Josef Ondřej Lindauer (29 November 1784,

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– 5 June 1850,

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) was a Roman Catholic clergyman and bishop, who from 1845 to 1850 served as the third bishop of České Budějovice.

Life

He was ordained priest on 15 August 1807 in

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and was nominated bishop by

Ferdinand I of Austria Ferdinand I ( 19 April 1793 – 29 June 1875) was Emperor of Austria from March 1835 until his abdication in December 1848. He was also King of Hungary, King of Croatia, Croatia and King of Bohemia, Bohemia (as Ferdinand V), King of Lombardy– ...

on 22 September 1845, with confirmation from

Pope Gregory XVI Pope Gregory XVI (; ; born Bartolomeo Alberto Cappellari; 18 September 1765 – 1 June 1846) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 2 February 1831 to his death in June 1846. He had adopted the name Mauro upon enteri ...

on 25 November, consecration on 18 January the following year in the Veitsdom in Prague, and enthronement on 2 February.

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*http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/blinda.html *http://www.bcb.cz/Dieceze/Dieceze/Biskupove 1784 births 1850 deaths People from Plzeň Bishops of České Budějovice 19th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Austria-Hungary {{CzechRepublic-RC-bishop-stub