Franz Ferdinand von Kuenburg

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Coat of arms Franz Ferdinand von Kuenburg, Archbishop of Prague

Franz Ferdinand von Kuenburg (also: Küenburg; Khuenburg; Khünburg; Kienburg ; born February 5, 1651 in Mossa near Gorizia ; † August 7, 1731 ) was Bishop of Laibach and Archbishop of Prague .

Origin and career

His parents were Count Johann Friedrich von Kuenburg and Joannina von Cusman (n). Franz Ferdinand studied theology and canon law in Salzburg and was cathedral capitular in Passau and Salzburg from 1670 , where he later also became cathedral scholar and advisor to the archbishop. On April 9, 1689, he was ordained a priest and in 1698 received the provost office of St. Moritz in Friesach in Carinthia.

Bishop of Laibach

In 1700, Emperor Leopold I nominated Franz Ferdinand von Kuenburg as Bishop of Laibach. Papal approval took place on July 18, 1701. In the same year he also received confirmation of his eligibility for the Salzburg bishopric.

In Ljubljana, he made a visit to the Sprengels and reported on his observations at the clergy conferences. At the diocesan synod of 1706, it was decided to build a seminary, as the priestly training had taken place at the Jesuit college in Ljubljana until then. For the unification of the liturgy, he arranged for the publication of a “Rituale Labacense ad usum Romanum accomodatum”. From a foundation of Johann Jakob Schell von Schellenberg, an Ursuline monastery was built to serve the education of girls.

A major concern of his was the new construction of the Ljubljana Cathedral, decided under his predecessor Sigismund Christoph von Herberstein , which was built according to plans by Andrea Pozzo and completed in 1707.

Archbishop of Prague

After the death of Prague Archbishop Johann Joseph von Breuner , the Emperor nominated Franz Ferdinand von Kuenburg as his successor on April 10, 1710. Since the nominee was in Lisbon, where he had to accompany Archduchess Maria Anna on her bridal procession, the papal translation could only take place on May 11, 1711 and the enthronement due to a plague epidemic on April 14, 1714.

During his term of office in Prague, Protestantism spread particularly in East Bohemia, so that in addition to the desired recatholicization , coercive measures were also ordered for its implementation. Kuenburg attached particular importance to religious instruction and in 1722 initiated the publication of a Prague catechism . In addition, he tried to increase the number of parishes in the state parliament. Orders were founded in 1710 by the Cölestinerinnen and in 1719 by the Elisabethinnen . In 1721, the process of beatification for John of Nepomuk started in 1697 and his canonization in 1729 with large religious celebrations.

The archbishop's rule Kojetín , located in South Moravia, exchanged Kuenburg for the Unter Březan estate near Prague, which served the archbishops as a summer residence in the future. Two years before his death, he established the Jung Woschitz estate as an entails for his nephews.

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predecessor Office successor
Sigismund Christoph von Herberstein Bishop of Laibach
1701–1711 		William of Leslie
Johann Joseph von Breuner Archbishop of Prague
1711–1731 		Daniel Joseph Mayer von Mayern
personal data
SURNAME Kuenburg, Franz Ferdinand von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Franz Ferdinand Küenburg; Khuenburg; Khünburg; Kienburg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bishop of Laibach; Archbishop of Prague
DATE OF BIRTH February 5, 1651
PLACE OF BIRTH Mossa near Gorizia
DATE OF DEATH August 7, 1731