Friedrich Gustav Piffl
His Eminence Friedrich Gustav Piffl | |
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| Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
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| Born | 15 October 1864 Lanškroun Austrian Empire (Present day Czech Republic) |
| Died | 21 April 1932 (aged 67) Vienna Austria |
| Nationality | Austrian |
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| Informal style | Cardinal | |
| See | Vienna | |
Friedrich Gustav Piffl (15 October 1864 – 21 April 1932) was a Cardinal of the
Early life and education
Gustav Piffl was born in Lanškroun, Bohemia, in what was then the Austrian Empire. His father, Rudolf Piffl, was a bookseller and shopkeeper. He volunteered for a year in the Austrian army as a young man. After deciding to become a priest he enrolled in the Teutonic College of Santa Maria in Camposanto in Rome and later became an Augustinian canon at the Abbey of Klosterneuburg, Austria, in 1883. His name in religion was Friedrich. He finished his theological studies at the University of Vienna.
Priesthood
He was ordained on 8 January 1888 and served afterwards as a priest in various parishes of the Archdiocese of Vienna. He was the pastor of Klosterneuburg's abbey church until 1913 and led the community as its provost from 1907 to 1913.
Episcopate
Piffl visited the United States in 1926, giving the opening address (in German) at Chicago's Eucharistic Congress.[2]
He was not born an aristocrat (his father was a book-binder), but received the title of
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