Maximilian Joseph von Tarnóczy

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Maximilian Joseph Cardinal of Tarnóczy (1876)

Knight Maximilian Joseph von Tarnóczy-Sprinzenberg ( Hungarian Miksa Tarnóczy ) (born October 24, 1806 in Schwaz , Tyrol , Austria ; † April 4, 1876 in Salzburg ) was Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg (1850-1876) and cardinal from 1873 .

Life

He came from an originally Hungarian family who had been raised to the Hungarian nobility in 1635 with Johann Tarnóczy, and was the son of Franz Xaver von Tarnóczy (1756-1837) and his second wife Katharina von Sprinzenberg (1776-1837). His father was enrolled as a royal Bavarian rent clerk in Kufstein on November 25, 1813 in the Kingdom of Bavaria in the aristocratic class. His niece was the painter Bertha von Tarnóczy .

Tarnóczy as Prince Archbishop of Salzburg in Cappa magna (portrait signed "Hans Brunner 1852")
Archbishops Gruber and Tarnóczy burial place

Maximilian Joseph studied in Innsbruck and Salzburg and was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Salzburg on October 25, 1829 . In 1832 he went through further training in Vienna and received a doctorate in theology . Returning to Salzburg, Tarnóczy held the position of sub-director of the seminary and soon afterwards became a professor of dogmatics . He won the trust of Prince-Bishop Friedrich zu Schwarzenberg , and was his companion on the trip to Rome from 1841–1842. Subsequently appointed consistorial councilor, Metropolitan-Canonicus and director of the theological institute, Tarnóczy's judgment and advice continued to carry great weight. He carried out the correspondence with Rome, stood by his pastor at the episcopal conferences in Vienna and was elected Archbishop of Salzburg on October 24, 1850 - his 44th birthday - and not long afterwards he was also elected Imperial Privy Councilor. He was a member of the manor house of the Reichsrat and from April 17, 1873 he was awarded the Imperial Austrian Order of Leopold Grand Cross.

Acting as archbishop

In October 1850 he was proposed as Archbishop of Salzburg and confirmed by Rome on February 17, 1851 . The episcopal ordination donated him on June 1 of that year, his predecessor in office, the Prague Archbishop Frederick John Jacob Celestine Schwarzenberg.

At the First Vatican Council he was greeted by Pope Pius IX in 1869 . as Salzburg Archbishop with the words: "Look, here comes half the Pope who can make bishops himself."

In the consistory of December 22, 1873 he was appointed cardinal priest and was assigned the titular church of Santa Maria in Aracoeli .

He visited his diocese more than forty times, arranged for the restoration of Salzburg Cathedral and new churches to be built. He reformed theological studies and directed the reorganization of the theological faculty. Maximilian Joseph von Tarnóczy founded a number of church magazines, such as the Salzburger Kirchenzeitung (1852 and 1861).

Archbishop Tarnóczy was buried in the crypt of Salzburg Cathedral.

literature

Web links

Commons : Maximilian Joseph von Tarnóczy  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://mek.oszk.hu/09500/09536/html/0014/46.html
  2. ^ Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels , Adelslexikon. Volume XIV. CA Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 2003, p. 323
predecessor Office successor
Friedrich Cardinal zu Schwarzenberg Archbishop of Salzburg
1851–1876 		Franz Albert Eder
personal data
SURNAME Tarnóczy, Maximilian Joseph von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tarnóczy-Sprinzenberg, Maximilian Joseph von (full name); Tarnóczy, Miksa (huS)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Archbishop of Salzburg (1850–1876) and cardinal since 1873
DATE OF BIRTH October 24, 1806
PLACE OF BIRTH Schwaz , Tyrol , Austria
DATE OF DEATH April 4, 1876
Place of death Salzburg