Alois Kothgasser (29 May 1937 – 22 February 2024) was an Austrian Roman Catholic prelate. He was the bishop of Innsbruck from 1997 to 2002 and Primas Germaniae and archbishop of Salzburg from 2003 to 2013.[1][2] He died in Salzburg on 22 February 2024, at the age of 86.[3]
Kothgasser was a former Grand Prior of the Austrian Lieutenancy of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem.
References
- 1.Salzburger Alterzbischof Kothgasser gestorben (in German)
- 2.Catholic Hierarchy: Alois Kothgasser
- 3."Salzburger Ex-Erzbischof Kothgasser gestorben" Die Presse, 22 February 2024