TELEGRAM FOR DEATH OF CARDINAL GROER

VATICAN CITY, MAR 24, 2003 (VIS) - Pope John Paul sent a telegram of condolences to Cardinal Christoph Schonborn. O.P., archbishop of Vienna, Austria upon hearing of the death last evening in St. Polten, Austria of Cardinal Hans Hermann Groer, O.S.B. at the age of 83.

Cardinal Groer was born in Vienna on October 13, 1919. He was ordained a priest in April 1942, a bishop in September 1986 and was created a cardinal by John Paul II in the consistory of June 28, 1988. He served as archbishop of Vienna from 1986 to 1995.

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