Thauren, Johannes#
b. Bielefeld (Germany), Nov. 6, 1892, d. Vienna, July 4, 1954, theologian, teacher at the Sankt Gabriel missionary centre (Moedling, Lower Austria) and at the University of Vienna. Founder and Secretary-General of the Vienna Catholic Academy (1945), initiated international missionary congresses, director of the Missiological Institute of the Archdiocese of Vienna.
Works#
Die Missionen der Ges. des Goettl. Wortes, 8 vols., 1927-1931; Atlas der kath. Missionsgeschichte, 1932; Der oe. Anteil der Orden am Missionswerk der Kirchen, 1950.