Johannes Maria Gföllner
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Johannes Evangelist Maria Gföllner (17 December 1867, Waizenkirchen - 3 June 1941, Linz) was an Austrian clergyman and bishop for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Linz.
He was ordained a priest on 28 October 1893 in Rome and went on to teach in several institutions; he was appointed a bishop on 16 July 1915.[1]
In 1933 he wrote a pastoral letter entitled "On True and False Nationalism’’ warning of the dangers of National Socialism; this letter had a circulation of about 35,000.[2] He later refused to meet Hitler during his visit to Linz.[3]
A street in Linz was named after him; however, in 2022, the local council decided to change the name of the street due to his public anti-Semitism.[4]
