Bernhard Bendel

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Bernhard Bendel (1908-1980) was a Catholic clergyman. He was the founder of Opus Spiritus Sancti.

Biography

Bernhard Bendel was born on October 20, 1908, in Steinefrenz in the southern Westerwald. Bernhard was the eldest of eleven children of Heinrich Georg Bendel and his wife Katharina, née Michel. His father ran an inn and was also a farmer. [1] After attending elementary school and receiving private Latin lessons, Bernhard was enrolled in the lower third grade of the high school in Hadamar, located in the Westerwald. After six years, Bernhard Bendel graduated with a high school diploma in 1928. He then began his studies at the Philosophical-Theological College of Sankt Georgen in Frankfurt am Main. On December 8, 1933, he was ordained as a priest at the Limburg Cathedral by Bishop Antonius Hilfrich. His first position as chaplain began on March 21, 1934, in Bad Schwalbach, and the second on April 25, 1936, in Geisenheim/Rheingau. From July 1, 1937, he served as coadjutor in Neuenhain, and from May 1, 1940, as chaplain in Hattersheim. On June 1, 1940, he was appointed parish curate and later became a parish priest in Mammolshain/Taunus. [2]

On 28 May 1950, he founded the Opus Spiritus Sancti, an association of the faithful that brings together two societies of apostolic life and three secular institutes of diocesan right. He died in Mammolshain on 19 January 1980, [3] under the care of the Sisters of the Holy Spirit.

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References

  1. ↑ "The founder: Birth". alc-oss9africaprovince.org. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  2. ↑ "The Founder: Priesthood and Apostolate". alcp-oss-africaprovince.org. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  3. ↑ Faller, A. (1980). Guerrino, Pelliccia; Rocca, Giancarlo, eds. Dizionario degli Istituti di Perfezzione (en italiano) VI. Roma: Edizione Paoline.
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