Dr. Alfred Kostelecky

After elementary school, Alfred Kostelecky from Vienna attended the Bundesgymnasium at the Schulbrüder in Vienna-Währing. After graduating in 1938, he entered the Viennese seminary. As leader of the Catholic Youth, he took part in the Feast of the Rosary on October 7, 1938 and was subsequently arrested. He had to spend some time in Gestapo custody. He becomes a member of the resistance group "Eisen" (Fe), which distributes flyers and destroys showcases of the "Stürmer" as a sign of their protest. Via Ferdinand Habl, Alfred Kostelecky comes into contact with the student fraternity Pannonia and became particularly close to him through their joint activities in the resistance group "Austrian People's Movement".

Alfred Kostelecky was drafted into military service in 1940 and deployed on the Eastern Front and in France. He was wounded four times during the war. He ended the war in American captivity with severe lung and leg injuries.

After returning from captivity in 1945, he was able to continue his theological studies and was ordained a priest in 1948. After working briefly as a vicar in Walkersdorf (parish of Etsdorf am Kamp), he was released to study canon law in Rome. After graduating as Dr. iur. can. In 1954, he began his service as a cathedral vicar in St. Stephen's and as an advocate at the metropolitan and diocesan court. In 1954, he was admitted to the student fraternity Rudolfina.

In 1986, Pope John Paul II (1978-2005) appointed him Titular Superior. (1978-2005) appointed him titular bishop of Aggar [today: Sidi Amara, Tunisia], auxiliary bishop in Vienna and first military bishop for the Austrian Armed Forces; he was consecrated bishop on December 14, 1986 in St. Stephen's Cathedral.