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Born in Warth near Rabenstein, Lower Austria, as the oldest of nine children, König went to a Catholic school in Melk (Stiftsgymnasium) and later studied in Rome. Ordained as a priest in 1933, he pursued an academic career (first Privatdozent, later Professor at the University of Salzburg) before being appointed Archbishop of Vienna in 1956 as the successor of Theodor Cardinal Innitzer. König was elevated to Cardinal in 1958. Lower Austria (Niederösterreich) is one of the fifty federal states or Bundesländer in Austria. ... Melk seen from the abbey Stift Melk Melk (older spelling: Mölk) is a city of Austria, in the federal state of Lower Austria, next to the Wachau valley along the Danube. ... A gymnasium is a type of school of secondary education in parts of Europe. ... Location within Italy The Roman Colosseum Rome (Italian and Latin: Roma) is the capital city of Italy and of its Latium region. ... This article is about the sacrament. ... Roman Catholic priest LCDR Allen R. Kuss (USN) aboard USS Enterprise A priest or priestess is a holy man or woman who takes an officiating role in worship of any religion, with the distinguishing characteristic of offering sacrifices. ... 1933 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Privatdozent (PD or Priv. ... Flag of Salzburg Salzburg (population 145,000 in 2003) is a city in western Austria and the capital of the federal state of Salzburg (population 520,000 in 2003). ... 1956 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Theodor Cardinal Innitzer (born December 25, 1875 in Neugeschrei near Weipert, Northern Bohemia; died October 9, 1955 in Vienna) was Archbishop of Vienna and a Cardinal of the Catholic Church. ... 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In the 1970s he worked, together with Austrian Federal Chancellor Bruno Kreisky, towards a reconciliation between socialism and the Catholic Church although he vehemently opposed the introduction of legalised abortion by Kreisky's Socialist government and was also seen taking part in a demonstration. Within the Church, he was mainly concerned with questions of ecumenism. He was also president of the Vatican Secretariat for Non-Believers and played a key role in the election of Pope John Paul II as pope. This article provides extensive lists of events and significant personalities of the 1970s. ... Bruno Kreisky Bruno Kreisky (January 22, 1911—July 29, 1990) was an Austrian politician. ... For information on mainstream political parties using the term Socialist, see Social democracy and Democratic socialism,For the governments of the USSR, the PRC, and others, see: Communist state, Other variants of Socialism include Marxism, Communism, and Libertarian Socialism. ... This page is about protests. ... The word ecumenism (ek-yoo-muh-niz-uhm) is derived from the Greek oikoumene, which means the inhabited world. The term is usually used with regard to movements toward religious unity. ... The Servant of God Pope John Paul II (Latin: ), born Karol Józef Wojtyła [1] (May 18, 1920–April 2, 2005), reigned as pope of the Roman Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City for almost 27 years, from 16 October 1978 until his death in 2005. ...

His successor as Archbishop of Vienna was Hans Hermann Groer, a man in whose appointment König had no part and who was eventually removed from office by Pope John Paul II for sexual misconduct. Hans Hermann Groer (13 October 1919 - 24 March 2003) was the former Archbishop of Vienna (1986 - 1995) and a Cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church. ... Sexual misconduct is in general any sexual activity between a person in a position of authority and one of his or her subordinates. ...

Until his death, Cardinal König was active in the Archdiocese of Vienna, which is now under the care of the current Archbishop of Vienna, Christoph Cardinal Schönborn. In 2003, while on holiday, König had a bad fall and fractured his hip. However, after being operated on he made a speedy recovery and a few months later celebrated Mass again, only supported by his bishop's staff. Christoph Cardinal Schönborn His Eminence Christoph Cardinal Schönborn OP (who would have been Count Christoph Maria Michael Hugo Damian Peter Adalbert von Schönborn if Austrian law on nobility were not in place), born on January 22, 1945 at Skalken castle west of Leitmeritz, in Bohemia, which is... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Bones of the Hip In anatomy, the hip is the bony projection of the femur, known as the greater trochanter, and the overlying muscle and fat. ... This article discusses the Mass as part of Christian liturgy, in particular the form it has taken in the Latin rite of the Catholic Church. ... You may be looking for information on: musical staff employees or volunteers in an organization quarterstaff staff of office staff (stick) staff (building material) Leopold Staff (1878–1957), a Polish poet There is also the homophone staph, a bacterial infection. ...

König died in his sleep on March 13, 2004.

Further reading

• Franz König, Christa Pongratz-Lippitt (ed.): Open to God, Open to the World, Burns & Oates/Continuum, London 2005 ISBN 0860123944
• Hubert Feichtlbauer: Franz König. Der Jahrhundert-Kardinal (2003) ISBN 3854930828 (in German)

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External link

• Anton Pelinka: "Kardinal Franz König und die Öffnung von Gesellschaft und Politik in Österreich" (http://logotherapy.univie.ac.at/d/koenig_pelinka.html) (2003 lecture by a prominent Austrian political scientist; in German)

• Cardinal König: man of faith, man of dialogue 05 April 2004 http://www.iofc.org/index.php?langid=1&catid=1&fsn=det&more=32&info=4

• Austria's Franz König dies at 98: Last remaining cardinal named by John XXIII was Vatican II luminary, By JOHN L. ALLEN JR., National Catholic Reporter, Rome http://natcath.org/NCR_Online/archives2/2004a/032604/032604k.php

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