Erwin Kreuzer
Erwin Kreuzer was fifth bishop of the Old Catholic Church in Germany. He was ordained in 1900, and served parishes in Cologne, Passau, and Kempten, as well as Freiburg im Breisgau before consecration as bishop. He was elected bishop in March, 1935 and consecrated on May 8, 1935 by Adolf Küry with the assistance of Henricus van Vlijmen and John Hermannus Berends.
In December 1935, Kreuzer took an oath of episcopal allegiance to Adolf Hitler including the following paragraphs:
