Grief for Archbishop Lackner: Farewell to the Salzburg Cathedral on Monday

Grief for Archbishop Lackner: Farewell to the Salzburg Cathedral on Monday

Salzburg, Österreich - On January 10, 2025, the late Althony Bishop Andreas Laun was honored with a solemn reception in the Salzburg Cathedral. The Salzburg Archbishop Franz Lackner and the cathedral chapter received the coffin on the main portal, where it was blessed before it was blessed in the interior of the cathedral, such as ORF Salzburg reported . The coffin is decorated with the bishop's costume of the deceased and its bishops. The death vespers took place on Friday evening, followed by a death officer on Saturday morning. A requiem will be celebrated on Monday, January 13th, at 10 a.m. in the cathedral, in which the archbishop will hold the sermon.

last honor and burial

The burial of Laun takes place after the requiem in the cathedral crypt in the cemetery of St. Peter. Numerous personalities from politics and public life, including deputy governor Stefan Schnöll and President of the State Parliament Brigitta Pallauf, are expected in the funeral guests. In addition, funeral guests have the opportunity to personally say goodbye to the snow -grown altar by Sunday evening.

Andreas Laun was an influential clergyman in the Roman Catholic Church in Austria, which was appointed auxiliary bishop of the diocese of Graz-Seckau in 2002. A move out of his biography describes Laun as a committed pastor who actively shaped church life. Franz Lackner, the reigning Archbishop of Salzburg, has also reacted to numerous social issues in the past and showed, for example, open to the challenges that today's values ​​and social changes put to the church, so wikipedia .