Rhine-Westphalia, which was renamed the Catholic University of North Rhine-Westphalia on September 1, 2008 . In the 1972 winter semester, Wagener was appointed professor. As head of the Paderborn department and the theology department, he played a key role in the profile of the Catholic University of Applied Sciences in North Rhine-Westphalia as a church university. In 1992 Wagener gave up his professorship at his own request in order to devote himself entirely to his role as parish vicar of the parish of St. Kilian in Paderborn. From 1999 until his death, he volunteered as a chaplain in the St. Veronika nursing home in Paderborn.

Commission for Church History in the Archdiocese of Paderborn

Wagener was the initiator of the "Commission for Church History in the Archdiocese of Paderborn" and was appointed founding chairman in 1978 by Archbishop Johannes Joachim Degenhardt ; he headed the commission until 2005. In this area of ​​activity, Wagner became known primarily for his research results on the subject of “Priestly Life under National Socialism ” and the question of the deployment of foreign workers in church institutions between 1939 and 1945.

Honors

In 2005, Pope John Paul II made Wagener a Papal Honorary Chaplain .

Fonts

  • The Catholic Church under National Socialism, the peculiarity of ecclesiastical resistance . Media center for the Archdiocese, Paderborn 1983, together with Eberhard Chronz.
  • There is life in the cross . Verlag Bonifatius-Druckerei, Paderborn 1984, ISBN 3-87088-378-2 , together with Ingrid Moll-Horstmann.
  • Pope Pius XI "With burning concern" . Verlag Bonifatius-Druckerei, Paderborn 1987, ISBN 3-506-70734-5 .
  • Testimony of Faith and Resistance. Pastor Wilhelm Ochse (1878–1960) . Vorländer, Siegen 1990, ISBN 3-92348-302-3 .
  • The Archdiocese of Paderborn during the National Socialism . Verlag Bonifatius-Druckerei, Paderborn 1993, ISBN 3-87088-756-7 .
  • Witnesses for the Kingdom of God. The life sacrifice of Paderborn priests and religious during the Nazi era . Verlag Bonifatius-Druckerei, Paderborn 1995, ISBN 3-87088-845-8 .
  • Epilogue . In: Matthias Schulze: Federation or crowd - association or parish youth? Catholic youth work in the Archdiocese of Paderborn after 1945 . BDKJ, Paderborn 2001, ISBN 3-98074-111-7 .
  • 5 years Commission for Church History in the Archdiocese of Paderborn. Confession of Guilt, Organized Remembrance, and Reconciliation. How German Catholics deal with the Third Reich . Verlag Bonifatius-Druckerei, Paderborn 2004, ISBN 3-89710-302-8 , together with Karl-Joseph Hummel .

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personal data
SURNAME Wagener, Ulrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Catholic priest, church historian
DATE OF BIRTH 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Wins
DATE OF DEATH April 19, 2007
Place of death Dortmund