Ferdinand Joseph von Fürstenberg

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Ferdinand Joseph Freiherr von Fürstenberg (born January 8, 1739 in Hüsten , † March 3, 1800 in Halberstadt ) was canon in Hildesheim, Paderborn, Münster and Halberstadt.

Life

Origin and family

Ferdinand Joseph von Fürstenberg came from as the son of Christian Franz von Fürstenberg zu Herdringen and his wife Helena Maria von Galen , daughter of Wilhelm Goswin Anton von Galen , the noble family von Fürstenberg , one of the oldest and most important in Westphalia . Numerous well-known personalities from church and state have emerged from the family line. One of the most important representatives of the family was the Prince-Bishop Ferdinand von Fürstenberg . His brothers Friedrich Karl (1730–1788) and Franz Friedrich Wilhelm (1729–1810) held clerical offices and were canons in Münster and Paderborn.

Act

After attending the Jesuit grammar school in Cologne, he went on to study in Mainz . He studied at the Collegium Germanicum in Rome in August 1761 and presented his degree certificate on October 12, 1762. Ferdinand Joseph was canon in Hildesheim as early as 1756 and in the following year he received a canon in Paderborn . After his resignation, it remained in the possession of the prebende until 1769 . He was ordained as a subdeacon on December 13, 1764. After Canon Ferdinand von Galen resigned, Ferdinand Joseph received the Galen family praise at Münster Cathedral on July 14, 1797 . He was also Canon of Halberstadt, where he died on March 3, 1800. In particular, he received the Münster prebende primarily for political reasons, with the aim of strengthening the “Fürstenberg Party” in the cathedral chapter. These hopes were not fulfilled because he was completely politically restrained. Instead, he lived a being devoted to religion and is said to have given a large proportion of his benefices to his servants and the poor.

Awards

Imperial Councilor

literature

  • Wilhelm Kohl : The Diocese of Münster 4.2: The Cathedral Monastery of St. Paul in Münster Germania Sacra NF 17.1–17.3, Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin / New York 1982, ISBN 978-3- 11-008508-2 .
  • Friedrich Keinemann: The other spiritual sons of Christian. In: Fürstenberg's story. Vol. 4. Münster, 1979 p. 311f.

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