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Franz Xaver Eder

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Franz Xaver Eder
Bishop of Passau
Church Catholic Church
Diocese Diocese of Passau
In office 15 October 1984 – 8 January 2001
Predecessor Antonius Hofmann
Successor Wilhelm Schraml
Previous posts Coadjutor Bishop of Passau (1984)
Titular Bishop of Villa Regis (1977-1984)
Auxiliary Bishop of Passau (1977-1984)
Orders
Ordination 29 June 1954
Consecration 16 July 1977
by Antonius Hofmann
Personal details
Born 4 November 1925
Pfarrkirchen, Free State of Bavaria, German Reich
Died 20 June 2013 (aged 87)

Franz Xaver Eder (4 November 1925 – 20 June 2013) was a Roman Catholic bishop.

Ordained in 1954 for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Passau, Germany, Eder was named auxiliary bishop of the Passau Diocese in 1977. In 1984, Eder was named coadjutor bishop of the Passau and succeeded as bishop in 1984. In 2001, Eder retired.[1]

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