Carl Joseph Leiprecht
Male, Deceased Person
1903 – 1981
Who was Carl Joseph Leiprecht?
Karl Joseph Leiprecht was the Bishop of Rottenburg.
Born in the town of Hauerz in the Allgäu, Leiprecht studied philosophy and theology at the University of Tübingen from 1923 to 1927. On March 24, 1928, he was ordained a priest by Bishop Johannes Baptista Sproll at Rottenburg Cathedral. Over the next five years, he served as a vicar at Holy Cross Minster in Schwäbisch Gmünd and at St. George's Church in Stuttgart.
Leiprecht served as the city priest of Rottweil from 1942 to 1947 before becoming vicar capitular at Rottenburg Cathedral. On October 7, 1948, he was named Titular Bishop of Scyrus and Auxiliary Bishop of Rottenburg; he was consecrated bishop on November 30 by Archbishop Wendelin Rauch at Rottenburg Cathedral. The next year, Leiprecht was elected the Bishop of Rottenburg on June 21, Pius XII officially named him to the post on July 4, and he was enthroned on September 8. He resigned from the office of bishop on June 4, 1974, and died in 1981 in Ravensburg.
Genealogy Information about the "Leiprecht" Family : http://www.leiprecht.de/
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- Born
- Sep 11, 1903
Bad Wurzach - Religion
- Catholicism
- Education
- University of Tübingen
- Lived in
- Bavaria
- Died
- Oct 29, 1981
Ravensburg
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on July 23, 2013
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