Wilhelm Emmanuel von Ketteler
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Appointed | 20 May 1850 |
Term ended | 13 July 1877 |
Predecessor | Petrus Leopold Kaiser |
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Ordination | 1 June 1844 |
Consecration | 25 July 1850 by Hermann von Vicari |
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Born | 25 December 1811 |
Died | 13 July 1877 Burghausen |
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Baron Wilhelm Emmanuel von Ketteler (25 December 1811 – 13 July 1877) was a German theologian and politician who served as
Early life and ordination
Ketteler was born in
Bishophood
In 1848, Ketteler was elected as a deputy for the District of Tecklenburg and Warendorf. During this time, he became noted for his foresight, energy, and eloquence. He established a reputation for his decisiveness, rather than his scholarliness[2]
In 1850, Ketteler was made bishop of
Ketteler founded several
Death and legacy
Ketteler died in 1877, at Burghausen, in Upper Bavaria.
In Mainz, "Workers' Day" is celebrated in honor of Ketteler, and the
He is cited in Pope Benedict's encyclical Deus caritas est for his role in the Catholic social tradition.
Views
In 1861, Ketteler published a book on reconciliation between Catholics and Protestants in Germany, Freiheit, Autorität, und Kirche; in it, he proposed the founding of a prayer society "for the Reunion of Christendom".[3] Ketteler was friends with Julie von Massow, a Lutheran woman from Prussian nobility, who established one of these prayer societies.[4]
Ketteler was opposed the dogma of papal infallibility on the ground that it was being promulgated at an inappropriate time. After the dogma was defined in 1870, he submitted to the decrees.[2]
In 1858, Ketteler issued a pamphlet on the rights of the
Notes
- ^ "Wilhelm Emmanuel, baron von Ketteler | Bavarian bishop | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g h public domain: Lias, John James (1911). "Ketteler, Wilhelm Emmanuel, Baron von". In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 763. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the
- ^ Unitas, Volume 15. Society of the Atonement. 1963. p. 90.
- S2CID 246999187.
References
- Goyau, Georges (1913). Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. . In Herbermann, Charles (ed.).
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