Anton Ignaz Müntzer
Anton Ignaz Müntzer (born September 10, 1659 in Oberglogau , † January 11, 1714 in Breslau ) was titular bishop of Madaura and from 1709 to 1714 auxiliary bishop and official in Breslau .
Life
Anton Ignaz Müntzer came from a family of councilors from Oberglogau. His parents Paul and Hedwig intended him for the spiritual profession. He first studied humanities and philosophy in Neisse . From February 1682 he studied theology in Rome, where he was an alumnus of the Collegium Germanicum and was ordained a priest. In 1685 he returned to Silesia and from 1687 to 1692 was pastor in Groß-Bargen near Trachenberg . In 1692 he received a canonical at the Breslau cathedral and in 1694 he became dean of the Oberglogau collegiate monastery . Since his position in this pontifical states, he was the Wrocław Bishop John Brunetti infuliert . In Oberglogau he also administered the parish at the Bartholomäuskirche. From February 1701 he resided at the Breslau Cathedral, where he became Chancellor ( Prelatus Cancellarius ) in 1706 . Bishop Franz Ludwig von Pfalz-Neuburg appointed him consistorial councilor and official and in 1707 rector of the seminary .
It was only after a two-year vacancy that he was appointed successor to Wroclaw Auxiliary Bishop Franz Engelbert Barbo von Waxenstein in 1708 and was appointed by Pope Clement XI. Appointed Titular Bishop of Madaura . The episcopal consecration took place on January 20, 1709 by the Przemysler bishop Johann Kasimir von Bokom , who had been assigned auxiliary episcopal acts in Wroclaw during the vacancy in 1708. Co-consecrators were Karl Keller, Abbot of St. Vincent in Breslau and the Cistercian Tobias Ackermann , Abbot of Heinrichau .
During his tenure as auxiliary bishop, Anton Ignaz Müntzer consecrated 252 priests and gave confirmation to 57,072 people. He also consecrated five churches and numerous altars, chalices, bells, etc. He was only in office for five years and died on January 11, 1714. His brother was the rector of the Brno Jesuit College .
literature
- Joseph Jungnitz : The auxiliary bishops of Breslau . Verlag von Franz Goerlich, Breslau 1914. pp. 197–200.
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| SURNAME | Müntzer, Anton Ignaz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Titular Bishop of Madaura and Auxiliary Bishop in Breslau |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 10, 1659 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Upper Logau |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 11, 1714 |
| Place of death | Wroclaw |