Andreas Alois Ankwicz from Skarbek-Poslawice

Andreas Alois Ankwicz von Skarbek-Poslawice, lithograph by Franz Eybl , 1834

Andreas Alois Ankwicz von Skarbek-Poslawice (also: Andreas Alois Skarbek Ankvicz von Poslavice ; Polish: Andrzej Alojzy Ankwicz ; Czech: Ondřej Alois Ankwicz ze Skarbek-Poslawice ; born June 22, 1777 in Krakow ; † March 26, 1838 ) was Archbishop of Lviv and from Prague .

Life

Andreas Alois Ankwicz studied in Cracow and Vienna and was ordained a priest on September 2, 1810 . He was then a canon in Olomouc , where he was appointed rector of the seminary and the theological faculty.

On 25 March 1815 Andreas Alois Ankwicz was archbishop of Lviv nominated and on 15 August the same year by the Olomouc archbishop Maria Thaddeus of Trautmannsdorff ordained . He supported the politics of the Habsburgs and in 1827 was appointed Primate of Galicia by Emperor Franz II .

On September 30, 1833, he was transferred to the Archbishopric of Prague.

literature

• Constantin von Wurzbach : Ankwitz Graf Skarbek auf Posławice, Andreas Alois . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 1st part. University book printer L. C. Zamarski (formerly JP Sollinger), Vienna 1856, p. 44 ( digitized version ).
• Ankwicz, Andreas Ludwig Gf .; Gf. Skarbek on Posławice. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 24. (with different year of birth and name)

Web links

• Entry on Andreas Alois Ankwicz from Skarbek-Poslawice on catholic-hierarchy.org

predecessor	Office	successor
Kajetan Ignacy Kicki	Archbishop of Lemberg 1815–1833	Franz Xaver Luschin
Alois Josef Krakovský from Kolowrat	Archbishop of Prague 1833–1838	Alois Joseph Schrenck from Notzing