Christoph Anton from Migazzi

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Christoph Anton Cardinal of Migazzi
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Christoph Bartholomäus Anton Migazzi, Count zu Wall and Sonnenthurm (born October 20, 1714 in Trient , † April 14, 1803 in Vienna ) was Roman Catholic coadjutor of Mechelen ( Belgium ) and titular archbishop of Cartagine from 1751, and served as envoy to Empress Maria Theresa in Madrid , received the title Archbishop from the Pope in 1756 and was appointed Bishop of Waitzen in ( Hungary ). From 1757 to 1803 he was Roman Catholic Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Vienna and from 1762 to 1785 also administrator in Waitzen. From 1761 until his death he was a cardinal with the titular church Santi Quattro Coronati .

Life

Migazzi studied in Rome at the Collegium Germanicum , led by the Jesuit order , and after being ordained a priest was first canon in Brixen and Trento .

In 1745 he became a judge at the Supreme Court of the Vatican , the Roman Rota , and was appointed coadjutor of Mechelen (Belgium) and titular archbishop of Cartagine on September 20, 1751 . He was ordained bishop on October 10th of the same year by the Cardinal Bishop of Frascati , Giovanni Antonio Guadagni , co- consecrators were Ferdinando Maria de Rossi , titular patriarch of Constantinople , and Luigi Calini , titular patriarch of Antioch . At the request of Maria Theresa , Migazzi became ambassador in Madrid . On August 28, 1756 he was given the personal title of Archbishop pro hac vice by Pope Benedict XIV and appointed Bishop of Waitzen ( Hungary ). On March 18, 1757 he became Archbishop of Vienna. After the death of Bishop Karl Eszterházy , he became administrator in Waitzen on April 19, 1762 , until Emperor Joseph II forced him to abdicate in 1785. During his tenure, the present Cathedral of Vác was built.

Soon after his inauguration as Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Vienna, he founded the Vienna seminary in 1758 . In 1760 he became president of the Studienhofkommission, which was founded by Maria Theresa to reform teaching. On November 23, 1761, the cardinal was appointed by Pope Clement XIII. with the titular church Santi Quattro Coronati . In 1781 he supported the publication of Rosalino's translation of the Bible. He was an opponent of Jansenism - with which he had temporarily sympathized - and Febronianism . Despite much hostility, he persistently fought the interference in church affairs by the enlightened monarchs of his time (see also: Josephinism ).

An unexpected consequence of Joseph II's church policy was the substantial expansion of the Vienna diocesan area. The Archdiocese of Vienna reached its current size during Migazzi's tenure. In 1783 Vienna received parishes east of Vienna from the diocese of Raab , and in 1784 it received the parishes Unter dem Manhartsberg ( Weinviertel ) from the Diocese of Passau and the city of Wiener Neustadt in 1785 from the Diocese of Wiener Neustadt, which was transferred to Sankt Pölten .

Migazzi was buried in the bishop's crypt in St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna . In 1894 the Migazziplatz in Vienna- Meidling (12th district) was named after him.

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predecessor Office successor
Michael Karl von Althann Bishop of Waitzen
1756–1757 		Pál Forgách
Johann Joseph von Trautson Archbishop of Vienna
1757–1803 		Sigismund Anton von Hohenwart
Karl Eszterházy Administrator von Waitzen
1762–1786 		Ferenc Splényi
Paul d'Albert de Luynes Cardinal Protopriest
1788-1803 		Francesco Carafa della Spina di Traetto
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SURNAME Migazzi, Christoph Anton von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Migazzi, Christoph Anton Graf; Migazzi, Christoph Bartholomäus Anton Graf zu Wall and Sonnenthurm (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Catholic Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Vienna and Cardinal
DATE OF BIRTH October 20, 1714
PLACE OF BIRTH Trent
DATE OF DEATH April 14, 1803
Place of death Vienna