Prince Franz-Josef of Bavaria
Prince Franz-Josef of Bavaria (born 21 September 1957) is a member of the Bavarian Royal House of Wittelsbach and a member of the Roman Catholic Order of Saint Benedict.
| Prince Franz-Josef of Bavaria | |||||
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| Born | 21 September 1957 Schloss Leutstetten, Leutstetten, Bavaria, Germany | ||||
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| House | Wittelsbach | ||||
| Father | Prince Rasso of Bavaria | ||||
| Mother | Archduchess Theresa of Austria | ||||
Early life
Franz-Josef was born at Schloß Leutstetten near Starnberg, Bavaria. He is the eldest son of Prince Rasso of Bavaria and his wife, Archduchess Theresa of Austria.
Later life
The prince is a Benedictine monk, a member of the Roman Catholic Order of Saint Benedict. Until 1996, he lived under the name Pater Florian at the St. Ottilien Archabbey in Emming in southern Bavaria. Since 1996, Prince Franz-Josef has been living at the Peramiho Abbey in Tanzania and in Kenya he became prior administrator of the Prince of Peace Benedictine Monastery - Tigoni Limuru. He is currently working in Illeret, St. Peter the Fisherman parish, and a new Benedictine Monastery in the Diocese of Marsabit, northern part of Kenya.
References
- Adalbert Prinz von Bayern. Die Wittelsbacher: Geschichte unserer Familie. München: Prestel Verlag, 1979.
- Pater Florian Prinz von Bayern. Weil es etwas Größeres gibt. Freiburg; Herder Verlag, 2012.
- Home page of the St. Ottilien Archabbey (in German): https://web.archive.org/web/20080417202846/http://www.erzabtei.de/html/
- Home page of the St. Benedict's Abbey in Peramiho, Tanzania: https://web.archive.org/web/20120207093627/http://www.inkamana.org/ohio/peramiho.htm