Wilhelm Sedlmeier

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Coat of arms of Wilhelm Sedlmeier (on his grave)
Grave of Wilhelm Sedlmeier in Reute

Wilhelm Sedlmeier (born April 28, 1898 in Friedrichshafen , † February 24, 1987 in Ravensburg ) was a German clergyman and auxiliary bishop in the diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart .

Life

Sedlmeier, son of an official budget, received in the April 5, 1924 Rottenburg am Neckar the priesthood . After receiving his doctorate, he was chaplain of Catholic Action. He was appointed papal secret chamberlain ( monsignor ). From 1934 to 1939 he was director of the Wilhelmsstift . In 1939 he became Rottenburg Cathedral Capitular . He was one of the closest confidants of Bishop Joannes Baptista Sproll , a declared opponent of the National Socialist regime. After Domkapitular Kaim left on July 1, 1941, he was appointed advisor for ecclesiastical affairs and repeatedly clashed with the Stuttgart Gestapo .

On February 7, 1953 Pope Pius XII appointed him . as titular bishop of Aulona and auxiliary bishop in Rottenburg (later Rottenburg-Stuttgart). On March 25, 1953 Bishop he gave Carl Joseph Leiprecht the episcopal ordination . Co-consecrators were the Auxiliary Bishops Eugen page Rich from Freiburg and Franz Joseph Fischer from Rottenburg.

Wilhelm Sedlmeier was one of the initiators of the Ellwanger Kreis , a discussion forum for Christian politicians in post-war Germany.

Like the Rottenburg bishop Carl Joseph Leiprecht, Sedlmeier was the council father of all four session periods of the Second Vatican Council .

After his death in 1987 he was buried in the monastery cemetery of Reute monastery near Bad Waldsee .

See also

literature

  • Stefan Herzog (ed.): Auxiliary Bishop Wilhelm Sedlmeier: [1898-1953-1987]. Rottenburg: Bishop. Ordinariat Rottenburg, Office for Public Relations 1987
  • Wilhelm Sedlmeier , Internationales Biographisches Archiv 14/1987 of March 23, 1987, in the Munzinger Archive ( beginning of article freely available)

Web links

Commons : Wilhelm Sedlmeier  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "Journal for Württembergische Landesgeschichte, Volume 55", W. Kohlhammer 1996
  2. ↑ "Church in National Socialism", J. Thorbecke Verlag 1984, page 116
personal data
SURNAME Sedlmeier, Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Catholic clergyman and auxiliary bishop in Rottenburg-Stuttgart
DATE OF BIRTH April 28, 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH Friedrichshafen
DATE OF DEATH February 24, 1987
Place of death Ravensburg