Johannes Maria Gföllner

Johannes Evangelist Maria Gföllner (17 December 1867, Waizenkirchen - 3 June 1941, Linz) was an Austrian clergyman and bishop for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Linz.

He was ordained as a priest on 28 October 1893 in Rome and went on to teach in several institutions; he was appointed as a bishop on 16 July 1915.[1]

In 1933 he wrote a pastoral letter entitled "On True and False Nationalism’’ warning of the dangers of National Socialism; this letter had a circulation of about 35,000.[2] He later refused to meet Hitler during his visit to Linz.[3]

A street in Linz was named after him; however, in 2022, the local council decided to change the name of the street due to his public anti-Semitism.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Gföllner Johannes Maria, 1915 - 1941". Diocesan of Linz. Retrieved November 20, 2025.
  2. ^ "Short biography Johannes Ev. Maria Gföllner". Diocesan of Linz. Retrieved November 20, 2025.
  3. ^ "The Anschluss in 1938 and the Position of Linz Bishop Johannes Maria Gföllner". Diocesan of Linz. Archived from the original on 2013-12-16. Retrieved November 20, 2025.
  4. ^ Gschwandtner, Silvia (22 December 2022). "City Senate decides on renaming of historically charged streets". Mein Bezierk. Retrieved November 20, 2025.
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