!!!Wolfrath, Anton

b. Cologne (Germany), July 9, 1581, 
d. Vienna, April 1, 1639, Cistercian, later Benedictine. Was abbot of 
the monasteries of Wilhering and Kremsmuenster (both in Upper 
Austria), bishop of Vienna from 1631 (first in the rank of a prince), 
continued the Counter-Reformation and became president of the central 
office for the administration of the sovereign's fortune (Hofkammer) 
in 1623.

!Literature
M. Krexner, Wr. Bischoefe und Erzbischoefe, 1983.



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