Kuk court and castle parish

The kuk court and castle parish at the Habsburg court in Vienna was a Roman Catholic parish , which was responsible for the spiritual care of the imperial family and their court until the end of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy in 1918 .

organization

Hofburgkapelle , Vienna

The area of jurisdiction of the exempt court and castle parish was not regulated territorially, but extended to the members of the Viennese court and their immediate family members. The court and castle parish was also responsible for issuing baptism and death certificates for the imperial family.

As a parish of the Court and Castle parish served the chapel of the Hofburg in Vienna; Occasionally, the Hofburg's Joseph Chapel was also used. Before the creation of the court and castle parish exempted by canon law, the nearby Michaelerkirche (until 1784) and the Augustinian Church had served as court parish churches of the Habsburgs. The throne ceremonies of the imperial family and court weddings took place in the Augustinian Church. Since the Augustinian Hermit Monastery near the Hofburg was closed in 1836, secular priests of the Frintaneum have been responsible for the management of the court and castle parishes. After the imperial court and castle parish was dissolved, the Hofburg chapel was converted into a rectorate under canon law .

staff

Grave of the former court chaplain Anton Steiner, Vienna Central Cemetery

The spiritual staff of the court and castle parish included the actual “court and castle pastor” as well as several clerics as chaplains . As a rule there were up to seven chaplains, four of whom acted as study directors or as spiritual directors in the Frintaneum (see below) .

The clergy of the court and castle parish played an influential role not only as personal pastors of the monarch and the imperial family (especially as confessors and advisors), but also as educators and religious teachers of the young archdukes and archduchesses. These clergy also accompanied the monarch and the imperial family on trips at home and abroad. Under the emperors Franz Joseph and Karl I , it was customary for the respective court and castle pastor to be appointed auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Vienna by the pope .

In addition to their duties as personal chaplain to the monarch and the imperial family, the clerics of the exempt court and castle parish were entrusted with the management of the Frintaneum , an educational institution for highly qualified secular priests in Vienna . So was z. B. Josip Juraj Strossmayer as chaplain of the court and castle parish also director of studies for church history and canon law at the Frintaneum. This training and the close contact with the ruling family through the court and castle parish could sometimes lay the foundation for advancement to the highest ecclesiastical offices.

people

Court Bishop Laurenz Mayer

Josef Columbus (1804–1877), court and castle pastor; Dean of the Vienna Theological Faculty
Ignaz Feigerle (1795–1863), court chaplain; later Bishop of St. Pölten
Jakob Frint (1766–1834), court and castle pastor; later Bishop of St. Pölten
Franz Hlawati (1868–1940), 1912 court chaplain and parish vicar of the Hofburg, 1920 rector of the Hofburg chapel
Johann Rudolf Kutschker (1810–1881), court and castle pastor; later Archbishop of Vienna and Cardinal
Laurenz Mayer (1828–1912), court and castle pastor and auxiliary bishop in Vienna ("court bishop")
Franz Xaver Nagl (1855–1913), chaplain of the court and castle parish; later Archbishop of Vienna and Cardinal
Joseph Pletz (1788–1840), court and castle pastor, educator and author
Johann Baptist Schneider (1840–1905), court and castle pastor; later vicar general of Vienna and auxiliary bishop
Ernst Seydl (1872–1952), last court and castle pastor and auxiliary bishop in Vienna ("court bishop")
Josip Juraj Strossmayer (1815–1905), chaplain of the court and castle parish; later bishop of Đakovo
Michael Johann Wagner (1788–1842), court and castle pastor; later apostolic field vicar and bishop of St. Pölten

literature

Cölestin Wolfsgruber : "The KUK Hofburgkapelle and the KK ecclesiastical court orchestra" , 1905, scans from the source
August von Doerr : Excerpt from the registers of the k. k. Court and castle parish in Vienna . In: Yearbook of the k. k. heraldic society "Adler" N. F. 12 (1902), pp. 1–74 ( Google Books ; limited preview)
Karl H. Frankl, Rupert Klieber (Hrsg.): The Priesterkolleg St. Augustin "Frintaneum" in Vienna 1816 to 1918. Church elite education for the Danube-Alps-Adriatic region (= studies on the Frintaneum. Vol. 2). Böhlau, Vienna et al. 2008, ISBN 978-3-205-77659-8 .

Individual evidence

↑ Michaelerkirche Wien , Kirchenführer (published by the Catholic Parish Office St. Michael) 2008, p. 2
↑ http://www.augustiner.at/augustiner-in-wien/geschichte/
↑ Cf. Ekkart Sauser: Seydl, Ernst Karl, Josef. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 22, Bautz, Nordhausen 2003, ISBN 3-88309-133-2 , Sp. 1258-1259. ( Article / beginning of article in Internet archive )

[1] Michaelerkirche Wien , Kirchenführer (published by the Catholic Parish Office St. Michael) 2008, p. 2

[2] ttp://www.augustiner.at/augustiner-in-wien/geschichte/

[3] Cf. Ekkart Sauser: Seydl, Ernst Karl, Josef. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 22, Bautz, Nordhausen 2003, ISBN 3-88309-133-2 , Sp. 1258-1259. ( Article / beginning of article in Internet archive )