Jan Puzyna de Kosielsko
Jan Maurycy Paweł Cardinal Puzyna de Kosielsko (born September 13, 1842 in Gwoździec , Galicia , † September 8, 1911 in Cracow ) was Bishop of Cracow .
Life
Puzyna was ordained a priest on December 1, 1878, and was appointed titular bishop of Memphis and auxiliary bishop in Lemberg just eight years later, on February 26, 1886 . He received the episcopal ordination on March 25th by the Archbishop of Gniezno , Cardinal Mieczyslaw Halka Ledóchowski ; Co-consecrators were the retired Archbishop of Lemberg Josyf Sembratowicz as well as the Archbishop of Prague and later Cardinal Franziskus von Paula Schönborn .
On January 22, 1895 he was appointed bishop of Krakow and on 15 April 1901 as a cardinal priest with the titular church of Santi Vitale, Valeria, Gervasio e Protasio in the College of Cardinals received.
Puzyna was the last to exercise a state veto right in a conclave . In the conclave of 1903 , on behalf of Emperor Franz Josef I, he appealed against the election of Cardinal Mariano Rampolla del Tindaro as Pope. Instead, the College of Cardinals elected Giuseppe Sarto as Pius X as Pope, who immediately abolished the veto right of secular rulers, the Exclusive .
In the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria , as Bishop of Kraków, he had a virile vote in the Galician Parliament . From 1895 Puzyna was also a member of the Austrian manor house .
literature
- A. Szklarska-Lohmannowa: Puzyna Jan Fürst. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 8, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1983, ISBN 3-7001-0187-2 , p. 349.
Web links
- Puzyna, Jan Ritter (Kniaz) from Kozielsko Dr. iur. . Short biography on the website of the Austrian Parliament
- Puzyna, Jan. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed August 20, 2016.
- Entry on Jan Maurycy Pawel Puzyna z Kosielsko on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on August 20, 2016.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Albin Cardinal Dunajewski |
Bishop of Cracow 1895–1911 |
Adam Stefan Cardinal Sapieha |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Puzyna de Kosielsko, Jan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Puzyna z Kosielsko, Jan Maurycy Paweł; Puzyna, Jan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish cardinal and bishop of Krakow |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 13, 1842 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gwoździec, Galicia |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 8, 1911 |
| Place of death | Krakow |