On Monday the Pope terminated his vacation in the South Tyrol. On Saturday of the same week its host died.

(kreuz.net) the bishop von Bozen Brixen, Mons. Wilhelm Egger OFMcap (68), died on Saturday evening at 19.20 o'clock surprisingly in its dwelling at the cathedral place 5 in Bozen.

The reported the South Tyrolean press.

Its lady housekeeper, who had cooked the dinner, waited in vain on the bishop.

When it looked for it for repeated calling in its dwelling, it found it living however unconscious at the ground in the bath.

It informed the emergency call center immediately. Immediately the emergency surgeon hurried to the dwelling of the bishop.

The emergency aides tried in vain to revive the dying bishop during nearly one hour.

Today at 12.00 o'clock in all parish churches the large bell ten minutes long one rang.

On the Brixner Saturday evening around 21.33 the bells of the cathedral already rang to cathedral place.

Dean Johann Messner announced the message of the death of the bishop.

With the today's angel of the gentleman Pope explained Benedikt XVI.: „Few days ago I left it in obviously good health. Nothing would have let close on a so fast Hinscheiden. “

The Pope had appointed the deceased to the special secretary of the forthcoming Bischofssynode over the Bible, which will take place from 5 to 26 October in Rome.

Its twin brother became also a priest
The deceased was born in the year 1940 in Innsbruck. 1944 pulled its verwitwete mother with it and its twin brother Kurt after Sterzing in South Tyrol.

Five years later the mother already died.

The later bishop entered on 29 August 1956, the age of 16 years, into the Kapuzinerorden. Its twin brother Kurt is likewise Kapuziner.

It completed its theology study in Switzerland, in Rome and in Jerusalem.

On 29 June 1965 it was dedicated together with its twin brother in Brixen to the priest.

With 32 years it attained a doctorate to the doctor of the Bible sciences and was active on it until 1986 as a tidy professor for New Testament at the philosophical-theological university Brixen.

On 29 July 1986 Wilhelm Egger was appointed to the Diözesanbischof of Bozen Brixen.

On 31 August of the same yearly it became in the cathedral to Brixen of its predecessor, Mons. Joseph lattice, to the bishop dedicated.

Wilhelm Egger was a president of the catholic Bible federation, chairman of the management commitee to the revision of the unit translation and representative for Ökumene in the regional bishop conference northeast Italy.

Video by bishop Egger with the Pope visit

LandorganistII: @Signum

„The editorship “must be concerned probably still with the working of the deceased, in order it then, says we times in approximately 10 years, „“to evaluate critically.

SignumSalutis: … no footstep afterwards of ketz.net?

… people actually get like the deceased bishop Egger with ketz.net rather still one (A…)steps in the back, or hypocritical remarks over liberality or bad NEOkonservatismus.

The deceased was Exeget, used historical-critical methods of the Bibelexegese, made thereby also of linguistics (uuuähhh!) Use…

Briefly: to NT I studied the method teachings personally with much profit. To the reading recommended. , If one opens contents, reliably welfare SAM works against chronic Fundinose, Tradiitis and Biblizistose.

Method teachings to the NT von Egger

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God takes the deceased Kapuzinerbischof on into its eternal glory.

SignSal

LandorganistII: Heinrich Ofenrohr

Then you begin you please with itself, self-appointed Großinquisitor.

_zeitgeist: @frei M

a typical answer of the Nichtkenner. Unfortunate, I considered you more intelligent more communicative and -.

HeinrichvonOfterdingen: Dear Landorgler,

The deceased may rest in peace!
… oh we wish all, the respective dead one may have how many measurement acts or good works also on its conscience. Castigating to praise and nevertheless will we - with God assistance - never stop measurement acts as such and to have done good works, humans as such. Because this is also service.

EH ago one fan akaFreimaurerin: @zeitgeist

Thus, wenns is so important: I am correct rather for the large plan. diaconus: such stories know I also. Coincidence? Rather not. - And it me far lies to amuse me over the death of humans I further down already said.