Background
Parsch was born in Neustift near Olmutz, Moravia, in what is now the Czechoslovakian Republic.
Parsch was born in Neustift near Olmutz, Moravia, in what is now the Czechoslovakian Republic.
He was given the name Pius when he entered the community of Canons Regular in Klosterneuburg Abbey. He was a leading figure in the Liturgical Movement, publishing the results of recent liturgical scholarship in popularly accessible books in German. Some of these were translated into English, including The Liturgy of the Mass (Herder, 1940), The Breviary Explained (id, 1952), and The Church"s Year of Grace (Liturgical Press, 1953).
Parsch died on in Klosterneuburg, aged 59.