Johann Heinrich von Frankenberg

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Cardinal Johann Heinrich von Frankenberg
With order of Saint Stephen

Johann Heinrich von Frankenberg (born September 18, 1726 in Groß-Glogau , Principality of Glogau , † June 11, 1804 in Breda ) was Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and Archbishop of Mechelen .

Life

Johann Heinrich von Frankenberg , who came from the Silesian diocese of Breslau , first attended the Jesuit school in Groß-Glogau and then the University of Breslau . After he had received the tonsure and the minor on January 6, 1743 , he received the ordinations of subdeacon and deacon on September 21, 1748 . He then went to study at the Collegium anglicum to Rome, where he arrived Sept. 4, 1749 to the doctor of theology doctorate was.

He was ordained a priest on August 10, 1749 and returned to Austria after his studies. From 1750 to 1754 he was assistant to the Bishop of Gorizia . From 1754 to 1756 dean of the collegiate chapter of All Saints' Day in Prague, from 1756 to 1759 he was dean of the church in Old Bolesławiec.

On May 28, 1759 he was appointed Archbishop of Mechelen. He was ordained bishop on July 15, 1759 in the chapel of Schönbrunn Palace by Christoph Anton von Migazzi , the Archbishop of Vienna ; Co- consecrators were Franz Xaver Anton Marxer , auxiliary bishop in Vienna, and Ferdinand von Hallweil , bishop of Wiener Neustadt .

Frankenberg enjoyed the special favor of Maria Theresa , who in 1765 awarded him the Grand Cross of the Hungarian Order of St. Stephen . But the archbishop did not allow her to intervene in the ecclesiastical jurisdiction either, so that soon after his appointment as archbishop there were first disputes with the government. His steadfastness, but also his impeccable way of life, earned him the respect of the state authorities.

Pope Pius VI created Frankenberg cardinal on June 1, 1778 and elevated him to cardinal priest, but never assigned him a titular church . As an accomplished diplomat, he fought against Josephinism . Here he drew the wrath of Emperor Joseph II , who ordered him to Vienna and threatened him with imprisonment and dismissal. When the French occupied Belgium, the archbishop refused the oath on the constitution and demanded the return of his goods that had been confiscated from him. He refused a replacement pension. In 1797 he had to flee Belgium and went to Emmerich, which belonged to Prussia. Here he lived in poverty, but nevertheless tried to be active in the spirit of charity. He vehemently warned of the priests who had taken an oath on the constitution. Since his health was badly damaged and out of consideration for Pope Pius VII , who had concluded a concordat with Napoleon , he renounced the Archdiocese of Mechelen on November 20, 1801 . In the following years he lived in Borken, which belonged to the Principality of Münster . When this was secularized, he withdrew to Breda in the Netherlands.

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predecessor Office successor
Thomas Philipp Volrad de Hénin-Liétard dit d'Alsace Archbishop of Mechlin
1759–1801
Joannes-Armandus de Bessuéjouls de Roquelaure