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Oskar Saier

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Oskar Saier
Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau
Church Catholic Church
Archdiocese Archdiocese of Freiburg im Breisgau
In office 15 March 1978 – 1 July 2002
Predecessor Hermann Schäufele
Successor Robert Zollitsch
Previous posts Titular Bishop of Rubicon (1972-1978)
Auxiliary Bishop of Freiburg im Breisgau (1972-1978)
Orders
Ordination 2 June 1957
Consecration 29 June 1972
by Hermann Schäufele
Personal details
Born 12 August 1932
Wagensteig, Buchenbach, Republic of Baden, German Reich
Died 3 January 2008 (aged 75)
Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Oskar Saier (12 August 1932 in Wagensteig – 3 January 2008 in Freiburg im Breisgau) was a German Roman Catholic clergyman who served as archbishop of Freiburg from 1978 until 2002.

Works

  • "Communio" in der Lehre des Zweiten Vatikanischen Konzils. Eine rechtsbegriffliche Untersuchung (= Münchener theologische Studien, 3, Kanonistische Abteilung, file 32), Verlag Hueber, Ismaning 1973, (also doctoral thesis, Munich, Faculty of Theology, 1970).

Bibliography

  • Christoph Schmider, Die Freiburger Bischöfe. 175 Jahre Erzbistum Freiburg. Eine Geschichte in Lebensbildern. Herder Verlag, Freiburg i. Br. 2002, ISBN 3-451-27847-2.