Waitz, Sigismund#
Waitz, Sigismund, b. Brixen/Bressanone (South Tyrol), May 29, 1864, d. Salzburg, Oct. 30, 1941, cleric. In 1913 Suffragan Bishop of Brixen/Bressanone, 1921-1938 Apostolic Administrator of Innsbruck-Feldkirch, Archbishop of Salzburg (1934-1941). Great social achievements; supporter of the Salzburg University plan, famous for his pastoral letter on social matters "Lehren und Weisungen der oesterreichischen Bischoefe ueber soziale Fragen der Gegenwart" (1925), which paved the way for the encyclical "Quadragesimo anno".
Literature#
H. Jablonka, W. Bischof unter Kaiser und Hitler, 1971; M. Liebmann, T. Innitzer und der Anschluss, 1988.