Roman Catholic Cardinal. Vienna born Hans Wilhelm Groër was raised in the then Czechoslovakia. Receiving his education at the seminaries of Hollabrunn and Vienna, he was ordained priest on April 12, 1942 by Cardinal Theodor Innitzer. Chaplain in Petronell and Bad Vöslau until 1946, when he was appointed prefect of studies at the Minor Seminary of Hollabrunn, he entered the Order of Saint Benedict at Göttweig's abbey in 1974 and took the religious name of Hermann on his solemn profession of vows on September 8, 1980. On July 15, 1986, he was appointed the fifteenth Archbishop of Vienna, succeeding Cardinal Franz König. Receiving his episcopal consecration on the following September 14 from the named Cardinal König, in the consistory of June 28, 1988 he was created cardinal priest with the title of Ss. Gioacchino ed Anna al Tuscolano by Pope John Paul II. Spiritual director of the Legion of Mary for Austria as of 1974, he was named ordinary for the faithful of the Byzantine rite residing in Austria on February 21, 1987. The Cardinal was removed from office by John Paul II for sexual misconduct, making him one of the highest ranking Catholic churchman to be involved in alleged sexual abuse. Upon request of the Holy See, he retired to the priorate of Sankt Josef in Marienplatz, Maria Roggendorf. Suffering from cancer, Groër died of pneumonia at a hospital in Sankt Pölten on March 24, 2003. His remains lie buried in the cemetery of the Cistercian nuns' monastery of Marienfeld, which he founded back in 1974.
Roman Catholic Cardinal. Vienna born Hans Wilhelm Groër was raised in the then Czechoslovakia. Receiving his education at the seminaries of Hollabrunn and Vienna, he was ordained priest on April 12, 1942 by Cardinal Theodor Innitzer. Chaplain in Petronell and Bad Vöslau until 1946, when he was appointed prefect of studies at the Minor Seminary of Hollabrunn, he entered the Order of Saint Benedict at Göttweig's abbey in 1974 and took the religious name of Hermann on his solemn profession of vows on September 8, 1980. On July 15, 1986, he was appointed the fifteenth Archbishop of Vienna, succeeding Cardinal Franz König. Receiving his episcopal consecration on the following September 14 from the named Cardinal König, in the consistory of June 28, 1988 he was created cardinal priest with the title of Ss. Gioacchino ed Anna al Tuscolano by Pope John Paul II. Spiritual director of the Legion of Mary for Austria as of 1974, he was named ordinary for the faithful of the Byzantine rite residing in Austria on February 21, 1987. The Cardinal was removed from office by John Paul II for sexual misconduct, making him one of the highest ranking Catholic churchman to be involved in alleged sexual abuse. Upon request of the Holy See, he retired to the priorate of Sankt Josef in Marienplatz, Maria Roggendorf. Suffering from cancer, Groër died of pneumonia at a hospital in Sankt Pölten on March 24, 2003. His remains lie buried in the cemetery of the Cistercian nuns' monastery of Marienfeld, which he founded back in 1974.
Bio by: Eman Bonnici
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HANS HERMANN CARD. GROER
13.10.1919 24.03.2003
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