August Landt

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August Landt (born November 9, 1809 in Neutitschein , Moravia ; † October 9, 1896 in Graz ) was Apostolic Field Vicar in the Austro-Hungarian Army from 1875 to 1878 .

Landt was ordained a priest on July 22, 1834 and from 1839 worked in many places as a military chaplain. Appointed field consistorial director in 1874, he was apostolic field vicar of the Austro-Hungarian army from November 1, 1875 to February 1, 1878.

literature

  • Erwin Gatz (ed.): The bishops of the German-speaking countries 1785/1803 to 1945. A biographical lexicon. Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1983, ISBN 3-428-05447-4 .
  • Emerich Bielik: History of the KuK military pastoral care and the Apostolic Field Vicariate: on the order of His Episcopal Grace of the Most Revered Mr. Apostolic Field Vicar Dr. Coloman Belopotoczky. Vienna 1901
  • Roman Hans Gröger , Claudia Ham, Alfred Sammer: Between heaven and earth. Military pastoral care in Austria. Styria, Graz a. a. 2001