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Austria

Oldest and Youngest Bishops


BirthdateAgeNameCurrent Title
Oldest
22 Dec 1921 Bishop Reinhold StecherBishop Emeritus of Innsbruck
24 Jul 1924 Bishop Jakob MayrAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Salzburg
26 Apr 1927 Bishop Johann WeberBishop Emeritus of Graz-Seckau
6 Mar 1928 Archbishop Georg EderArchbishop Emeritus of Salzburg
24 May 1929 Bishop Heinrich FaschingAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Sankt Pölten
15 Feb 1930 Archbishop Giorgio ZurApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Austria
23 Oct 1931 Bishop Helmut KrätzlAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Wien {Vienna}
21 Dec 1931 Bishop Sixto José Parzinger Foidl, O.F.M. Cap.Bishop of Villarrica, Chile
26 Dec 1932 Bishop Maximilian Aichern, O.S.B.Bishop Emeritus of Linz
20 May 1933 Archbishop Edmond Y. FarhatApostolic Nuncio to Austria
29 Jan 1934 Abbot Kassian (Otto) Lauterer, O. Cist.Abbot of Wettingen-Mehrerau
2 May 1934 Bishop Hermann Raich, S.V.D.Bishop Emeritus of Wabag, Papua New Guinea
Youngest
30 May 1967 Bishop Anton LeichtfriedAuxiliary Bishop of Sankt Pölten
21 Jun 1964 Bishop Stephan TurnovszkyAuxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}
5 Mar 1958 Bishop Franz ScharlAuxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}
14 Jul 1956 Bishop Franz Lackner, O.F.M.Auxiliary Bishop of Graz-Seckau
10 Aug 1955 Bishop Manfred ScheuerBishop of Innsbruck
14 Jun 1952 Bishop Alois SchwarzBishop of Gurk
22 Jan 1945 Christoph Cardinal Schönborn, O.P.Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}
27 Dec 1943 Bishop Christian WernerBishop of Austria, Military
13 Oct 1942 Bishop Andreas Laun, O.S.F.S.Auxiliary Bishop of Salzburg
17 Sep 1940 Bishop Klaus KüngBishop of Sankt Pölten
4 Jun 1940 Bishop Ludwig Schwarz, S.D.B.Bishop of Linz
18 Jan 1940 Bishop Philipp Pöllitzer, O.M.I.Bishop of Keetmanshoop, Namibia

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