Friedrich zu Schwarzenberg
Friedrich Johann Joseph Cölestin Prince zu Schwarzenberg (born April 6, 1809 in Vienna ; † March 27, 1885 ibid) was an Austrian cardinal and archbishop of Salzburg and Prague .
Career
Friedrich was born the son of Prince Johann Josef zu Schwarzenberg and Pauline Duchess von Arenberg. One of his brothers was the Austrian Prime Minister Felix zu Schwarzenberg , the oldest brother was Johann Adolf II.
On July 25, 1833 Schwarzenberg received in Salzburg the priesthood . On September 23, 1835 he was appointed Archbishop of Salzburg. The papal confirmation of February 1, 1836, was consecrated as a bishop on May 1, 1836 by the Trento bishop Johann Nepomuk von Tschiderer zu Gleifheim .
During his term of office in Salzburg, Schwarzenberg tried to repeal the Josephine reforms . He founded the Borromäum boys' seminar, which was later relocated to Parsch , and he also donated the hospital in Schwarzach . He was significantly involved in the illegitimate expulsion of the Zillertal inclinants . On January 24, 1842, Pope Gregory XVI raised Friedrich zu Schwarzenberg cardinal. As a cardinal priest he received the titular church of Sant'Agostino . In 1845 he was received with special honors by the Prince-Bishop Johann Nepomuk von Tschiderer as papal envoy at the 300th anniversary of the Council of Trento .
On November 5, 1848, on the occasion of the first German Bishops' Conference , he carried the “Holy of Holies” in a procession through the city center of Würzburg , accompanied by the Würzburg vigilantes. In Wuerzburg Cathedral, he then celebrated a thanksgiving.
On December 13, 1849, he was appointed Archbishop of Prague. The papal confirmation took place on May 20, 1850, the inauguration on August 15, 1850. Schwarzenberg was a member of the Bohemian manor and leader of the clerical-feudal party in Bohemia.
Schwarzenberg was a patron of art and science. After his death he was buried in the St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague .
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Schwarzenberg, Friedrich Johann Nepomuk Fürst . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 33. Part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1877, pp. 71–78 ( digitized version ).
- Johann Friedrich von Schulte : Schwarzenberg, Friedrich Prince v. In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 33, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1891, pp. 295-303.
- Erwin Gatz : Schwarzenberg, Friedrich Johann Joseph Cölestin prince to. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 24, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-428-11205-0 , p. 25 f. ( Digitized version ).
Web links
- Schwarzenberg, Friedrich Johannes Jacob Celestin from. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed August 13, 2017.
- Entry on Friedrich Johannes Jacob Cölestin von Schwarzenberg on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on August 13, 2017.
- Entry on Friedrich zu Schwarzenberg in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Augsburger Postzeitung No. 344 of December 10, 1845, p. 1374
- ↑ Wolfgang Weiss : The Catholic Church in the 19th Century. In: Ulrich Wagner (Hrsg.): History of the city of Würzburg. 4 volumes, Volume I-III / 2, Theiss, Stuttgart 2001-2007; III / 1–2: From the transition to Bavaria to the 21st century. 2007, ISBN 978-3-8062-1478-9 , pp. 430-449 and 1303, here: p. 437.
predecessor | Office | successor |
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Filippo de Angelis |
Cardinal Protopriest 1877-1885 |
Teodolfo Mertel |
Alois Joseph Schrenck from Notzing |
Archbishop of Prague 1849–1885 |
Francis Cardinal by Paula Schönborn |
Augustin Johann Joseph Gruber |
Archbishop of Salzburg 1835–1850 |
Maximilian Joseph Cardinal of Tarnóczy |
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Schwarzenberg, Friedrich too |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schwarzenberg, Friedrich Johannes Jacob Cölestin from |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Archbishop Salzburg; Archbishop of Prague |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 6, 1809 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
DATE OF DEATH | March 27, 1885 |
Place of death | Vienna |