Alois Kraxner

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Alois Kraxner CSsR (* 1933 in Sankt Marein near Graz , Styria ; † November 4, 2010 in Vienna - Hietzing ) was an Austrian religious and episcopal vicar for the religious in the Archdiocese of Vienna .

Life

After graduating from the Episcopal Gymnasium in Graz, Alois Kraxner joined the Redemptorist Order in Mautern in Styria in 1954 . In 1955 he made his profession . In 1960 he was ordained a priest . From 1955 to 1961 he studied theology and philosophy in the order's own seminar in Mautern and theology at the University of Innsbruck and moral theology at the Alfonsiana in Rome. During the Second Vatican Council he completed a doctoral degree at the Accademia Alfonsiana , where he did his doctorate with Bernhard Häring CSsR with a moral theological thesis on Johann Baptist von Hirscher . He had belonged to the Maria am Gestade monastery since 1969 . From 1966 to 1981 and from 1990 to 1995 he was Provincial of the Vienna Redemptorist Province and the Vice Province of Copenhagen. From 1975 to 1985 he was clergyman assistant to the Vienna Catholic Action and from 1985 to 1992 of the Catholic Academic Association in the Archdiocese of Vienna .

In 1995, Archbishop Christoph Schönborn appointed him Episcopal Vicar for religious orders and communities of apostolic life, including 120 different women's and men's orders in the Archdiocese of Vienna. In 2006 he resigned from office for health reasons.

Kraxner has published numerous writings on theological and spiritual topics. In 2008, he presented an autobiographical retrospective of his life and work with the work “Moving Times”. His grave is at the Vienna Central Cemetery .

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SURNAME Kraxner, Alois
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian Roman Catholic religious, episcopal vicar in the Archdiocese of Vienna
DATE OF BIRTH 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH Sankt Marein im Mürz Valley , Styria
DATE OF DEATH November 4, 2010
Place of death Vienna - Hietzing