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had been a cathedral canon of Gurk and Vicar-General of Klagenfurt. His successor was the Benedictine Gregorius Thomas Ziegler (1827-52), formerly Bishop of Tarnov.

Revolution of 1848

The Revolution of 1848 not only increased political liberty, but also gave to the Church greater independence in its own province.

The session of the Third German Catholic Congress, held at Linz in 1850, also strengthened the Church in the

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