Franz Adolf Namszanowski

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Franz Adolf Namszanowski

Franz Adolf Namszanowski (born August 12, 1820 in Danzig ; † March 22, 1900 in Frauenburg / East Prussia (now Frombork, Poland)) was the army bishop in Prussia .

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Namszanowski grew up in modest circumstances, but with the support of a spiritual uncle in Warmia he was able to devote himself to his studies. After graduating from high school in Culm, studied philosophy and theology in Breslau and moved to the Lyceum Hosianum in Braunsberg in 1844 . During his studies in 1842 he became a member of the old Breslau fraternity .

Two years later he was ordained a priest in Frauenburg Cathedral and was then chaplain in Altmark, Groß BANY and Bischofburg, then became pastor of Grieslinen and religion teacher at Hohenstein High School. For a while he worked in Groß Ramsau and in 1861 became provost of Königsberg . Here he worked for seven years and in 1866 was chosen by King Wilhelm I to be Catholic field provost. His appointment only took place after the post of Catholic field provost in the Prussian army had been formally established by the Pope as an ecclesiastical office through Breve on May 22, 1868.

On July 18, 1868 Pope Pius IX preconized it . as titular bishop of Agathopolis in partibus infidelium and specially appointed him field provost. On October 11, 1868, his consecration took place in Frombork Cathedral by Cardinal Archbishop Philipp Krementz , who was then Bishop of Warmia. On November 1st, the official inauguration and enthronement in the parish church of St. Michael in Berlin, which served as the Catholic garrison church , took place . In the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71, Bishop Namszanowski was at the head of the military chaplaincy and celebrated the Pope's jubilee on June 16, 1871 in the main parish church of St. Hedwig in Berlin. Disputes with the military authorities in a religious matter were interpreted as a breach of duty by the provost, who was unpopular with the government because of his harshness, and led to his dismissal in 1873. Even before the disciplinary judgment was pronounced, all episcopal insignia were removed from the clerical dignitary. As a result, addresses of approval from all parts of Germany were received by the supreme military chaplain who had been relieved of his office, and the Association of Catholic Nobles in Germany even decided to give the robbed church prince the episcopal insignia as a gift. Namszanowski never appeared in public again after this reprimand. Before he died in March 1900, he was still cathedral chapter in Frauenburg.

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predecessor Office successor
Leopold Pelldram Prussian field provost
1868–1873 		Johannes Maria Assmann
personal data
SURNAME Namszanowski, Franz Adolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Army Bishop in Prussia
DATE OF BIRTH August 12, 1820
PLACE OF BIRTH Danzig
DATE OF DEATH March 22, 1900
Place of death Frombork East Prussia (now Frombork, Poland)