Wilhelm Schneider (Bishop)
Wilhelm II. Schneider (born September 4, 1847 in Gerlingen near Olpe (Sauerland), † August 31, 1909 in Paderborn ) was Bishop of Paderborn .
Life
Wilhelm Schneider graduated from high school in 1868 at the traditional high school Theodorianum in Paderborn . He then studied philosophy and theology at the Theological Academy in Paderborn. On July 28, 1872, he was ordained a priest in Paderborn , was initially active as a pastor and, among other things, the chaplain of Baron von Papen at the Lohe house near Werl. In 1874 Pope Pius IX appointed him . occasionally a trip to Rome to the honorary chaplain. In 1879 he received his doctorate in Rome; In 1882 he was teacher of religion at the teacher training college in Rüthen to 1887. 1887 appointed him Bishop Franz Kaspar Drob to Professor of Moral Theology and director of Theologenkonvikts, today's Collegium Leoninum . From 1892 he was a member of the Paderborn cathedral chapter ; In 1893 Pope Leo III appointed him . to the papal house prelate ; In 1894 he became provost of the cathedral in Paderborn.
In 1900 he was appointed by Pope Leo XIII. appointed Bishop of Paderborn, later also Apostolic Vicar of Anhalt , today Diocese of Magdeburg . The episcopal ordination donated to him on August 15, 1900 his predecessor in office, the Archbishop of Cologne Hubert Theophil Simar . The coconscrators were the Bishop of Trier Michael Felix Korum and the Bishop of Munster Hermann Jakob Dingelstad .
From 1866 Schneider was a member of the Catholic student association KDStV Ripuaria Bonn and later an honorary member of the VKDSt Saxonia Münster in the CV .
Schneider dealt with esoteric and ethnic themes that were at home in the world of thought of the colonial era and that had correspondingly colored features. His works bore titles such as The newer Geisterglaube (1885), The Australian natives (1885), The Negro's cultural ability (1885), The primitive peoples (1886/1887), The religion of the African primitive peoples (Münster 1891), Morality in the light of the Darwin's theory of development (Paderborn 1895), universality and unity of moral consciousness (Cologne 1895), the other life (1896) and the divine world order and morality without religion .
Picture gallery
Wilhelm Schneider, print after painting by Heinrich Johann Sinkel (1835–1908)
Obituary for Wilhelm Schneider, Deutscher Hausschatz, 1/1910
Honor plaque at the Theodorianum high school in Paderborn: Left page: Fourth from top: Wilhelm Schneider
literature
- Johannes Madey : SCHNEIDER, Wilhelm. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 9, Bautz, Herzberg 1995, ISBN 3-88309-058-1 , Sp. 568-569.
- NN: Dr. Wilhelm Schneider, Bishop of Paderborn , in: German House Treasure in Word and Image, XXVI. Volume, No. 52, p. 961. With photography by W. Köppelmann, Paderborn (p. 957).
- Prelate Dr. Wilhelm Schneider, elected and confirmed Bishop of Paderborn. A picture of life . Ferdinand Schöningh, Paderborn, 1900.
- Hermann-Josef Schmalor , Peter Häger (Ed.): In Truth and Justice. Bishop Wilhelm Schneider of Paderborn 1900–1909. Festival ceremony for Karl Hengst . Bonifatius, Paderborn 1999, ISBN 3-89710-089-4 .
Web links
- Entry about Wilhelm Schneider on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Wilhelm Schneider in the Lexicon of Westphalian Authors
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- ↑ u. a. in: Deutscher Hausschatz, vol. 36, no. 1, 1910, p. 37
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Hubert Theophil Simar |
Bishop of Paderborn 1900 - 1909 |
Karl Joseph Schulte |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schneider, Wilhelm |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schneider, Wilhelm II. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bishop of Paderborn |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 4, 1847 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gerlingen , Sauerland |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 31, 1909 |
| Place of death | Paderborn |