Karl Berg Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Most Reverend
Karl Berg
Archbishop of Salzburg
Church:Catholic Church
Archdiocese:Salzburg
Appointed:26 December 1972
by Pope Paul VI
Term End:5 September 1988
Predecessor:Eduard Macheiner
Successor:Georg Eder
Ordination:29 October 1933
Consecration:25 February 1973
Consecrated By:Andreas Rohracher
Birth Date:27 December 1908
Birth Place:Radstadt, Austria-Hungary
Death Place:Vienna, Austria
Coat Of Arms:COA archbishop AT Berg Karl.png
Motto:Latin

Uni Trinoque Domino
(To the One and Threefold Lord)

Karl Berg (27 December 1908 – 1 September 1997) was an Austrian Catholic cleric and Archbishop of Salzburg from 1973 to 1988.

Life

Berg was born on 27 December 1908 in the Austrian town of Radstadt. He was ordained into priesthood on 29 October 1933. Following his selection as Archbishop of Salzburg in 1972, he was confirmed on 9 January 1973. He held the post until his retirement on 5 September 1988.[1] From 1985 to 1988, he was president of the Austrian Bishops' Conference.[2] He died on 1 September 1997.The anti-Wackersdorf reprocessing plant-monument on Mozartplatz (Salzburg) is, among others also dedicated to him.

His motto was Uni Trinoque Domino, which is translated from Latin as "To the One and Threefold Lord".

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Archbishop Karl Berg [Catholic-Hierarchy]]. Cheney. David M.. www.catholic-hierarchy.org. 2017-06-24.
  2. News: Archdiocese of Salzburg, Austria. GCatholic. 2017-06-24.