You are bidding on one typewritten, signed letter ofAustrian Roman Catholic clergyman and later missionary bishop in Brazil Erich Kräutler (1906-1985).

DatedSchellenberg, 6. August 1969.

Aimed at a Countess Clara, di Clara Ledochowska (*26. June 1911 in Sarns), secretary at the Austrian embassy at the Holy See (Vatican).

Mentioned is a "letter from the crucifying adventures" of the missionary in Brazil Anton Lukesch (1912-2003), which he "had to endure in recent months out of love for the Indians."

Quotes: "I would like to make a personal visit to the Xingu Mission, but this can only be possible after our General Chapter ends. [...] The Americans. Mentality is not so easy to convert to a Roman rule from the beginning of the last century if the Italians fear that too much substance might be lost in the process."

Signed "P. Erich Kräutler."

Note:Erich Kräuter became prelate of Xingu in Brazil in 1971.

Scope:one page (24 x 16 cn) on thin paper; without envelope.

Note: a detailed biography can be found on the website of the Cartell Association of Catholic Austrian Student Associations (ÖCV).

Condition: With corner crease, otherwise very good condition. Please also note the pictures!

Internal note: Clara L. 66

About Erich Kräutler (Source: wikipedia):

Erich Kräutler (CPPS), also Eurico Kräutler, (* 8. August 1906 in Koblach, Vorarlberg; † 29. December 1985 in Rum in Tirol) was an Austrian Roman Catholic clergyman and missionary bishop in Brazil.

Life: Erich Kräutler joined the Congregation of the Missionaries of the Precious Blood (CPPS) and was born on the 10th. Ordained priest in July 1932. After many years of service as a missionary, Kräutler was appointed prelate of Xingu in Brazil in 1971 as the successor to Clemente Geiger and ordained titular bishop of Cissa. His nephew Erwin Kräutler continued his work in Brazil as his successor in the office of prelate and bishop since 1981.

Erich Kräutler died in the Cross Sisters' sanatorium in Rum in Tyrol. He was a member of the KMV Clunia in Feldkirch in the MKV and the K.Ö.HV Alpenland (Vienna) in the ÖCV.

Awards: 1984 Toni Russ Prize

Fonts

Blood on the stones. A missionary in the jungle of Brazil. Tyrolia Verlag, Innsbruck 1972, new edition. 1995

People at Xingu. A documentary autobiography. Böhlau, Vienna – Cologne – Weimar 1997