Hans Hermann Groër
Male, Deceased Person
1919 – 2003
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Who was Hans Hermann Groër?
Hans Hermann Wilhelm Groër OSB was an Austrian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Vienna from 1986 to 1995, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1988. Following allegations of child abuse, he resigned as Archbishop of Vienna on 14 September 1995, and after being asked by Pope John Paul II, Groër relinquished all ecclesiastical duties and privileges as an archbishop and cardinal on 14 April 1998.
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- Born
- Oct 13, 1919
Vienna - Also known as
- Hans Hermann Groer
- Nationality
- Austria
- Lived in
- Vienna
- Died
- Mar 24, 2003
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on July 23, 2013
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