Werner Bardenhewer

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Werner Bardenhewer (born January 30, 1929 in Arnsberg ; † April 10, 2019 in Wiesbaden ) was a German Catholic priest . From 1974 to 1996 he was city dean of Wiesbaden and pastor of the central church of St. Boniface . He then worked for two years as a spiritual director in the Eibingen monastery . In 1999 he founded the Friends of Africa Action Wiesbaden , which works for better medical care and training in countries in the Sahel region . In 2016 he received the highest award in Burkina Faso .

Life

Joseph Werner Bardenhewer was born in Arnsberg in 1929. In 1937 he moved with his family to Wiesbaden , where he attended the humanistic high school Diltheyschule . He studied at the Philosophical-Theological University of Sankt Georgen and in Freiburg , Switzerland. He was ordained a priest in Limburg on December 8, 1955 .

From 1956 he worked as a chaplain in Nauort . In 1959 he was appointed to the diocese administration , where he worked as diocesan secretary in the social department. From 1962 he was a priest for the vocational school in Wiesbaden. In 1967 he became vicar in the Wiesbaden parish of St. Andreas and in 1968 parish priest there. He was also dean of the Wiesbaden-Mitte district from 1971 to 1974.

In 1974 Bardenhewer became parish priest in Wiesbaden's central Catholic church, St. Bonifatius, and at the same time city dean of Wiesbaden. During his tenure until January 31, 1996, he was committed to social work in the parish and beyond. He endeavored to deepen faith in the church services and the “Aufbruch” campaign and promoted spiritual exchange in the many groups within the community. Marked by the start of the Second Vatican Council, he named the new parish hall Roncalli House after Pope John XXIII. He was chairman of the local Caritas association as well as on the board of directors of the St. Josefs Hospital . In retirement from 1996 he worked for two years as a pastor in the Eibingen monastery in Rüdesheim, which Hildegard von Bingen had founded.

Bardenhewer (4th from right) between Bishop Ambroise Ouédraogo from Maradi, Niger and Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul with board members of africa action in Wiesbaden, 2011

After returning to Wiesbaden in 1999, he founded a charity organization, the Wiesbaden Circle of Friends of africa action / Germany , which works primarily in countries in the Sahel zone to combat blindness and improve training. The impetus was given by a life imprisonment cared for by Bardenhewer, who had learned that an operation in Africa for only 30  DM could give sight to a blind person. With the support of Caritas, Bardenhewer joined the Wiesbaden group to the existing ghana action. The Wiesbaden Circle of Friends made it possible to build five hospitals in Burkina Faso , Mali and Niger and financed the training of young people to become opticians and ophthalmologists . The fifth clinic in Mopti , Mali, was named after Bardenhewer in 2011: “Center ophtalmologique Père Joseph Werner Bardenhewer”. In 2018 he was the editor of the translation of a French-language book by Philippe Ouédraogo , the first cardinal from Burkina Faso, into German God is enough .

Bardenhewer traveled several times to West Africa in order to be directly connected to the organizations it supports, for example in Burkina Faso in 2018. He is known there as Père Joseph . In 2016 he received the highest award from Burkina Faso as "Knight of the National Order". He celebrated his 90th birthday in a monastery in Burkina Faso as part of a project trip. On February 24th he celebrated a thanksgiving service in the Church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary in Wiesbaden-Dotzheim.

Werner Bardenhewer died in April 2019 at the age of 90 in a hospital in Wiesbaden. A resurrection mass was held on April 23, followed by the burial in the Wiesbaden south cemetery by Johannes zu Eltz .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Alassane Diarra: Le candidat Soumaïla Cissé après la conference régionale de l'URD à Tominian: “Nous devons respecter nos institutions malgré les difficultés du moment…” In: malijet.com. February 15, 2012, accessed January 17, 2019 (French).
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g Michael Braun, Benjamin Dahlhoff et al: Pastor i. R. Werner Bardenhewer. In: St. Bonifatius (Wiesbaden) . December 8, 2015, accessed January 31, 2019 .
  3. ↑ a b c Anke Hollingshaus: Former Wiesbaden city dean Werner Bardenhewer celebrates his 90th in Burkina Faso. In: Wiesbaden Courier . January 30, 2019, accessed January 30, 2019 .
  4. ↑ a b Willing helper in case of social difficulties / pastor i. R. Werner Bardenhewer is dead . St. Boniface, Wiesbaden. April 29, 2019.
  5. ↑ Pastor Bardenhewer turns 90th Diocese of Limburg , January 9, 2019, accessed on January 16, 2019 .
  6. ↑ a b special edition April 12, 2019 / We mourn Pastor Joseph Werner Bardenhewer . africa action / Germany . April 12, 2019. Retrieved April 13, 2019.
  7. ^ Anke Hollingshaus: Help for the blind: Former Wiesbaden city dean Werner Bardenhewer visits Burkino Faso with a delegation. In: Wiesbaden Courier . January 2018, accessed January 16, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Manfred Gerber: Bardenhewer as namesake - Afrikahilfe eye clinic in Mali named after the former city dean. In: Wiesbadener Tagblatt . February 18, 2011, accessed January 16, 2019 .
  9. ^ Wolfgang Rösch: New Vicar General takes over. In: hr-online.de . October 24, 2013, archived from the original on October 24, 2013 ; accessed on February 1, 2019 . Philippe Ouédraogo: God alone is enough . Translated from the French by Stefanie Götzmann, edited by Werner Bardenhewer. Real publishing house, 2018, ISBN 978-3-429-05317-8 .
  10. ↑ Thérèse Travers: Report on the trip to Burkina Faso / January 2018. (pdf, 1.5 MB) africa action / Germany , January 2018, accessed on January 16, 2019 .
  11. ↑ a b Peter Grella: "Père Joseph is a dreamer" / The Republic of Burkina Faso awards the former city dean Werner Bardenhewer the highest award in the country. (pdf, 1.3 MB) In: Wiesbadener Kurier . February 27, 2016, accessed February 1, 2019 .
  12. ↑ Werner Bardenhewer died at the age of 90 . Wiesbaden courier . April 16, 2019. Retrieved April 16, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Bardenhewer, Werner
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Catholic priest
DATE OF BIRTH January 30, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Arnsberg
DATE OF DEATH April 10, 2019
Place of death Wiesbaden