Karl Joseph Schulte

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Karl Joseph Cardinal Schulte (September 14, 1871—March 11, 1941), was a German prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Cologne from 1920 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1921.

Biography

Karl Joseph Schulte was born in Haus Valbert, Paderborn, to Oswald and Antonetta (née Schlünder) Schulte. Confirmed on July 24, 1887, he studied at the seminary in Essen and the University of Tübingen (from where he obtained a doctorate in theology on March 5, 1903). Schulte was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Hubert Simar on March 22, 1895.

He then did pastoral work in Paderborn, including serving as a vicar in Witten, until 1901. He was a repetitor at the "Collegio Leonino" and Major Seminary of Paderborn from 1901 to 1905, whence he began teaching theology, canon law, and apologetics at the Theological Faculty of Paderborn. In 1908 he became an official episcopal counselor.

On November 30, 1909, Schulte was elected Bishop of Paderborn, a choice confirmed by Pope Pius X on February 7, 1910. He received his episcopal consecration on the following March 19 from Anton Cardinal Fischer, with Bishops Michael Korum and Hermann Dingelstadt serving as co-consecrators, in the Paderborn Cathedral. Schulte, who during World War I organized a large relief force for the British and French prisoners in German prison camps [TIME Magazine. [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,721258,00.html Wynfrith and Schulte] October 5, 1925] , was later named Archbishop of Cologne on March 8, 1920.

Pope Benedict XV created him Cardinal Priest of "Ss. Quattro Coronati" in the consistory of March 7, 1921. Schulte was one of the cardinal electors in the 1922 papal conclave, and again in the conclave of 1939. He was also a fierce opponent of Communism [TIME Magazine. [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,760766-4,00.html Death of a Pope] February 20, 1939] and Nazism [TIME Magazine. [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,757889,00.html "Sunday of Youth"] June 14, 1937] .

The Cardinal died in Cologne, at age 69. He is buried in the archiepiscopal crypt of the Cologne Cathedral.

References

External links

* [http://www.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios-s.htm#Schulte Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church]
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bschultek.html Catholic-Hierarchy]