The Most Reverend Kurt Krenn |
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Bishop of Sankt Pölten | |
Church | Catholic Church |
Diocese | Sankt Pölten |
Appointed | 11 July 1991 |
Term ended | 7 October 2004 |
Orders | |
Ordination | 7 October 1962 |
Consecration | 26 April 1987 by Hans Hermann Groër, OSB |
Personal details | |
Born | 28 June 1936 Rannarsried, Upper Austria, Austria |
Died | 24 January 2014 Sankt Pölten, Austria |
Parents | Karl & Leopoldine Krenn |
Kurt Krenn (28 June 1936 – 25 January 2014) was an Austrian Roman Catholic prelate and Bishop who ran a seminary for priests in Sankt Pölten, near Vienna. He was Bishop of the Diocese of Sankt Pölten, a suffragan see of the Vienna province, from 1991 to 2004.
Krenn argued against Turkey's entrance into the European Union, warning against the 'Islamisation' of Europe and calling Islam a "very aggressive kind of religion" that will not easily allow for the political unity with the Christian faith. He was known for his anti-European Union views.
Krenn resigned from his post in 2004 after the discovery of pornography, including child pornography, at the seminary.