Type: | Archbishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | His Excellency |
Alois Kothgasser | |
Archbishop Emeritus of Salzburg | |
Appointed: | 27 November 2002 |
Term End: | 4 November 2013 |
Predecessor: | Georg Eder |
Successor: | Franz Lackner |
Previous Post: | Bishop of Innsbruck (1997–2002) |
Ordination: | 9 February 1964 |
Ordained By: | Giuseppe Cognata |
Consecration: | 23 November 1997 |
Consecrated By: | Reinhold Stecher |
Birth Date: | 1937 5, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Sankt Stefan im Rosental, Styria, Austria |
Death Place: | Salzburg, Austria |
Motto: | VERITATEM FACIENTES IN CHARITATE |
Coat Of Arms: | Coat of arms of Alois Kothgasser.svg |
Alois Kothgasser | |
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Alois Kothgasser (29 May 1937 – 22 February 2024) was an Austrian Roman Catholic prelate. He was the bishop of Innsbruck from 1997 to 2002 and Primas Germaniae and archbishop of Salzburg from 2003 to 2013.[1] [2] He died in Salzburg on 22 February 2024, at the age of 86.[3]