Konrad Zdarsa
Catholic bishop
Konrad Zdarsa (born 7 June 1944) is a prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as bishop of Görlitz from 2007 till 2010, when he became bishop of Augsburg. He retired from the Augsburg see on 4 July 2019.
Family Origins
Konrad Zdarsa was born on 7 June 1944, in the village of Hainichen in central Saxony. He was the seventh child of Austrian Johann Zdarsa and Bavarian Elisabeth Zdarsa (née Goppel). Konrad Zdarsa held Austrian citizenship based on his father's nationality and was able to travel abroad without restrictions even from communist East Germany.
His late maternal uncle Alfons Goppel (1905–1991), was a German politician in the CSU Party and Bavarian Prime Minister from 1962 to 1978. His cousin, Thomas Goppel is a German politician in the CSU.
Life
After finishing tenth grade, Zdarsa was initially prohibited from higher education and instead trained vocationally as a machinist in a factory in Hainichen. Later, after he was able to sit for his Abitur, Zdarsa studied catholic theology and philosophy at the seminary of Erfurt.
On 16 March 1974 in Dresden, Zdarsa was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Gerhard Schaffran, and he served afterward in the church of St.
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