Joseph Maria von Fraunberg

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Joseph Maria von Fraunberg, portrait from the Bishop's Gallery in Augsburg Cathedral
Joseph Maria von Fraunberg

Joseph Maria Johann Nepomuk Freiherr von und zu Fraunberg (born August 10, 1768 in Fraunberg ; † January 17, 1842 in Bamberg ) was bishop of Augsburg from 1819/21 to 1824 and archbishop of Bamberg from 1824 to 1842 .

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The future Bishop of Augsburg and Archbishop of Bamberg was, like other family members of the von Fraunberg family , a member of the Illuminati Order , which was banned in Bavaria in 1784/85.

Joseph Maria Johann Nepomuk Freiherr von und zu Fraunberg comes from one of the oldest old Bavarian aristocratic families, who has been documented as a member of the Lower Bavarian landscape since 1347 and was elevated to the status of imperial baron in 1630. He was the second of three children of princely Freising's privy councilor and chief hunter Max Joseph Freiherr von und zu Fraunberg and his wife Maria Josepha, née. Freiin von Rechberg and Rothenlöwen. He first lived as a noble boy at the prince-bishop's court in Freising. At the age of 14 he was accepted into the Regensburg Cathedral Chapter and ordained a priest in 1791. From and to Fraunberg was only active in practical pastoral care for a short time. He was pastor of Loiching (Lower Bavaria) from 1791 to 1797 and pastor and archdean in Cham (Upper Palatinate) from 1798 to 1801.

At the request of the Bavarian Elector, the clergyman entered the Bavarian civil service. From 1802 he was responsible for the school system. His area of ​​activity included a. the establishment of Sundays and public holidays as well as industrial schools in rural areas, as well as the enforcement of compulsory schooling. In addition to his official duties, he was a negotiator in the negotiations between the Kingdom of Bavaria and the Pope in Munich and Regensburg in 1806/1807 , which were intended to reorganize the Bavarian dioceses after secularization . These negotiations failed for the time being. After the new division of the church districts in 1818, he was elected Bishop of Augsburg in 1819 and took up this office in 1821. As such, he went against the representatives of the widespread revival movement in Swabia, with strongholds and the like. a. in Gundelfingen , Lauingen and Aislingen .

In 1824 von und zu Fraunberg, on the intercession of King Max I. Joseph of Bavaria , became Archbishop of Bamberg. He was the second shepherd of the still young archdiocese. Under his leadership, the diocese was divided into 20 deaneries, the number of which remained constant until 1937. The shepherd warned urgently against falling morality through too frequent 'dance music and crushes'. A widespread grievance that was finally to be contained with the ministerial rescript of February 12, 1836 and with the help of the parish offices (Göller 2007, p. 331).

The archbishop attached great importance to the education and training of the clergy. Therefore, soon after taking office, he issued new statutes for the seminary. Furthermore, under his aegis, pastoral conferences were prescribed in 1829 for the mutual stimulation and further training of the priests in certain districts.

At the urging of the Bamberg citizenship, on December 22, 1825, he was able to obtain the lifting of the ban on cribs that had existed since 1803 . In 1826 he put a new division into the deanery , Coburg was assigned to the Archdiocese of Bamberg with papal approval. Furthermore, in October 1827, he obtained the approval of King Ludwig I of Bavaria, the continued existence of the Bamberg monastery of the English Misses. The Archbishop entrusted the pilgrimages there to the monasteries in Marienweiher , Gößweinstein and Vierzehnheiligen , which were sparsely occupied at the time. He paid particular attention to the growing problems of mixed marriages and the upbringing of children from mixed marriages. In this regard, von und zu Fraunberg took a more moderate stance than the Roman Curia and many of his Bavarian colleagues.

At the suggestion of King Ludwig I , renovation work began on May 30, 1829 in Bamberg Cathedral , which was completed in 1837 and purified the cathedral.

Since 1804 he was an honorary member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences .

The archbishop died on January 17, 1842 in Bamberg and was buried at the prince portal of the cathedral. On the grave slab, the date of birth is given as October 12, 1767.

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predecessor Office successor
Franz Friedrich von Sturmfeder Bishop of Augsburg
1819 / 21-1824 		Ignaz Albert von Riegg
Joseph von Stubenberg Archbishop of Bamberg
1824–1842 		Bonifaz Kaspar von Urban
personal data
SURNAME Fraunberg, Joseph Maria von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fraunberg, Joseph Maria Johann Nepomuk Freiherr von und zu (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bishop of Augsburg and Archbishop of Bamberg
DATE OF BIRTH August 10, 1768
PLACE OF BIRTH Fraunberg
DATE OF DEATH January 17, 1842
Place of death Bamberg