Remigius Weißsteiner

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Remigius Weißsteiner CanReg (born March 30, 1843 in Pfunders ; † April 25, 1913 in Rankweil ) was provost and Lateran abbot of the Augustinian canons of Neustift from 1883 to 1913.

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Remigius Weißsteiner, first name Johann, from Pfunders, attended the grammar school in Brixen and in 1868 entered the Augustinian canons' monastery in Neustift in South Tyrol , where he made his profession in 1872 . He was ordained a priest on October 6, 1872, and celebrated his primacy on October 8, 1872 . He then became a cooperator in Welschnofen and was vice economist in the monastery from 1875 to 1879 . Elected provost on 28 November 1883 he received the on December 16th 1883 benediction .

From 1885 he was a member of the Imperial Council for large estates.

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