Josef Franz Hurdálek

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Josef Franz Hurdálek
Coat of arms of Josef Franz Hurdálek, Bishop of Leitmeritz (1815–1822)

Josef Franz Hurdálek (Czech: Josef František Hurdálek ; born January 6, 1747 in Náchod , † December 27, 1833 in Prague ) was Bishop of Leitmeritz .

Career

Josef Franz Hurdálek was born the son of a linen weaver. He received his first higher instruction from a clergyman who had become aware of his talent. He then attended the grammar school of the Grüssau monastery and studied philosophy from 1766 and then theology in Prague. On September 21, 1771 he was ordained a priest in Prague and then appointed as a chaplain at the Nachoder Castle . In 1775 he became a repetiteur for mathematics and philosophy at the Vienna Theresianum and two years later he was secretary and assessor in the Königgrätz diocesan administration and president of the priestly house there. In 1780 he became dean of Neustadt an der Mettau and in 1785 rector of the Bohemian General Seminary in Prague's Clementinum . After its abolition in 1790, he received his doctorate. theol. and then worked as a private scholar. After he became cathedral dean in Leitmeritz in 1794, the local bishop Ferdinand Kindermann von Schulstein appointed him his vicar general . After his death he officiated from May 25, 1801 to June 30, 1802 as vicar of the capitular .

Bishop of Leitmeritz

After the Leitmeritz bishop Wenzel Leopold Chlumčanský of Přestavlk had been raised to archbishop of Prague, Emperor Franz II appointed Josef Franz Hurdálek on June 15, 1815 as his successor. The papal confirmation of December 18th d. J. was consecrated as a bishop in Prague on February 18, 1816 by Archbishop Chlumčanský of Přestavlk.

Hurdálek, who was connected to the reformed Josephine Catholicism , devoted himself to the episcopal tasks with full commitment. He visited his diocese and wrote several pastoral letters to the clergy and the faithful.

Political difficulties

After taking office, Hurdálek also reorganized the Leitmeritz seminary, at which the reform Catholic secular priest Michael Fesl, a student of the religious philosopher Bernard Bolzano , taught. In 1816, Hurdálek appointed the 27-year-old Fesl as rector of the seminary and at the same time appointed him consistorial councilor. After Fesl and some of his seminarians had founded a secret “Christian Association”, which was soon denounced as politically suspicious, the imperial pastor Jakob Frint started an investigation. Bishop Hurdálek also came under suspicion, even though he had withdrawn his teaching license on the instructions of the Roman Curia Fesl, against whom charges of high treason were charged. At Frint's instigation, the seminar teachers Vincenc Zahradník , Anton Krombholz and Werner were also dismissed. At the same time, the emperor called on Pope Pius VII to persuade Hurdálek to resign. Hurdálek submitted a corresponding request on October 24, 1822, which was approved by the Pope on December 23. J. was accepted. In February 1823, Hurdálek said goodbye to his believers with a pastoral letter and moved to Prague.

After his death, Bishop Hurdálek was buried in a Lesser Town cemetery. After his abolition, his bones were transferred to his hometown at the instigation of his nephew, Canon Josef Antonín Šrůtek, and stored in the Church of St. John the Baptist buried.

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predecessor Office successor
Wenceslaus Leopold Chlumčanský from Přestavlk Bishop of Litomerice
1815 - 1822 		Vincenz Eduard Milde
personal data
SURNAME Hurdálek, Josef Franz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hurdálek, Josef František
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bishop of Leitmeritz
DATE OF BIRTH January 6, 1747
PLACE OF BIRTH After that
DATE OF DEATH December 27, 1833
Place of death Prague