Vincent Cheap
Vinzenz Billig (born April 2, 1777 in Teschen ; † September 24, 1832 in Vienna ) was Apostolic Field Vicar of the Austro-Hungarian Army from 1831 to 1832 .
Life
Cheap was ordained a priest in 1800 and was field chaplain with Infantry Regiment No. 7 from 1803 . As such, he experienced the battles of Caldiero (1805) and Hausen (1809) and was awarded the Silver Spiritual Cross of Merit for his services.
In 1809 Billig was transferred to the Imperial and Royal Arcièren Life Guards as a chaplain and in 1814 appointed field superior and honorary canon of the cathedral chapter in Seckau. In 1827 he was appointed field consistorial director and succeeded the late Apostolic Field Vicar Josef Alois Schachtner on February 28, 1831 . At the same time he was appointed titular abbot of Lébény ( Hungary ) by Emperor Franz I.
literature
- Emerich Bielik: History of the KuK military pastoral care and the Apostolic Field Vicariate: on the order of His Episcopal Grace of the Most Revered Mr. Apostolic Field Vicar Dr. Coloman Belopotoczky. Vienna 1901.
- Erwin Gatz (ed.): The bishops of the German-speaking countries 1785/1803 to 1945. A biographical lexicon. Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1983, ISBN 3-428-05447-4 .
- Roman Hans Gröger , Claudia Ham, Alfred Sammer: Between heaven and earth. Military pastoral care in Austria. Graz u. a. 2001
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| SURNAME | Cheap, Vincent |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian apostolic field vicar |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 2, 1777 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Teschen |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 24, 1832 |
| Place of death | Vienna |