Antonius von Thoma
Anthony ( of ) Thoma (* March 1, 1829 in Nymphenburg, † November 24, 1897 in Munich) was Bishop of Passau and Archbishop of Munich and Freising.
Life
Born as the son of the ducal body hunter Berthold Thoma and his wife Gwendolyn, he lost his parents early. For his education and training ensured friends of the parents. Thoma visited schools in the monasteries Scheyern and Metten and graduated from high school in 1848 to Freising. As a scholar he studied in Munich Catholic theology and philosophy. From 1852 to 1853 he was an alumnus of the Klerikalseminars to Freising.
On June 29, 1853 he was ordained to the priesthood in Freising. From 1853 he worked as a coadjutor in Teisendorf. In 1860, he came as a cooperator to Munich. In 1867 he took over the parish of St. Zeno in Reichenhall, 1879, the Holy Spirit parish in Munich. 1883, he was appointed canon and Dompfarrvikar.
On March 24, 1889 Thoma was appointed Bishop of Passau and consecrated on July 28 by Archbishop Anthony of Steichele in Passau Cathedral. During his short tenure, he initiated the return of the Capuchins to the Mariahilf pilgrimage church and the establishment of a minor seminary in Burghausen.
After only seven months, on 23 October, he was recalled again and appointed by Prince Regent Luitpold Archbishop of Munich and Freising as a successor to the late Archbishop of Steichele. By Order of Merit of the Bavarian Crown, he was raised in the Bavarian personal knighthood. He was Knight Grand Cross of the Equestrian Order of the Holy grave in Jerusalem as well as Comes Romanus ( Roman Graf), House Prelate and Pontifical throne Wizard and Imperial Council of the Crown of Bavaria.
Archbishop Anthony of Thoma died on 24 November 1897 in his Munich residence and is buried in the Munich Liebfrauendom.
Award
- Order of Merit of the Bavarian Crown
- 2004 Knight Grand Cross of the Equestrian Order of the Holy grave in Jerusalem