Friedrich zu Schwarzenberg

Friedrich Cardinal Prince of Schwarzenberg

Coat of arms as the Archbishop of Prague

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 .

Seal of Friedrich Cardinal Prince zu Schwarzenberg

Memorial plaque in the Salzburg Cathedral

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

Commons : Friedrich zu Schwarzenberg - Collection of images, videos and audio files

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
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
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

[1] Augsburger Postzeitung No. 344 of December 10, 1845, p. 1374

[2] 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.