Friday, January 30, 2009

Franz Žak

He was bishop of St. Pölten/Austria from 1961 until 1991. Here are some photos from his episcopal consecration:







1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Did you notice the special gloves the bishop is wearing? If you look you'll see he has only three fingers and a thumb on his right hand. It looks like he had gloves made for him and that he is also wearing his ring on his middle finger.