Jakob Mayr
Jakob Mayr ( born July 24, 1924 in Kirchbichl; † 19 September 2010 in Salzburg) was Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Salzburg.
Life
Jakob Mayr, the third of six children of a mining family, the Borromäum visited in Salzburg and in Schwaz. In 1943 he became a soldier, went back heavily wounded from the Eastern Front from 1946 and studied philosophy and theology at the Faculty of Catholic Theology University of Salzburg. Mayr received on 9 July 1950 in Salzburg ordained priest by the Archbishop of Salzburg Andreas Rohracher. He was initially cooperator in Thiersee, Zell am Ziller, Mayrhofen and St. Rupert and Virgil, of the parish of Salzburg Cathedral. In 1957 he was preacher and youth minister. After working as a prefect at the Archbishop's private high school Borromäum in Salzburg he was a pastor in Bad Häring and in Wörgl. In 1970 he was elected to the Salzburg Cathedral Chapter and investitiert on 15 March 1970 as canon. Mayr was Ordinariate Chancellor of the Diocese of Salzburg.
He was born on March 12, 1971 by Pope Paul VI. appointed Titular Bishop of Agbia and auxiliary bishop in Salzburg. The Archbishop of Salzburg, Eduard Macheiner, donated to him on 20 May of that year in Salzburg Cathedral, the episcopal ordination; Were co-consecrators Andreas Rohracher, emeritus Archbishop of Salzburg, and Johann Weber, Bishop of Graz- Seckau. On the occasion of his episcopal ordination, he chose the motto Deus Caritas (Latin, God is charity ). Mayr was also the first appointed on 17 January 1973 Archbishop Karlberg Vicar General and re-appointed on 26 February 1988 Archbishop Georg Eder. On November 22, 1993, he was nominated for the Institutes of Consecrated Life, the institutes of apostolic life and for Secular Institutes by Archbishop Georg Eder bishop vicar. In his capacity as a member of the Austrian Bishops' Conference Mayr was for the seminar for church professions, for small seminars, the Canisius home and the Austrian library work in charge.
On 14 March 2001, Pope John Paul II accepted his resignation age-related.
Jakob Mayr has won several awards for his work, including 2007 with the honorary award of the Archbishop - Rohracher - study funds for his life's work.
Jakob Mayr died on the evening of 19 September 2010 in a nursing home in Salzburg from pneumonia and was buried in the tomb of Bishop Salzburg Cathedral.
Awards
- 2001: Grand Silver Medal with Star for Services to the Republic of Austria