Karl Joseph of Riccabona

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Karl Joseph von Riccabona (born July 28, 1761 in Cavalese , Trentino , † May 25, 1839 in Passau ) was Bishop of Passau .

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Riccabona came from the Riccabona von Reichenfels family and was the eldest of five children of the landowner Joseph Anton von Riccabona and his wife Maria Rosa Eberschlager von Kofel and Lehenegg.

His father sent him to the university in Brixen . He then studied philosophy at the University of Innsbruck in 1777 and, after graduating in 1779, decided to do a Mag. Phil. also to study theology and to embark on the spiritual path.

At the instigation of his company sponsor, Prince-Bishop Leopold Ernst Graf von Firmian von Passau, he was accepted into the Collegium Romanum . He also received a canonical at the St. Johann monastery in Regensburg .

On 20 December 1783 Riccabona received in Rome the priesthood and was 1784 to Dr. theol. PhD. He then took up a chaplaincy in the parish of Auer in the diocese of Trento . In 1790 he was given a pastor's position in Wallersdorf , where he remained active as a pastor for 31 years . He also worked as dean and district school inspector for the Landau an der Isar regional court .

When, as a result of the Concordat of 1817 following the secularization in Bavaria, church life was to be reorganized, Riccabona was appointed to Munich on October 2, 1821 as cathedral capitular and cathedral priest. In 1822 he was general visitator of the new archbishopric, in 1824 cathedral and royal court pastor in Munich. In this capacity he looked after the royal family and their court.

In 1826, the last Prince-Bishop of Passau, Leopold von Thun, died, whereupon King Ludwig I. Riccabona appointed Bishop of Passau on December 25, 1826 at the request of Johann Michael Sailer , which was shortly afterwards made by Pope Leo XII. has been confirmed. He was consecrated as a bishop on April 25, 1827 by the first archbishop of Munich and Freising , Lothar Anselm Freiherr von Gebsattel .

Difficult tasks awaited, because his predecessor had left his diocese during the turmoil of secularization, so that the diocese was in fact a quarter of a century without a bishop. Riccabona reorganized the diocese administration and undertook detailed diocesan visits, in which he paid particular attention to the reintroduction of religious instruction in schools and dignified celebrations of church services. By 1834 he had visited all parishes in his diocese.

In 1827 he introduced the “Catechism of the Christian Catholic Religion for Bavaria” as a unified catechism in his diocese. In 1828 he opened the new St. Stephen's Seminary, and in 1833 he achieved the reopening of the royal lyceum as a priestly education institution. In 1836 he caused the Mary Ward Sisters the Kloster Niederburg took over as educational institution. In 1837 he published a ritual . On January 1, 1839, he received the Knight's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Bavarian Crown .

Karl Joseph von Riccabona died on May 25, 1839 and was buried in Passau Cathedral.

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  1. ^ Government Gazette for the Kingdom of Bavaria , No. 1, Munich, January 10, 1839.
personal data
SURNAME Riccabona, Karl Joseph von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Riccabona, Karl Joseph Freiherr von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Catholic bishop of Passau
DATE OF BIRTH July 28, 1761
PLACE OF BIRTH Cavalese , Trentino
DATE OF DEATH May 25, 1839
Place of death Passau