Georg Gatt
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Georg Gatt (1843–1924) was a Tyrolean Roman Catholic priest and missionary, best known for establishing a parish and several institutions in Gaza, and his association with the Austrian Pilgrim Hospice to the Holy Family in Jerusalem, during the late 19th century.[1]
Born in Nörsach, Austria, Gatt was ordained as a priest in 1867 in Brixen im Thale. He was appointed Vice-Rector of the Austrian Hospice in Jerusalem in 1871 by Joseph Othmar von Rauscher. In 1873 he became the headmaster of a boys' school in Jerusalem.