Franz-Josef Rudigier
Franz Joseph Rudi greed ( born April 7, 1811 in partenen, Vorarlberg, † November 29, 1884 in Linz) was a Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Linz.
Life
Franz Joseph Rudi greed was the youngest child of Johann Christian Rudi greed and Maria Josepha, born Tschofen. In 1831 he entered the seminary at Brixen and was ordained a priest on April 12, 1835. He was first pastor in 1836 in Vandans and brush. In 1838 he studied at the Higher Education Institute for World Priest St. Augustine ( Frintaneum ) in Vienna and in 1839 professor of church history and canon law in Bressanone. In 1845 he was Spiritual Director of the Fritaneums and chaplain in Vienna. He was a teacher of Emperor Franz Joseph and his brother Maximilian. From 1848 he was provost of San Candido and in 1850 canon of Brixen and rector of the local seminary.
On December 19, 1852 Emperor Franz Joseph appointed him bishop of Linz, Pope Pius IX. confirmed him on March 10, 1853. He was ordained on June 5 in Vienna by Cardinal Michele Viale - Prelà bishop and enthroned on June 12 in Linz.
In 1854, he built a church teacher training college and promoted the establishment of numerous religious communities. After the proclamation of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception in 1855, he initiated the construction of the St. Mary's Cathedral ( New Cathedral ) in Linz, which was dedicated to Mary. The foundation stone was laid in 1862, with completion lasted until 1924.
He was a member of the 1861 constituted the Upper Austrian Landtag and therefore one of the founders of political Catholicism. As a fierce opponent of liberalism, he was rarely willing to compromise. In a pastoral letter of 7 September 1868, he called for resistance against the state school and marriage laws. The letter was confiscated and Rudi greed was sentenced to two weeks in prison on July 12, 1869 for the crime of disturbing the public peace, but pardoned by the emperor.
This conviction made him a popular bishop and brought about an increasing political activity of Catholics. 1870 was the "Catholic People's Union " and the "Catholic Preßverein " are founded. The latter took over the publication of the Catholic newspaper " Linzer people sheet ".
The dogma of the infallibility of the Pope he kept similar to Joseph Othmar Rauscher to be opportune, but agreed in 1870 this dogma at the First Vatican Council to. The place in the same year repeal of the Concordat of 1855 by the Liberal government, he never accepted.
Franz Joseph Rudigier died in 1884, he was buried in the New Cathedral in Linz. 1895 beatification process was initiated; it was called by Pope Benedict XVI on April 3, 2009. the " heroic virtues " granted. Since then, he has held the title of venerable servant of God. After Rudi greed leading to the New Cathedral Street is named in Linz.
Works
- Franz Bauer Double (eds.): Bishop Rudigier 's clerics speeches. 2 vols. Doppelbauer, Linz from 1885 to 1887.
- Franz Bauer Double (eds.): Bishop Rudigier 's pastoral letters. Doppelbauer, Linz, 1888.
- Franz Bauer Double (eds.): Bishop Rudigier 's political speeches. Doppelbauer, Linz 1889.