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Cardinal Schönborn retires as Vienna archbishop on 80th birthday
Rome Newsroom, Jan 22, 2025 / 07:04 am
Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, OP, concluded his term as archbishop of Vienna, Austria, on Wednesday, his 80th birthday, when Pope Francis accepted his resignation.
Schönborn, a theologian who led Austria’s most populous archdiocese for three decades, helped write the Catechism of the Catholic Church and chaired the Austrian bishops’ conference for 22 years.
He is currently chairman of Pope Francis’ Council of Cardinals.
The Vatican announced Jan. 22 that Pope Francis had accepted Schönborn’s resignation and appointed an apostolic administrator, Father Josef Grünwidl, to oversee the Vienna Archdiocese until the appointment of Schönborn’s successor.
“The fact that Rome has created an interim solution shows us that Pope Francis has apparently not yet made a decision on who should be the next archbishop of Vienna.
Since the process is already well advanced, we hope for a decision
