House Management

EKan. Markus Stephan Bugnyar,

Born on March 5, 1975, in Vienna,

Ordained as a priest of the Diocese Eisenstadt on June 29, 2000,

Appointed Rector of the Austrian Hospice of the Holy Family in Jerusalem on April 27, 2004.

Studied Catholic Theology and Independent Religious Pedagogy at the University of Vienna and at the Theological Year of Studies at the Benedictine Abbey Hagia Maria Sion (Dormitio) in Jerusalem.

From September 2000 to August 2001, chaplain in Mattersburg, Walbersdorf und Pöttelsdorf (Bgld.).
From September 2001 to February 2004, studied at the École biblique et archéologique française de Jérusalem.

Recipient of the Silver Decoration of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria in 2015;
Grand Decoration of Honor from the Province of Burgenland in October 2016;
Golden Medal of Merit from the Province of Upper Austria on November 29, 2016;
Tyrolean Eagle Order in Gold on November 8, 2018;
Recipient of the Golden Decoration of Honor of the Republic of Austria (June 12, 2023);
Medal of Merit from the Province of Salzburg (March 5, 2024).
Named “Austrian Expat of the Year” in 2019.
Honorary Canon of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem (February 2, 2022).

Komtur of the Order of the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem;
Spiritual Counselor of the Order of St. George of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine;
Bandphilister of the Roman student fraternity Capitolina and the KÖL Leopoldina of Vienna.
Honorary Professor at the Philosophical-Theological College Benedikt XVI. in Heiligenkreuz.

Publications:

Bugnyar M. St.,Wohnout H.: Im Orient zu Hause. Das Österreichische Hospiz zur Heiligen Familie in Jerusalem. Publisher Geschichte & Kunst GmbH, Vienna 2015. ISBN 978-3-903076-00-6.

Bugnyar M. St.: Als die Sonne aufging. Mit Jesus unterwegs zum Leben. Mit einem Vorwort von Christoph Kardinal Schönborn und Fotos von Andrea Krogmann. Heiligenkreuz 2018, ISBN 978-3-903118-66-9.

Bugnyar M. St., Franz Joseph: Politiker, Pilger, Privatier. Kommentierte Edition von Beda Dudiks Kaiser-Reise nach dem Oriente. Mit einem Vorwort von Karl von Habsburg, Heiligenkreuz 2020. ISBN 978-3-903602-10-6

Bugnyar M. St., Irdisches Jerusalem. Über Heiliges und Schwieriges, Heiligenkreuz 2024. ISBN 978-3-903518-17-9

EKan. Markus Stephan Bugnyar
rector@austrianhospice.com

Lucas Johannes Maier MA,
Born on September 13, 1993, has been the guesthouse manager of the Austrian Pilgrims’ Hospice of the Holy Family in Jerusalem 2020.

In 2021, Maier earned a degree in hotel and tourism management from the Guilford Glaser Faculty of Business and Management at Ben-Gurion University in Beersheba, and in 2018 from the University of Applied Sciences Vienna.

He completed his civil service at the Austrian Pilgrims’ Hospice from 2013 to 2014 and graduated from the Styrian Tourism Schools in Bad Gleichenberg in 2013.

Since 2008, he has gained extensive experience in the international hotel and tourism industry in Austria, Israel, Switzerland, Slovenia, and Spain.