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Hofstatter, Heinrich von

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

a German prelate, was born in 1805 at Aindling, in Upper Bavaria. He studied at first jurisprudence, and was already promoted in 1829 as "doctor utriusque juris," when he betook himself to the study of theology, received holy orders in 1833, and was in 1836 appointed cathedral-dean at Munich. In 1839 he was made bishop of Passau, and died May 12, 1875. (B.P.)