DIESSEL, GERHARD. - Redemptorist preacher, b. at Freren (Hannover) on 21 Jan. 1845, d. at Dornbirn (Austria) on 6 Aug. 1907. He studied at Louvain and at Münster. Ordained a priest in 1868, he was parish priest at Eutin, a missionary in Copenhagen and in the Faroe Islands, then parish priest at Hamburg. In 1878 he became a Redemptorist and was master of novices at Eggenburg, subsequently superior of the houses of Grulich, Filippdorf, Wartha and Katzelsdorf; a celebrated preacher, he was also a sought-after director of souls.

His writings were predominantly practical in purpose. Mention may be made of the various volumes of Fastenpredigten (Regensburg 1890-1914); Maria, der Christen Hort (2 vols., ibid. 1900); Die Arbeit betrachtet im Lichte des Glaubens (3rd ed., ibid. 1904); Das grösste Denkmal der göttl. Liebe (2nd ed., 2 vols., ibid. 1909), which has in its introduction a brief biography of the author; Predigten und Konferenzen (3 vols., ibid. 1912-14); Die betrachtende Ordensfrau (2 vols., ibid. 1921-26).

Bibliography

BIBL.: L. Leitgeb-C. Tauscher, Lebensbilder der 1887-1914 verstorb. Redempt. der österreichisch. Provinz, 2nd ed., Vienna 1920, pp. 248-62.

Ireneo Daniele

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