Franz Kräuter, was for many years the archivist of the diocese Timișoara.
His father's ancestors came from the Palatine Hauenstein and migrated in the 18th century to Banat.
[1] He was ordained priest on 2 June 1946 at the Temeswarer Dom by bishop Augustin Pacha.
[2] Kräuter was ordained bishop of the Diocese of Timișoara on 28 April 1990.
Kräuter died on January 29, 2008, and was buried on February 1, 2008, in the crypt of the Timișoara Roman Catholic cathedral.