Antoine Wenger, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Antoine Wenger

French priest

Date of Birth: 02-Sep-1919

Place of Birth: Bas-Rhin, Grand Est, France

Date of Death: 22-May-2009

Profession: historian, Catholic priest, editor-in-chief, university teacher, journalist, editorial columnist, byzantinist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Antoine Wenger

  • Antoine Wenger (born September 2, 1919 in Rohrwiller; died May 22, 2009 in Draguignan) was a French priest, Patristics scholar and journalist.
  • After studies in Strasbourg and Paris he taught at the Institut Catholique (Catholic University) in Lyons.
  • Ordained priest in 1943 as an Assumptionist, he pursued that order's interest in Byzantine studies and journalism. After a work appropriately devoted to developments in the doctrine concerning the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, a discovery at Stavronikita monastery on Mount Athos enabled him to edit eight unpublished homilies of St.
  • John Chrysostom in 1957.
  • In the same year he was appointed editor of La Croix and helped to ensure that newspaper's profile as a prominent French daily.
  • In this position he was assisted by a future editor of the journal, Noel Copin (d.
  • 2007), who assisted him in his coverage of the Second Vatican Council.
  • He also encouraged Jacques Duquesne in his coverage of the Algerian War of Independence.
  • On retirement he pursued dialogue with the Orthodox Churches and published a work on KGB archives relative to the Catholic Church.

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