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Odilo Lechner
1931 – 2017
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryOdilo Lechner OSB war ein deutscher Benediktiner, Ordenspriester und Abt der Abtei Sankt Bonifaz in München und Andechs. Bei seinem Verzicht auf das Amt des Abtes im Jahr 2003 war er der weltweit dienstälteste Benediktinerabt.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
January 25, 1931
Munich
Date of death
November 3, 2017
Munich
Citizenship
Germany
Occupations & fields
Catholic priestwriterphilosophermusicianCatholic theologian
Awards & honours
Bavarian Order of MeritBayerischer PoetentalerOfficer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germanyhonorary doctor of the University of Munich
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