Jakob Ignaz Maximilian Stepischnegg
Bishop Jakob Maximilian Stepischnegg (lithograph by Josef Kriehuber from 1863)
Jakob Ignaz Maximilian Stepischnegg ( Slovenian : Jakob Ignac Maksimilijan Stepišnek ; * July 22, 1815 in Cilli ; † June 28, 1889 in Marburg an der Drau ) was Bishop of Lavant .
Jakob Ignaz Maximilian Stepischnegg was ordained a priest on August 2, 1838. On December 21, after the death of Anton Martin Slomšek, who was later beatified, he was appointed his successor as Bishop of Lavant and consecrated on January 18, 1863 by the Salzburg Archbishop Cardinal Maximilian Joseph von Tarnóczy .
Stepischnegg was the second bishop who no longer resided in St. Andrä im Lavanttal , but in Marburg, now in Slovenia. He died on June 28, 1889 and was buried in Marburg Cathedral.
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Stepischnegg, Jacob Maximilian . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 38th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1879, pp. 225–227 ( digitized version ).
- Franz Ilwof : Stepischnegg, Jakob Maximilian . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 36, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1893, pp. 100-102.
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| SURNAME | Stepischnegg, Jakob Ignaz Maximilian |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bishop of Lavant |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 22, 1815 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cilli |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 28, 1889 |
| Place of death | Marburg on the Drau |