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Georg Holzherr

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Georg Holzherr
OSB
Abbot of Maria Einsiedeln
Church Catholic Church
See Einsiedeln Abbey
In office 3 November 1969 – 9 November 2001
Predecessor Raymund Tschudi
Successor Martin Werlen
Orders
Ordination 24 June 1953
Personal details
Born 22 January 1927
Neuendorf, Canton of Solothurn, Switzerland
Died 26 February 2012 (aged 85)
Altdorf, Canton of Uri, Switzerland

Georg Holzherr (22 January 1927 – 26 February 2012) was the Catholic abbot of Einsiedeln Abbey, Switzerland.

Holzherr became a member of the Order of Saint Benedict in 1949 and was ordained a priest in 1953. In 1969, Holzherr became abbot of the Einsiedlen Abbey retiring in 2001.[1]

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