Franz Xaver Adelmann of Adelmannsfelden

Franz Xaver Baron Adelmann von Adelmannsfelden (born July 1, 1721 in Hohenstadt Castle ; † October 17, 1787 in Augsburg ) was auxiliary bishop and vicar general in the diocese of Augsburg .

Life

First, in 1739 , Adelmann was canon at the Augsburg Cathedral . He was ordained a priest in 1747 , three years later he was awarded a doctorate in both rights in Salzburg and appointed auxiliary bishop there in Augsburg , as titular bishop of Mactaris . He held this office until 1779. From 1757 to 1759 he was also vicar general of Augsburg. During his tenure as auxiliary bishop, he consecrated more than 65 churches.

In 1766 Adelmann was made provost of the Schwäbisch Gmünder Kollegiatstift , and in 1777 additionally with St. Gertrud in Augsburg. He carried out both provost offices until his death.

literature

• Erwin Gatz (ed.): The bishops of the Holy Roman Empire. A biographical lexicon. 1648-1803. Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1990, ISBN 3-428-06763-0 .
• Joachim Seiler: The Augsburg Cathedral Chapter from the Thirty Years War to Secularization (1648–1802): Studies on the history of its constitution and its members (= Munich Theological Studies. 1: Historical Department. Vol. 29, ISSN  0580-1370 ). EOS Verlag, St. Ottilien 1989, 277 ff. (At the same time: Munich, University, Catholic-theol. Dissertation, 1987).
• Peter Rummel : The Augsburg bishops, auxiliary bishops and vicars general from the 17th century to the 2nd Vatican Council (1598–1963). In: Yearbook of the Association for the History of the Augsburg Diocese. Vol. 24, 1990, ISSN  0341-9916 , pp. 25-114, here p. 78 f.