Andreas Thiel (bishop)

Andreas Thiel ( born September 28, 1826 in Lokau at Seeburg in a circle Rößel; † July 17, 1908 in women Castle ) was from 1886 to 1908 Bishop of Warmia.

Life

He attended the village school in Lokau and on the advice of his teacher, the Progymnasium in Rößel and high school in Brown Mountain. In Brown Mountain, he studied at the Lyceum Hosianum theology. In 1849 he was ordained a priest.

Following his graduation, he began his teaching career in 1853 as a lecturer at the Academy of Brown Mountain. From 1855 on, Thiel was an associate professor and from 1858 professor of church history and canon law. He founded with others the Historical Society of Warmia and published in the journal Contributions to Warmia cultural history.

In 1870 he was canon and 1871 Vicar General of the Bishop of Warmia. In 1885 he was appointed bishop of Warmia and consecrated in 1886.

As a scientist, he dealt primarily with the earlier history of the Popes and the diocese of Warmia and cultural history.

Securities (in selection)

• The ratio of the Bishop Lucas Watzelrode of the German Order. In: Journal for the History and Archaeology of Warmia Vol 1 (1858-1860), pp. 244-268 and pp. 409-459. MDZ Munich
• Epistolae Romanorum Pontificum genuinae et quae sunt ad eos scriptae a p Hilaro usque ad Pelagium II Peter, Brown Mountain 1868 digitized.
• De Thomae Treteri Historiae Warmiensis Fontibus Quaeque Imprimis Ipsi Cum Simone Grunavio Ratio Intercedat. Lyceum Regium Hosianum, Brown Mountain in 1869.
• My discussion of the Janus - Christians. Peter, Brown Mountain and Leipzig in 1872.
• Brief outline of church history for higher elementary and secondary schools, teacher training colleges and similar institutions. 3rd Edition, Huyen 's Bookstore ( Emil Bender), Brown Mountain in 1879 ( and another four editions until 1894).