Hans Hermann Groer
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His Eminence Hans Hermann Groër OSB |
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| Cardinal, Archbishop emeritus of Vienna | |
| Archdiocese | Vienna |
| See | Vienna |
| Appointed | 15 July 1986 |
| Installed | 14 September 1986 |
| Term ended | 14 September 1995 |
| Predecessor | Franz Cardinal König |
| Successor | Cardinal Graf von Schönborn |
| Other posts | |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 12 April 1942 by Theodor Innitzer |
| Consecration | 14 September 1986 by Franz Cardinal König |
| Created Cardinal | 28 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II |
| Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Hans Wilhelm Groër |
| Born |
13 October 1919 Vienna, Austria |
| Died | 24 March 2003 (aged 83) Sankt Pölten, Austria |
| Buried | Cistercian Monastery of Marienfeld, Austria |
| Nationality | Austrian |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Coat of arms |  |
Hans Hermann Wilhelm Groër OSB (13 October 1919 – 24 March 2003) was an Austrian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Vienna from 1986 to 1995, and became a cardinal in 1988. Following allegations of child abuse, he resigned as Archbishop of Vienna on 14 September 1995, and after being asked by Pope John Paul II, Groër relinquished all ecclesiastical duties and privileges as an archbishop and cardinal on 14 April 1998.
Groër was born in Vienna to German parents, with whom he moved in 1929 to Czechoslovakia, where they remained for the next decade. He attended seminaries in Hollabrunn and Vienna (where he received his doctorate in theology) before being ordained to the priesthood on 12 April 1942 by Theodor Cardinal Innitzer. Groër then served as a chaplain in Petronell and Bad Vöslau until 1946, when he began work as Prefect of Studies at the minor seminary of Hollabrunn. He entered the Order of Saint Benedict in 1974 and took the name Hermann upon his solemn profession of vows on 8 September 1980. The same year saw Groër named as the spiritual director of the Legion of Mary for Austria.
On 15 July 1986, he was appointed the fifteenth Archbishop of Vienna, succeeding Franz Cardinal König. Groër received his episcopal consecration on the following 14 September from Cardinal König, with Archbishop Karl Berg and Bishop Stefan László serving as co-consecrators. He was created Cardinal Priest of Santi Gioacchino ed Anna al Tuscolano by Pope John Paul II in the consistory of 28 June 1988.
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