Pankratius von Dinkel

Bishop Pankratius von Dinkel (9 February 1811 – 8 October 1894) was Bishop of Augsburg, Germany from 1858 until his death in 1894.

[1] Born on 9 February 1811, Staffelstein; he was ordained and consecrated as a Parish Priest of Bamberg, Germany by Archbishop Gregor Leonhard Andreas von Scherr, O.S.B.

On 16 July 1858, aged 47, he was appointed as Bishop of Augsburg, and confirmed on 27 September.

[2] During his time there, he founded a boys' seminary in Dillingen, had a new diocesan prayer and hymnal created and worked on restoring the cathedral; he also accepted many priests and theology students who had been expelled from Prussia.

[3] He attended the First Vatican Council[4] and was opposed to Papal infallibility.