Franz Zauner (bishop)

Franz Salesius Zauner
Bishop of Linz
ChurchCatholic Church
DioceseDiocese of Linz
In office1 January 1956 – 15 August 1980
PredecessorJosephus Calasanz Fließer
SuccessorMaximilian Aichern
Previous postsTitular Bishop of Fata (1949-1956)
Coadjutor Bishop of Linz (1949-1956)
Orders
Ordination25 October 1931
Consecration15 August 1949
by Theodor Innitzer
Personal details
Born(1904-12-11)11 December 1904
Grieskirchen, Archduchy of Austria above the Enns, Cisleithania, Austria-Hungary
Died20 February 1994(1994-02-20) (aged 89)
Linz, Upper Austria, Austria

Franz Zauner (born 11 December 1904 in Grieskirchen; died 20 February 1994 in Linz) was an Austrian clergyman and bishop for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Linz. He was ordained in 1931. He was appointed bishop in 1961. He retired in 1980, and died in 1994.[1]

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