Rumours regarding Beda Weber's journey to Tyrol and an episcopal see
According to a report in the “Ostdeutsche Post”, Frankfurt parish priest Beda Weber embarked on a journey to Tyrol and Italy. Rumours circulated connecting the trip to the potential conferral of a vacant bishopric in his native Tyrol.
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Austria.
Innsbruck, 10 July. The “Ostd. Post” reports the following curiosity from Frankfurt: the local Catholic parish priest Beda Weber, well known in wider circles, intended to embark today on a recuperative journey to Tyrol and Italy. It was reported from Vienna some time ago that Beda Weber was to receive a vacant episcopal see in his homeland, and one is inclined to associate this journey with that prospect.
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