Christoph Andreas Johann Szembek
Christoph Andreas Johann Szembek (Schönbeck) (* May 16, 1680 ; † March 16, 1740 in Heilsberg , Warmia ) was Prince-Bishop ( SRI Principis) of Warmia and Samland .
He was a son of the Starosten von Biecz , Palatinatus Cracoviensis , who came from the Schönbeck von Tirol family, who were accepted into the Polish nobility in 1566 .
Members of the family soon gained influence on political and social life in Poland. Various members held numerous secular and ecclesiastical offices under the Saxon kings of Poland. Szembek received training from a private tutor and then traveled around Europe. He completed a degree in philosophy and theology at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow , which he graduated in 1712.
Already on July 30, 1711 he was appointed Bishop of Chełm , he was consecrated on May 22, 1713. On May 15, 1719 he was appointed Bishop of Przemyśl .
The Saxon King of Poland August II helped Szembek u. a. to the Diocese of Warmia , in which he proposed him to the cathedral chapter in Frombork in 1723 , whereupon he was elected Bishop of Warmia on February 17, 1724 and on September 14, 1724 by Pope Benedict XIII. was used. Szembek took part in sessions of the Polish Reichstag , was envoy to Courland and appeared in the Prussian diets.
In 1725 and 1732–1739 he personally made general visits to the Diocese of Warmia and held a diocesan synod in Heilsberg .
In 1726 he published the book Synodus Dioecesana Varmiensis and in 1735 a catechism . During his tenure, the pilgrimage churches of Heiligelinde , Glottau and Crossen near Wormditt were completed in the baroque style. He also came in from the Cathedral of Frombork build the baroque Salvatorkapelle.
Szembek was modest but donated significant sums to charity. He successfully defended the exemption status of Warmia against the Archbishop of Gniezno .
He also represented the jurisdiction rights over the Catholics in the area of the former Duchy and since 1701 Kingdom of Prussia against the Prussian king, which the Bishop of Warmia had been entitled to since the Reformation and the dissolution of the Archdiocese of Riga . In 1734 Szembek recognized the son of Augustus the Strong , August III. as King of Poland.
Bishop Szembek died of a stroke in his episcopal residence in Heilsberg in 1740 and, at his request, was buried in the Salvator Chapel at Frauenburg Cathedral, which he donated .
He had always endeavored to act in the spirit of the Council of Trent .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Synodus Dioecesana Varmiensis , 1726, Christophori Joannis Szembek, Varmiensis & Sambiensis Sacri Romani Imperij Principis
literature
- Hans-Jürgen Karp (ed.): Henryk Żochowski: The pastoral care in Warmia under Bishop Christoph Andreas Johann Szembek 1724–1740 (= magazine for the history and antiquity of Warmia , supplement). Self-published by the Historical Association for Warmia , Münster (Westphalia) 1993.
- Barbara Wolf-Dahm: Szembek, Christoph Andreas Johannes. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 11, Bautz, Herzberg 1996, ISBN 3-88309-064-6 , Sp. 375-377.
Web links
- Description on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Szembek, Christoph Andreas Johann |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schönbeck, Christoph Andreas Johann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bishop of Warmia |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 16, 1680 |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 16, 1740 |
| Place of death | Heilsberg , Warmia |