Collegium Canisianum

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The Canisianum in Innsbruck is an international Theologenkonvikt the Roman Catholic Church. It is under the auspices of the Jesuit Order.

History

The Canisianum is named after St. Peter Canisius and was built in 1910/11 under rain P. Michael Hofmann. It replaced the Theologenkonvikt Nicolaihaus.

During the First World War it housed from 1915 to 1919, the students of the Germanicums of Rome. On November 21, 1938, was closed by the Nazis and could be re- opened in October 1945.

Well-known graduates of the Seminary

  • Vilmos Apor (1892-1945), Bishop of the Diocese of Győr, beatified in 1997
  • Nicetas Budka (1877-1949), Bishop of Lviv ( Lemberg), beatified in 2001
  • Hans Buschor, Priest, director and head of K- TV
  • Fr Edward Flanagan (1886-1948), founder of Boys Town in the U.S.
  • Joseph Frings (1887-1978), Archbishop of Cologne, Cardinal
  • Clemens August Graf von Galen (1878-1946), Bishop of Münster, Cardinal, beatified in 2005
  • Bernhard Hürfeld (1892-1966), founder of the Canisianums in Luedinghausen and detainees in the priest block in Dachau concentration camp
  • Andrij Ischtschak (1887-1941), professor at the Theological Academy in Lviv ( Lemberg), beatified in 2001
  • Antons Just's ( born 1931 ), founding bishop of the Diocese of Jelgava in Latvia
  • Michael Keller (1896-1961), Bishop of the Diocese of Münster
  • Michael Felix Korum (1840-1921), Bishop of the Diocese of Trier
  • Odilo Lechner
  • Myroslaw Ljubatschiwski (1914-2000), Archbishop of Lviv ( Lvov ) of the Ukrainian Catholic Church
  • Paul Rusch (1903-1986), Bishop of the Diocese of Innsbruck
  • Prince Georg of Saxony (1893-1943)
  • Jossyf Slipyj (1892-1984), Metropolitan of the Ukrainian Catholic Church, Cardinal
  • Reinhold Stecher (1921-2013), Bishop of the Diocese of Innsbruck
  • Klementij Szeptyckyj (1869-1951), Exarch of Russia and Siberia, Archimandrite of the Studite, beatified in 2001
  • Bruno Wechner (1908-1999), first bishop of the Diocese of Feldkirch
  • Florian Wörner (1970), Suffragan Bishop of the Diocese of Augsburg since June 2012
Nykyta Budka Roman Catholic Diocese of Jelgava Roman Catholic Diocese of Trier Josyf Slipyj Studite Brethren
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