!!!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.


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