Michael Buchberger
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Michael Buchberger was a Roman Catholic priest, notable as the seventy-fourth bishop of Regensburg since the diocese's foundation in 739.
promoted him to the rank of "Bishop" in the diocese Munich-Freising. On the 24th January 1924 he was ordained as a Bishop by Cardinal Faulhaber. From 12th 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 encyclopidic books on this subject in which he also wrote articles himself. He was the editor of the Kirchliche Handlexikon from 1907 - 1912 and between 1930 and 1938 he was the editor of the Lexikon für Theologie und Kirche which in 10 volumes contained 8000 articles.
In both publications he showcases "christian" antisemitism. Even in his own books he does show symphathy for this position. At no time and in no form did Buchberger oppose or speak out against the 3. Reich.
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. In the following years 175 new churches were build on his initative.
In 1950 on the occasion of the Christian Jubilee Pope Pius XII made him an Archbishop
.
Buchberger was an Honorary Member of a Catholic Corporation
(Katholische Studentenverbindung Südmark (Akademischer Görresverein) in Munich which is member of the Kartellverband katholischer deutscher Studentenvereine
(KV).
Life
Buchberger was ordained as a Priest on the 29th June 1900. In November 1923 Pope Piux XIPope Pius XI
Pope Pius XI , born Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti, was Pope from 6 February 1922, and sovereign of Vatican City from its creation as an independent state on 11 February 1929 until his death on 10 February 1939...
promoted him to the rank of "Bishop" in the diocese Munich-Freising. On the 24th January 1924 he was ordained as a Bishop by Cardinal Faulhaber. From 12th 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 encyclopidic books on this subject in which he also wrote articles himself. He was the editor of the Kirchliche Handlexikon from 1907 - 1912 and between 1930 and 1938 he was the editor of the Lexikon für Theologie und Kirche which in 10 volumes contained 8000 articles.
In both publications he showcases "christian" antisemitism. Even in his own books he does show symphathy for this position. At no time and in no form did Buchberger oppose or speak out against the 3. Reich.
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. In the following years 175 new churches were build on his initative.
In 1950 on the occasion of the Christian Jubilee Pope Pius XII made him an Archbishop
Archbishop
An archbishop is a bishop of higher rank, but not of higher sacramental order above that of the three orders of deacon, priest , and bishop...
.
Buchberger was an Honorary Member of a Catholic Corporation
Studentenverbindung
A Studentenverbindung is a student corporation in a German-speaking country somewhat comparable to fraternities in the US or Canada, but mostly older and going back to other kinds of...
(Katholische Studentenverbindung Südmark (Akademischer Görresverein) in Munich which is member of the Kartellverband katholischer deutscher Studentenvereine
Kartellverband katholischer deutscher Studentenvereine
The Kartellverband katholischer deutscher Studentenvereine) is a German academic corporate association with ninety member corporations in Germany, Austria and Switzerland...
(KV).
Awards
- 1950: personal rank of archbishopArchbishopAn archbishop is a bishop of higher rank, but not of higher sacramental order above that of the three orders of deacon, priest , and bishop...
by Pius XII - 1953: Großes Verdienstkreuz mit Stern und Schulterband of the German Federal Republic
External links
- Works on and by Michael Buchberger in the Deutschen Nationalbibliothek
- Entry for Michael Buchberger on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Image of Michael Buchberger
