Johann Rudolf Kutschker

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Cardinal Johann Rudolf Kutschker (lithograph by Adolf Dauthage , 1876)
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Johann Baptist Rudolf Kutschker (born April 11, 1810 in Wiese, Austrian Silesia , † January 27, 1881 in Vienna ) was Roman Catholic Archbishop of Vienna from 1876 to 1881 and cardinal with the titular church of Sant'Eusebio from 1877 to 1881 .

Life

From 1821 he attended high school in Opava , from 1826 he studied philosophy in Olomouc ( Olomouc in Czech ) and from 1828 Catholic theology at the Frintaneum in Vienna. He was ordained a priest on April 21, 1833 .

1834 doctorate Johann Rudolf Kutschker to Dr. theol. with a dissertation on mixed marriages. From 1835 to 1852 he taught moral theology at the University of Olomouc . In 1852 he was appointed royal court and castle pastor in Vienna. From 1857 to 1876 he was a ministerial official in the Ministry of Cultus and Education.

In 1861 he was appointed provost of the cathedral and on April 7, 1862, vicar general and auxiliary bishop in Vienna and titular bishop of Carrhae . The episcopal ordination he received on May 11, 1862 from Vienna Archbishop Joseph Othmar Rauscher , co-consecrators were Anton Ernst von Schaffgotsch , Bishop of Brno , and Ignaz Feigerle , Bishop of Sankt Pölten . After Rauscher's death, Kutschker was appointed Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Vienna on January 12, 1876 and Pope Pius IX raised him to Cardinal with the titular church of Sant'Eusebio on June 22, 1877 .

In 1880 he agreed to the relocation of the Archbishop's College for Boys from Vienna to Oberhollabrunn .

Johann Rudolf Kutschker was a recognized moral theologian and expert on canon law . He took a middle position between conservatives and liberals. He was heavily criticized for his support of the liberal constitutional party in the manor house . However, his moderate liberal stance had the advantage that the Kulturkampf in Austria remained quite mild, with major conflicts breaking out in German dioceses such as Cologne .

He was awarded the Grand Cross of the Leopold Order .

He is buried in the bishop 's crypt in St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna .

The Kutschkergasse with a daily market ( Kutschkermarkt ) in Vienna's Währing district is named after him.

Works

  • Mixed marriages viewed from the Catholic-Church point of view. Vienna 1837, 3rd edition 1847
  • The doctrine of compensation or restitution according to the proceedings of the theologians with regard to church and state legislation. Olomouc 1851
  • The marriage law of the Catholic Church according to its theory and practice. With special consideration of the laws rightly existing in Austria. 5 volumes, 1856-1859

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Josef Wodka, Church in Austria. Vienna 1959, p. 360
predecessor Office successor
Joseph Othmar von Rauscher Archbishop of Vienna
1876–1881 		Celestine Joseph Ganglbauer
personal data
SURNAME Kutschker, Johann Rudolf
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kutschker, Johann Baptist Rudolph; Kutschker, Johann Baptist Rudolf (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian archbishop and cardinal
DATE OF BIRTH April 11, 1810
PLACE OF BIRTH Wiese, Austrian Silesia
DATE OF DEATH January 27, 1881
Place of death Vienna