Pontifical Institute Santa Maria dell' Anima

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The Pontifical Institute Santa Maria dell' Anima is a Roman-Catholic Institution in Rome located in the vicinity of Piazza Navona.

The current rector is Michael Max who stems from the archdiocese of Salzburg.^[1]

The rector heads a priest college, a fraternity, the church Santa Maria dell' Anima and the so-called German speaking parish of Rome. The institute also has an archive that dates back to the institute's foundation as a hospice in the late 14th century.

For over many centuries the institution was responsible for expats, pilgrims and priests from the Holy Roman Empire.^[2] Despite its long used names "German national church" and "German national institute" that refer to the Holy Roman Empire, priests who live in the college and offer spiritual support in the parish were stemming from different European countries that formerly belonged to the Holy Roman Empire, e.g. Luxemburg, Slovenia, and the Czech Republic.^[3]

Many among the Anima priests later made a career in the church. Among them are the later archbishop of Munich and cardinal Michael Faulhaber, cardinal and archbishop from Vienna, Franz Xaver Nagl, cardinal and archbishop of Cologne, Felix von Hartmann, cardinal and archbishop of Prague Karel Kaspar, cardinal and archbishop of Olomouc Lev Skrbenský z Hříště, and bishop of Oradea Mare János Scheffler.

Rectors[]

The Anima rector is appointed by the Austrian Bishop conference. Since the foundation of the modern priest college in 1859 he is Austrian.

• Alois Flir (1805–1859), rector from 1853 to 1859
• Michael Gaßner, rector from 1860 to 1872
• Carl Jänig, rector from 1872 to 1887
• Franz Maria Doppelbauer (1845–1908), bishop, rector from 1887 to 1888
• Franz Xaver Nagl (1855–1913), archbishop, from 1888 to 1902
• Josef Lohninger (1866–1926), rector from 1902 to 1913
• Maximilian Brenner (1874–1937), rector from 1913 to 1937
• Alois Hudal (1885–1963), bishop, rector from 1937 to 1952, (Koadjutor cum iure successionis 1923–1937)
• Jakob Weinbacher (1901–1985), rector from 1952 to 1961
• Alois Stöger (1904–1999), bishop, rector from 1961 to 1967
• Franz Wasner (1905–1992), rector from 1967 to 1981
• Johannes Nedbal (1934–2002), rector from 1981 to 1998
• Richard Mathes (1940–2005), rector from 1998 to 2004
• Johann Hörist (1961–2007), rector from 2004 to 2007
• Gerhard Hörting (* 1972), Rector ad interim 2007/08
• Franz Xaver Brandmayr (* 1956), rector from 2008 to 2020
• Michael Max (* 1970), rector since September 2020

References[]