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Vondrau, Alois

Profession
Clergy
Biography

Father Alois Vondrau was born in 1860 and died 12 January 1910 in the Volga German colony of Hölzel.

He studied theology at the Catholic Seminary in Saratov and was ordained on 18 August 1891. He served the following parishes:

Neu-Kolonie (1896-1902)
Graf (1903-1905, 1910)
Herzog (1905-1909)
Hölzel (1909-1910)

Source(s)

- Schnurr, Joseph. Die Kirchen und das Religiöse Leben der Russlanddeutschen - Katholischer Teil (Stuttgart, 1980), p. 349.
- Vondrau Alois (wolgadeutsche.ru) [Online]

Volga Colonies
Images

A group of Catholic priests serving the German-speaking populations of Russia. Father Vondrau is seated, third from the left (wearing a cross).
Source: Germans from Russia Heritage Collection of North Dakota State University.