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Father Franz Hofstätter of the Redemptorist Order died on April 22 at the age of 92 in the Attnang-Puchheim nursing home.
Father Franz Hofstätter was born on November 15, 1931 in Sierning. In 1954 he entered the Redemptorist order in Mautern in Styria. On July 17, 1960 he was ordained a priest. For many years Father Hofstätter was a teacher at the Juvenaten in Ried and inkatzelsdorf, where he also taught religion at the grammar school. From 1992 to 2005 he was pastor in Katzendorf (Lower Austria). Since September 2008 he was stationed in Puchheim, where he still performed pastoral services and worked on the chronicle of the Puchheim college. After unfortunate falls and operations, he spent the last few weeks in the Attnang-Puchheim nursing home.
Prayers will be prayed for the deceased on Thursday at 7 p.m. in the Maria Puchheim Basilica. The requiem will take place on Friday at 10 a.m. in the basilica. Burial will follow at the Attnang-Puchheim Cemetery.
Source: Nachrichten
