Background
WENGER, Antoine was born on September 2, 1919 in Rohrwiller (Bas-Rhin). Son of Charles and Philomene Gambel.
theologian journalist and historian
WENGER, Antoine was born on September 2, 1919 in Rohrwiller (Bas-Rhin). Son of Charles and Philomene Gambel.
Sorbonne, Strasbourg University.
After studies in Strasbourg and Paris he taught at the Institut Catholic (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the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, a discovery at Stavronikita monastery on Mount Athos enabled him to edit eight unpublished homilies of Saint John Chrysostom in 1957.
In the same year he was appointed editor of Louisiana 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 (d2007), 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.
Pontifical Marian Academy, Rome 1959.