Karl Golser (16 May 1943,

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– 25 December 2016,

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bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bolzano-Brixen,

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. Ordained to the priesthood in 1968, Golser was named bishop in 2008 and retired in 2011 for health reasons. He died in 2016, aged 73.Profile
catholic-hierarchy.org; accessed 27 December 2016.

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