Johann Joseph von Breuner

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Johann Joseph von Breuner (also: Breiner ; Czech: Jan Josef Breuner ; * July 20, 1641 in Vienna ; † March 20, 1710 ) was a Roman Catholic clergyman and archbishop of Prague .

Origin and career

His parents were (Johan) Ferdinand Graf Breuner von Asparn and Polyxena Elisabeth, geb. from Starhemberg-Schaunberg. The Breuner family originally came from the Netherlands and had been based in Styria since the 15th century and later in Upper Austria. In 1693 she was raised to the rank of imperial count.

Johann Joseph von Breuner was appointed to the clergy and in 1658 received the rectorate of St. Anna in Olmütz , where he became domicellar in 1659. In the same year he began studying in Rome as an alumne at the Collegium Germanicum . He was ordained a priest on April 22nd, 1664 . A year later he received his doctorate in Rome. phil. and returned to Olomouc, where he became cathedral capitular in 1666 , cathedral scholaster in 1668 and cathedral dean in 1689 . On December 15, 1670 he was appointed titular bishop of Nicopolis in Armenia and auxiliary bishop in Olomouc, where a year later he was also vicar general of Bishop Charles II of Liechtenstein-Kastelkorn .

Archbishop of Prague

After the death of the Prague Archbishop Johann Friedrich von Waldstein , Emperor Leopold I nominated Johann Joseph von Breuner as his successor on December 23, 1694. After the papal confirmation of July 4, 1695 followed on September 19 d. J. the award of the pallium and on November 6th d. J. the enthronement.

After taking office, Johann Joseph von Breuner arranged for a representative to visit the Sprengels, who had to make a report on the clergy . Based on the Olomouc model, a service instruction for pastors and deans was published in 1697, a new edition of the "Rituale Romano-Pragense" was printed in 1701, and in 1706 regulations for keeping parish registers were issued. The number of places for candidates for priesthood was increased and in 1705 an emeritus house for priests was built near St. Karl in Prague's New Town . In order to secure the diocese's economic security, he acquired Bischofteinitz Castle and the ironworks in Rosenthal, and he also succeeded in regaining the Kojetín rule in Moravia , which had been pledged for 180 years . Founded by nobles and prelates, a novitiate of the Bartholomeans and in 1705 a branch of the Trinitarian order arose in Prague .

When in 1706 he forbade the worship of a supposedly miraculous image of Mary at the Karlshof in Prague and threatened the city with an interdict , the Viennese court let him know that no church punishments could be ordered without state permission. The rights of the church and the clergy were also restricted during his term of office through the state church system that his predecessor had striven for.

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predecessor Office successor
Johann Friedrich von Waldstein Archbishop of Prague
1695–1710
Franz Ferdinand von Kuenburg