bishop of Passau
The Diocese of Passau is a Roman Catholic diocese in Germany that is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising.AD.
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s' lists, his existence is beyond doubt due to recent research.August Leidl: Die Bischöfe von Passau 739–1968 in Kurzbiographien. (Passau, 1978), Verlag des Vereins für Ostbairische Heimatforschung.