Johann Peter von Quentell

Johann Peter von Quentell (born September 30, 1650 in Cologne , † April 13, 1710 in Münster ) was auxiliary bishop and vicar general in the diocese of Münster .

Life

The son of the Electorate of Cologne Vice Chancellor attended the Minoritengymnasium in Bonn and then the University in Cologne , where he received his Mag. Art. completed. As a canon of St. Gereon he went from 1670 to 1673 to Rome , where he arrived Germanicum Collegium studied and also the deacon and priest ordained was. In Cologne to the Dr. jur. After receiving his doctorate , he was accepted into the Cologne Cathedral Chapter in December 1678 , which he owed to the influence of his great-uncle Thomas von Quentel , and also raised to the rank of Apostolic Protonotary . From 1678 to 1679 Quentell was active as a delegate from the Electorate of Cologne at the peace congress in Nijmegen . In the archbishopric election of 1688 he, whose family had been raised to the nobility in 1686, was a partisan of Wilhelm Egon von Fürstenberg and left Cologne with his uncle after his defeat. Now living in Strasbourg and Rome, he continued to receive his French pension of 500 thalers.

Since 1690 provost to St. Andreas (Cologne) , Wilhelm Egon von Fürstenberg, who was bishop of Strasbourg , requested in 1692 his appointment as auxiliary bishop in Strasbourg. Since Fürstenberg was too entangled in the political differences between the Pope and the King of France, Quentell's appointment was delayed until 1698. Appointed titular bishop of Adrianopolis on May 16, 1698 , he did not even take office there. Archbishop Joseph Clemens of Bavaria called him, after a reconciliation, on August 14, 1699 as auxiliary bishop to Münster, where he was also appointed vicar general on May 31, 1707. He refused the office of auxiliary bishop in Cologne, which he was offered on July 17, 1703.

Ordinations

During his tenure, von Quentell awarded 685 candidates tonsure , 452 minor orders and ordained 379 sub-deacons , 349 deacons and 305 priests. In addition, on June 22, 1704 in St. Godehard, he consecrated Maximilian Heinrich von Weichs zu Rösberg as auxiliary bishop in Hildesheim and the following year Johannes Rulle as abbot of Marienfeld .

Web links

literature

Wilhelm Kohl: The dioceses of the church province Cologne. The diocese of Münster (Germania Sacra NF 37.4). The diocese. Digital edition

personal data
SURNAME	Quentell, Johann Peter von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Auxiliary Bishop and Vicar General in Münster
DATE OF BIRTH	September 30, 1650
PLACE OF BIRTH	Cologne
DATE OF DEATH	April 13, 1710
Place of death	Muenster