Nikolaus Franz Florentini

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Nikolaus Franz Florentini (1794–1876), Bishop of Chur (1859–1876). Portrait in the knight's hall of the Episcopal Palace, Chur

Nikolaus Franz Florentini (born September 7, 1794 in Müstair , ( Graubünden ), † October 18, 1876 in Chur ) was a Roman Catholic bishop of the diocese of Chur .

Life

After primary school, the son of Antoni Florintöni and Benedicta Conrad attended the high school of the Benedictine Abbey in Marienberg in Vinschgau . After graduating from high school, he studied philosophy at the Jesuit college in Solothurn and theology at the St. Luzi seminary in Chur. The apostolic nuncio donated him the sacrament of ordination on April 7, 1818 in the Cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in Chur. Active in the parish ministry, he was chaplain in Vals GR from 1818 to 1824 and chaplain in Samnaun from 1824 to 1826 . In 1826 he took over the chaplaincy at St. Martin in Lugnez - Tersnaus . In 1831, Bishop Kaspar de Carl from Hohenbalken offered him a professorship in moral theology at the seminary in Chur. He taught there until 1838, when he became a pastor in Trimmis . Canon, who has not resided since 1841, elected him on February 8, 1844, the cathedral chapter as dean.

On May 26, 1859, the cathedral chapter of Chur elected Nikolaus Franz Florentini as the successor to the late Bishop Kaspar de Carl from Hohenbalken. However, the Holy See voided the election because it was interrupted for lunch; Pope Pius IX However, appointed the elected on September 26, 1859 as the new Chur high shepherd. He received his episcopal ordination on December 18, 1859 in the Assumption Cathedral in Chur by the Bishop of Basel , Karl Arnold-Obrist ; Co- consecrators were Georg Prünster , auxiliary bishop and vicar general of the Bishop of Brixen in Vorarlberg with seat in Feldkirch , and Heinrich IV. , Abbot of Einsiedeln .

Bishop Florentini entrusted his relative Paul Foffa from Müstair with the economic administration . However, this worked unreliably and was dismissed under pressure from the cathedral chapter and on the instructions of the nuncio. A second relative (cousin), the Capuchin Father Theodosius Florentini (1808-1865) he appointed in 1860 as his vicar general († February 15, 1865 in Heiden ). The office of vicar general remained vacant until 1868, when Pope Pius IX appointed it. Kaspar Willi OSB as auxiliary bishop in Chur. As vicar general he represented the bishop at the First Vatican Council (1869–1870).

Bishop Nikolaus Franz Florentini did not succeed in integrating the cantons of Uri and Unterwalden , nor could he prevent the secularization of the Rheinau monastery ; in addition, after the council he lost the canton of Zurich to the Christian Catholic Church . On the other hand, he succeeded in founding some new Catholic parishes and had some new churches built between 1874 and 1880.

The increasingly blind bishop offered the Pope his resignation on October 18, 1876, which he accepted on November 15 of the same year. Florentini died on June 29, 1881 in Chur and was buried in the cemetery next to the Cathedral of the Assumption in Chur. The cathedral chapter elected its vicar general and auxiliary bishop in Chur as its successor.

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  1. ↑ the bishop changed the spelling of the name Florintöni / Florentini
  2. ↑ Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi. Volume 8, p. 234
  3. ^ Albert Fischer: Nikolaus Franz Florentini 1859–1876
predecessor Office successor
Kaspar (I.) de Carl from Hohenbalken Bishop of Chur
1859–1876 		Kaspar II. Willi OSB
personal data
SURNAME Florentini, Nikolaus Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Chur
DATE OF BIRTH September 7, 1794
PLACE OF BIRTH Mustair
DATE OF DEATH October 18, 1876
Place of death Chur