!!!Zwerger, Johann Baptist

b. Altrei (South Tyrol), June 23, 1824, 
d. Graz (Styria), Aug. 14, 1893, Professor of pastoral theology; dean 
in Trento; bishop in Graz-Seckau from 1867. Took a firm stand in the 
struggle between state and church (Kulturkampf); promoted Catholic 
Rallies, various religious orders and the worship of the Sacred Heart 
of Jesus. Involved in the construction of the Sacred Heart Church in 
Graz.

!Literature
M. Liebmann, Leben und Wirken von Fuerstbischof 
J. B. Z., in: Kirche, Kuenstler und Konflikte, 1991; E. 
Runggaldier, J. B. Z., 1993.



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