Michael Buchberger
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Michael Buchberger (8 June 1874,
Life
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Buchberger was ordained as a priest on 29 June 1900. In November 1923 Pope Pius XI promoted him to the rank of "Bishop" in the diocese Munich-Freising. On 24 January 1924 he was ordained as a bishop by Cardinal Faulhaber. From 12 March 1928 until his death, he was the Bishop of Regensburg.
He was an expert in church history and did work as an editor for several encyclopedic books on this subject, in which he also wrote articles himself. He was the editor of the Kirchliches Handlexikon (1904-1912), and between 1930 and 1938, he was the editor of the Lexikon für Theologie und Kirche, which in 10 volumes contained 8,000 articles.
In both publications, he showcases[clarification needed] "Christian" antisemitism.[1][2][3]
After the war, Buchberger was active in rebuilding the diocese. Immediately after the end of the war in 1945, 95 charitable institutions were founded by him.[citation needed]
In the following years, 175 new churches were built on his initiative. In 1950 on the occasion of the
Buchberger was an honorary member of a
Awards
- 1950: personal rank of Pius XII
- 1953: Großes Verdienstkreuz mit Stern und Schulterband of the German Federal Republic
Bibliography
- Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz (1975). "Buchberger, Michael". In Bautz, Friedrich Wilhelm (ed.). Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL) (in German). Vol. 1. Hamm: Bautz. col. 786. ISBN 3-88309-013-1.
- Josef Staber: Kirchengeschichte des Bistums Regensburg. Regensburg 1966. S. 200–205.
References
- ^ Thomas Breuer: Die Haltung der katholischen Kirche zur Judenverfolgung im Dritten Reich. Archived 29 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine (2003)
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- ^ Antonia Leugers: Die deutschen Bischöfe und der Nationalsozialismus (II) Archived 8 July 2007 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- Works on and by Michael Buchberger in the Deutschen Nationalbibliothek
- Entry for Michael Buchberger on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Image of Michael Buchberger