Anton Peter Příchovský from Příchovice

Antonín Petr Příchovský from Příchovice

Příchovský coat of arms on the Archbishop's Palace in Prague

Anton Peter Count Příchovský von Příchovice (German Przichowsky von Przichowitz ) (born August 28, 1707 in welding ; † April 14, 1793 ) was the 21st Archbishop of Prague .

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Příchovský came from a long-established West Bohemian noble family. He studied theology in Rome and Prague . In 1731 he received the priesthood and graduated at the Charles University in Prague for a doctor of theology . On November 19, 1752 he was appointed episcopal coadjutor and successor in office and appointed auxiliary bishop in Prague and titular bishop of Hemesa .

Between 1754 and 1763 Příchovský was Bishop of Königgrätz . After the death of the Prague Archbishop Johann Moritz Gustav von Manderscheid-Blankenheim , Příchovský was his successor and was enthroned on May 13, 1764.

During his tenure, the new Archbishop's Palace was built on Hradschiner Platz , which has been preserved in its former form to this day.

He found his final resting place in St. Vitus Cathedral .

literature

• Constantin von Wurzbach : Przichowský von Przichowitz, Anton Peter Graf von . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 24th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1872, p. 32 f. ( Digitized version ).

Web links

• Literature and other media by and about Anton Peter Příchovský von Příchovice in the catalog of the National Library of the Czech Republic
• Entry about Anton Peter Příchovský von Příchovice on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
Johann Moritz Gustav von Manderscheid-Blankenheim	Archbishop of Prague 1764–1793	Wilhelm Florentin of Salm-Salm
Johann Joseph Wratislaw von Mitrowitz	Bishop of Königgrätz 1754–1763	Hermann Hannibal von Blümegen