Joseph of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
Prince Joseph Wilhelm Friedrich von Hohenzollern-Hechingen (born May 20, 1776 in Opava ; † September 26, 1836 at Oliva Castle ) was Prince-Bishop of Warmia .
family
Joseph von Hohenzollern-Hechingen came from a Catholic line of the princely house of Hohenzollern . He was the eldest son and second of six children of General Friedrich Anton von Hohenzollern-Hechingen (1726-1812) and Countess Ernestine-Josepha von Sobeck-Kornitz (1753-1825).
Life
He first attended the military academy in Vienna and from 1787 to 1791 the Karlsschule in Stuttgart . Through his uncle Karl von Hohenzollern-Hechingen (1732–1803), who was Prince-Bishop of Warmia from 1795 to 1803, he became aware of the spiritual career.
In 1800 Joseph became a priest in Warmia, in 1803 the last Commendatary Abbot of the Oliva Monastery and in 1808 Bishop of the Diocese of Warmia .
In the reorganization of the Catholic Church in Prussia after the Congress of Vienna , he played an important role as the executor of the circumscription bull De salute animarum of July 16, 1821.
See also
literature
- Franz Heinrich Reusch: Joseph of Hohenzollern-Hechingen . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 12, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1880, p. 702 f.
- Barbara Wolf-Dahm: Joseph Wilhelm Friedrich Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen, Prince-Bishop of Warmia. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 3, Bautz, Herzberg 1992, ISBN 3-88309-035-2 , Sp. 679-683.
- Anton Eichhorn : The execution of the bull "De salute animarum" in the individual dioceses of the Prussian state by the Prince-Bishop of Warmia, Prince Joseph von Hohenzollern . In: Magazine for the history and archeology of Warmia . Volume 5, year 1870–1874, pp. 1–130.
- Letters and diaries of the Prince-Bishop of Warmia Joseph von Hohenzollern , introduced and edited by Prof. Dr. Franz Hipler, Braunsberg 1883.
Individual evidence
predecessor | Office | successor |
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Karl von Hohenzollern-Hechingen |
Bishop of Warmia 1808–1836 |
Andreas Stanislaus von Hatten |
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Hohenzollern-Hechingen, Joseph von |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hohenzollern-Hechingen, Joseph Wilhelm Friedrich von (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prince-Bishop of Warmia |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 20, 1776 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Troppau |
DATE OF DEATH | September 26, 1836 |
Place of death | Oliva Castle |