Jan Grodecký from Brod
Jan Grodecký von Brod (according to the list of bishops of Olomouc: Johannes XVII. Grodetzký von Brod ; Czech: Jan Grodecký ; * 1525 in Grodziec near Teschen ; † January 6, 1574 ) was Bishop of Olomouc .
Career
Jan Grodecký came from a noble Silesian family. His parents were Matthias Grodecký and Helena, geb. Starowiejska. Jan studied from 1550 to 1553 at the University of Cracow and became an employee of the Ermländer bishop Stanislaus Hosius . With his support he entered the service of the royal chancellor Jan Ocieski in 1555. From 1557 he studied in Padua and 1558–1560 in Rome, where he obtained the academic degree of Dr. iur. utr. acquired.
With the support of Hosius, whom he accompanied to the Council of Trent , Jan Grodecký became a canon in Olomouc in 1560 . He received further canons in Warmia in 1562 and at the Wroclaw Cathedral Chapter in 1563 . He was ordained a priest on April 1, 1564. He then worked in Breslau from 1565–1572, where he fought against the spread of the Reformation . In 1564 he became dean in Glogau . He gave his Wroclaw canonics to his brother Wenceslaus, who was the dean of the Brno chapter.
After Wilhelm Prusinovský von Víckov , whom he had already met in Padua in 1557, became Bishop of Olomouc, Jan Grodecký became provost of Brno in 1566 . In 1568 he wrote the statutes for the diocesan synod convened by Prusinovský . In 1571 he became a scholastic of the Olomouc chapter.
Bishop of Olomouc
After the death of Bishop Prusinovský, the Olomouc Cathedral Chapter elected Jan Grodecký and Prague Archbishop Anton Brus von Müglitz as successors. Since Emperor Maximilian II nominated Jan Grodecký to the Pope on September 8, 1572, Brus waived. On November 19, 1572, the papal confirmation for Jan Grodecký took place.
During his tenure, Grodecký tried to promote the Catholic renewal of Moravia and to contain the Reformation. He was supported by the Jesuits . Its Olomouc College was elevated to a university with papal approval and the Philosophical Faculty was subsequently founded. After his death he was buried in the Olomouc Cathedral.
literature
- Winfried Eberhard. In: Erwin Gatz : The Bishops of the Holy Roman Empire 1448–1648 , ISBN 3-428-08422-5 , pp. 242–243.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Wilhelm Prusinovský from Víckov |
Bishop of Olomouc 1572–1574 |
Thomas Albin von Helfenburg |
Stanislaus Thurzó of Bethlenfalva | Bernhard Zoubek from Zdětín | John XVI Dubravius | Marek Khuen | Wilhelm Prusinovský of Víckov | John XVII Grodetzký von Brod | Thomas Albin von Helfenburg | John XVIII Mezoun | Stanislaus Pavlovský of Pavlovitz | Franz Seraph von Dietrichstein | John XIX. Ernst Plateis von Plattenstein | Leopold Wilhelm of Austria (not consecrated), administrators: Andreas Orlik von Lažisko, Kaspar Karas von Rhomstein , Johannes Kaspar Stredele von Montani , Kaspar Karas von Rhomstein (2nd), Roderich von Santhilier | Charles I Joseph of Austria | Charles II of Liechtenstein-Kastelkorn | Charles III Joseph of Lorraine | Wolfgang Hannibal von Schrattenbach | Jakob Ernst of Liechtenstein-Kastelkorn | Ferdinand Julius von Troyer | Leopold II. Friedrich von Egkh and Hungersbach | Maximilian of Hamilton
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Grodecký von Brod, Jan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | John XVII Grodetzký von Brod; Jan Grodecký; Jan Grodecki; Jan Grodziecki |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bishop of Olomouc |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1525 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Grodziec near Teschen |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 6, 1574 |