A renowned theologian and spiritual advisor to Mother Teresa of Calcutta, Father Josef Neuner SJ., was born in Feldkirch, Austria, on August 19, 1908, and was ordained to the priesthood through the Society of Jesus in 1936. Moving to India as a Missionary in 1938, he was interned in a British camp during the Second World War. Following the war, he moved to Rome, Italy, in order to pursue further studies, obtaining a doctorate in religious science from the Pontifical Gregorian University.
Taking part in the Second Vatican Council as an Expert, he remained till the end of his days in India, where he passed away at the venerable age of 101, at the Sanjeevan Ashram Monastery in Pune, on December 3, 2009. In 1999, the Vatican appointed Father Neuner to censure Blessed Mother Teresa's published works as preparatory steps for her canonization.
Some 1,500 priests, nuns, seminarians and lay people attended his Requiem Mass, presided by Archbishop Albert D'Souza at the Seminary chapel on December 4. Interment followed inside the cemetery of Pune's Jnana-Deepa Vidyapeeth (JDV), a Pontifical Seminary where he had taught for several years.
Taking part in the Second Vatican Council as an Expert, he remained till the end of his days in India, where he passed away at the venerable age of 101, at the Sanjeevan Ashram Monastery in Pune, on December 3, 2009. In 1999, the Vatican appointed Father Neuner to censure Blessed Mother Teresa's published works as preparatory steps for her canonization.
Some 1,500 priests, nuns, seminarians and lay people attended his Requiem Mass, presided by Archbishop Albert D'Souza at the Seminary chapel on December 4. Interment followed inside the cemetery of Pune's Jnana-Deepa Vidyapeeth (JDV), a Pontifical Seminary where he had taught for several years.
A renowned theologian and spiritual advisor to Mother Teresa of Calcutta, Father Josef Neuner SJ., was born in Feldkirch, Austria, on August 19, 1908, and was ordained to the priesthood through the Society of Jesus in 1936. Moving to India as a Missionary in 1938, he was interned in a British camp during the Second World War. Following the war, he moved to Rome, Italy, in order to pursue further studies, obtaining a doctorate in religious science from the Pontifical Gregorian University.
Taking part in the Second Vatican Council as an Expert, he remained till the end of his days in India, where he passed away at the venerable age of 101, at the Sanjeevan Ashram Monastery in Pune, on December 3, 2009. In 1999, the Vatican appointed Father Neuner to censure Blessed Mother Teresa's published works as preparatory steps for her canonization.
Some 1,500 priests, nuns, seminarians and lay people attended his Requiem Mass, presided by Archbishop Albert D'Souza at the Seminary chapel on December 4. Interment followed inside the cemetery of Pune's Jnana-Deepa Vidyapeeth (JDV), a Pontifical Seminary where he had taught for several years.
Taking part in the Second Vatican Council as an Expert, he remained till the end of his days in India, where he passed away at the venerable age of 101, at the Sanjeevan Ashram Monastery in Pune, on December 3, 2009. In 1999, the Vatican appointed Father Neuner to censure Blessed Mother Teresa's published works as preparatory steps for her canonization.
Some 1,500 priests, nuns, seminarians and lay people attended his Requiem Mass, presided by Archbishop Albert D'Souza at the Seminary chapel on December 4. Interment followed inside the cemetery of Pune's Jnana-Deepa Vidyapeeth (JDV), a Pontifical Seminary where he had taught for several years.
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