Georg Mayer (Bishop)

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Georg Mayer (born July 11, 1768 in Treffen ; † March 22, 1840 in Klagenfurt ) was Bishop of Gurk .

Life

Georg Mayer was born as the son of an innkeeper in Treffen. He graduated from high school in Klagenfurt and then studied theology in Graz . On August 22, 1790, he was ordained a priest by Prince-Bishop Salm .

Georg Mayer worked as a pastor in Sirnitz ( Albeck parish ) and Malborghetto (Malborghet) for over 20 years . Its activity fell during the French Wars, from which the Malborghet market suffered a lot. When the market went up in flames, the priest rushed into the church in the hail of shells to save the Holy of Holies.

After the Treaty of Schönbrunn , Malborghet became Italian and in 1810 Mayer applied for the free-standing parish of St. Veit an der Glan . On November 24, 1818, Mayer was appointed gubernial councilor and clerical student adviser to the government in Laibach by Emperor Franz I. and in 1826 he became provost at the cathedral of Laibach .

Crypt in Strasbourg, where Bishop Mayer was buried - without an inscription

After the death of Gurk Bishop Jakob Peregrin Paulitsch , the office of bishop remained vacant for almost a year until the Salzburg Metropolitan appointed Georg Mayer as the new shepherd on October 14, 1827. On December 13th, he was confirmed by the emperor, on April 19, 1828 he was ordained bishop in Salzburg and installed on May 11 in the Klagenfurt cathedral.

Bishop Salm had left his successors with a heavy burden of debt, which Mayer could not cope with because of his old age and his short reign. However, thanks to his extensive economic knowledge, the situation could be improved considerably. The bishop was also President of the Carinthian Agricultural Society.

In 1830 Emperor Franz I paid his seventh and last visit to Carinthia and was received in the castle by Bishop Mayer, among others. In 1834 the bishop inaugurated the restored Herzogstuhl , which from now on was fenced in on the Zollfeld . In 1838 he welcomed the new Emperor Ferdinand I and his wife, who traveled back to Vienna via Carinthia after the coronation in Milan.

Bishop Mayer died on March 22, 1840 in his residence in Klagenfurt. He was buried as the last Gurk bishop in the former episcopal residence city of Strasbourg in the crypt of the parish church of St. Nikolai.

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personal data
SURNAME Mayer, Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bishop of Gurk (1827–1840)
DATE OF BIRTH July 11, 1768
PLACE OF BIRTH To meet
DATE OF DEATH March 22, 1840
Place of death Klagenfurt am Wörthersee