Wilhelm Schraml

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Wilhelm Schraml (born June 26, 1935 in Erbendorf ) is retired Bishop of Passau .

Life

He was born the second of three sons and attended the old grammar school in Regensburg and the Episcopal boys' seminar in Obermünster. He passed his Abitur in 1956 at the St. Augustin seminary in Weiden . As an alumnus of the Regensburg seminary , he studied at the Philosophical-Theological University of Regensburg . There he is a full member of the K.St.V Agilolfia in the KV .

He was ordained a priest on June 29, 1961 . Then he was a chaplain in Falkenstein and moved to Kirchenthumbach in 1962. In 1963 he returned to Falkenstein. In 1966 he moved to Regensburg to the parish of St. Konrad. In 1970 Schraml was appointed cathedral vicar and took over the duties of the deputy diocesan president of the Kolping family . A year later he became Diocesan President of the Kolping Family. In 1983 he was accepted into the Regensburg Cathedral Chapter .

Pope John Paul II appointed him titular bishop of Munatiana and auxiliary bishop in Regensburg on January 7, 1986 . Diocesan Bishop Manfred Müller donated him the episcopal ordination on March 8, 1986 in the Dominican Church in Regensburg . Co-consecrators were the auxiliary bishops Vinzenz Guggenberger from Regensburg and Martin Wiesend from Bamberg .

In 1986 Schraml was appointed Episcopal Vicar for charitable works. He was chairman of the Caritas Association for the diocese of Regensburg and chairman of the Catholic youth welfare of the diocese of Regensburg. He was also a consultant for liturgy and church music and chairman of the Regensburg Church Music School Foundation , as well as responsible for the marriage and family department and as regional dean of the Landshut pastoral care region.

Pope John Paul II appointed auxiliary bishop Schraml as diocesan bishop of Passau on December 13, 2001 . The official assumption of office took place on February 23, 2002. On March 2, 2010, Schraml announced that Pope Benedict XVI. has not accepted the offer to resign from office that every bishop makes at the age of 75. On October 1, 2012, Benedict XVI. his resignation request submitted for reasons of age. At the same time he appointed him apostolic administrator of the diocese until the inauguration of a successor . At the end of July 2013, Schraml moved his private residence to the pilgrimage site of Altötting . On September 2, 2013, Pope Francis released him from all duties as Apostolic Administrator.

In 2004 he was appointed Grand Officer of the Order of Knights of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem by Cardinal Grand Master Carlo Cardinal Furno and invested in the Munich Jesuit Church on October 16, 2004 by Anton Schlembach , Grand Prior of the German Lieutenancy .

Episcopal coat of arms

Bishop's coat of arms from Wilhelm Schraml

The coat of arms divided four times, it shows in fields 1 and 4 a red wolf on a silver background, the "Passau wolf" the heraldic animal of the former prince-bishops and today's diocese coat of arms. Field 2, a golden harp on a blue background, shows Wilhelm Schraml's attachment to music, especially church music. Field 3 also shows a green spruce on a blue background, as a symbol for the hometown Erbendorf in the Upper Palatinate Steinwald and the miraculous image of Altötting. Bishop Wilhelm Schraml wants to point out that he recommends the Diocese of Passau and his episcopal work to the Mother of God.

His motto "proclaim Jesus Christ as the Lord" from the 2nd letter of Paul to the Corinthians ( 2 Cor 4,5  EU ) the confession of Jesus Christ, which he already placed above his work as titular bishop of Munatiana and auxiliary bishop in Regensburg.

There is a crossed cross behind the coat of arms, the so-called lecture cross is the heraldic symbol of dignity of the bishops, and a bishop's staff , above the green bishop's hat with the 12 tassels.

Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Bishop Wilhelm Schraml remains in office . Website of the Diocese of Passau. Retrieved March 25, 2010.
  2. ^ Rinuncia di Vescovo di Passau (Germania) , in: Press Office of the Holy See: Daily Bulletin of October 1, 2012.
  3. ↑ Pope Benedict XVI. accepts resignation of Bishop Schraml , press release of the Diocese of Passau from October 1st, 2012.
  4. ^ Bishopric confirms the release of Bishop Wilhelm Schraml . Website Neue Presse Multimedia GmbH. Retrieved September 2, 2013.
  5. ^ Diocese of Passau : Bishop Schraml is accepted into the Knightly Order of the Holy Sepulcher on September 9, 2004 (accessed on April 19, 2011).
  6. ↑ Bishop em. Schraml becomes an honorary citizen of Altötting. In: online edition. Passauer Neue Presse , June 11, 2015, accessed on August 2, 2015 .
personal data
SURNAME Schraml, Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German clergyman, bishop emeritus of Passau
DATE OF BIRTH June 26, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Erbendorf , Upper Palatinate