Roman Catholic Cardinal. A native of Beuthen, present day Bytom in Poland, Leo Scheffczyk studied at the universities of Breslau and Münich, being ordained priest on June 29, 1947 by Cardinal Michael von Faulhaber. Assigned to lecture theology at the seminary of Königstein im Taunus, he later moved to the more prestigious University at Tübingen and eventually to that of Münich in 1965. Appointed Prelate of Honor of His Holiness on September 11, 1978, in 1980 he was named member of the Pontifical International Marian Academy and of the Pontifical Roman Theological Academy. Incardinated with the archdiocese of München und Freising after jurisdictional reorganization of former German Dioceses in the East on January 1, 1999, Scheffczyk led a well appreciated academic life, with the focus of his studies being the Roman Catholic doctrine. His eight-volume book on Catholic Dogma published in 1996, became a standard work of the Catholic Church. Pope John Paul II created him cardinal deacon in the consistory of February 21, 2001 with the deaconry of San Francesco Saverio alla Garbatella. Requesting to be dispensed from the episcopal consecration, the Cardinal died on December 8, 2005 in Münich and was laid to rest in the cemetery of the religious family "Das Werk", to which the Cardinal belonged, within the monastery of Thalbach, Bregenz, Austria.
Roman Catholic Cardinal. A native of Beuthen, present day Bytom in Poland, Leo Scheffczyk studied at the universities of Breslau and Münich, being ordained priest on June 29, 1947 by Cardinal Michael von Faulhaber. Assigned to lecture theology at the seminary of Königstein im Taunus, he later moved to the more prestigious University at Tübingen and eventually to that of Münich in 1965. Appointed Prelate of Honor of His Holiness on September 11, 1978, in 1980 he was named member of the Pontifical International Marian Academy and of the Pontifical Roman Theological Academy. Incardinated with the archdiocese of München und Freising after jurisdictional reorganization of former German Dioceses in the East on January 1, 1999, Scheffczyk led a well appreciated academic life, with the focus of his studies being the Roman Catholic doctrine. His eight-volume book on Catholic Dogma published in 1996, became a standard work of the Catholic Church. Pope John Paul II created him cardinal deacon in the consistory of February 21, 2001 with the deaconry of San Francesco Saverio alla Garbatella. Requesting to be dispensed from the episcopal consecration, the Cardinal died on December 8, 2005 in Münich and was laid to rest in the cemetery of the religious family "Das Werk", to which the Cardinal belonged, within the monastery of Thalbach, Bregenz, Austria.
Bio by: Eman Bonnici
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