Peter Henrici
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His Excellency Peter Henrici | |
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Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Chur | |
Appointed | 4 March 1993 |
Term ended | 5 February 2007 |
Predecessor | — |
Successor | Marian Eleganti |
Other post(s) | Titular Bishop of Absorus (1993–2023) |
Orders | |
Ordination | 23 July 1958 |
Consecration | 31 May 1993 by Bernardin Gantin |
Personal details | |
Born | Zürich, Switzerland | 31 March 1928
Died | 6 June 2023 | (aged 95)
Peter Henrici (31 March 1928 – 6 June 2023) was a Swiss
Biography
Born on 31 March 1928 at
Professor at the Gregorian University
From 1960 to 1993 Henrici taught History of Modern Western Philosophy at the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, where he also served as Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy up to his appointment as Auxiliary Bishop of Chur. He was one of the much sought after professors at the Gregorian. His occasional lecture courses were often given to classes that were packed to overflowing. In the 1990–91 'A Philosophical Discourse for Theology' in the Faculty of Theology, for example, he gave a thrilling overview of the contributions of philosophy to Christian theology beginning from the doctrine of analogy in Plato and coming down to Heidegger. Again, in the 1990 graduate seminar on 'Methods of Interpreting a Philosophical Text,' with a chapter from Blondel's L'Action (1893), he gave hands-on training in the methods of Internal and External Structure, Lexicology, Metaphorology, Internal and External Sources, Redaktionsgeschichte, Wirkungsgeschichte, and Deutungsgeschichte (self- and other-interpretation).
From 1993, he served as visiting professor at the Theologische Hochschule, Chur, and honorary professor at the
Auxiliary bishop of Chur
In 1993, Henrici was named Auxiliary Bishop in Chur (Switzerland) and Titular Bishop of Absorus. Henrici was one of the two auxiliary bishops appointed to Chur in an attempt by the Holy See to defuse the crisis caused by the conservative policies of Bishop Wolfgang Haas.
His resignation as Auxiliary Bishop was accepted by Pope
Death
Henrici died on 6 June 2023, at the age of 95.[2]
Publications
Henrici has numerous publications to his credit, among which Hegel und Blondel (1958), a reworking of his doctoral thesis; Aufbrüche christlichen Denkens (1978), as also many translations, among others of the works of
- Hegel und Blondel: Eine Untersuchung über Form und Sinn der Dialektik in der 'Phänomenologie des Geistes' und der ersten 'Action'. Pullach bei München: Berchmanskolleg, 1958.
- Introduzione alla metafisica: ad uso degli studenti. Rome: Editrice Pontificia Università Gregoriana, 1989.
- Guida pratica allo studio: con una bibliografia degli strumenti di lavoro per la Filosofia e la Teologia. 3rd rev. ed. Rome: Editrice Pontificia Università Gregoriana, 1992 (A Practical Guide to Study, tr. Ivo Coelho. Rome: Editrice Pontificia Università Gregoriana, 2004).
- Bibliografia 1956–1993. Rome: Editrice Pontificia Università Gregoriana, 1993.
References
- ^ "Ricordiamo [Hans Urs von Balthasar]," Monastica 4 (1989) 40–48. "Hans Urs von Balthasar: Ein Lebensbild," Internationale Katholische Zeitschrift Communio 18 (1989) 294–317. "Hans Urs von Balthasar: A sketch of his life," Communio: International Catholic Review 16 (1989) 306–350.
- ^ Peter Henrici est décédé à l’âge de 95 ans (in French)