Wilhelm Hermann Ignatz Wolff-Metternich to the canal

Wilhelm Hermann Ignaz Ferdinand Baron von Wolff called Metternich zu Gracht (* July 28, 1665 , † October 28, 1722 in Cologne ) was provost and auxiliary bishop in the diocese of Münster .

family

Family coat of arms of the House of Wolff-Metternich on the canal

Family coat of arms on a cope of his uncle Johann Wilhelm (1624–1694), in the Speyer Cathedral Treasure (around 1690)

The father was Degenhard Adolf von Wolff called Metternich zur Gracht. This was a brother of Prince Bishop Hermann Werner von Wolff-Metternich zur Gracht . The mother was Margaretha Alexandrina von Hoensbrock. He was a half-brother of Prince-Bishop Franz Arnold von Wolff-Metternich zur Gracht .

Life

Wilhelm Hermann Ignatz Wolff-Metternich zur Gracht also entered the clergy and received the tonsure in 1674 . From 1686 he held a canon position in Paderborn . He studied in Siena in 1689 . In 1694 he got a canon position at Münster Cathedral . In Paderborn he was before 1699 Dom thesaurar . From 1697 he was also canon in Speyer and from 1706 in Hildesheim . He received minor orders in 1702, and a short time later he was ordained a deacon .

In 1712 he was elected provost of the cathedral in Münster. His brother Prince-Bishop Franz Arnold made him a secret council and district president. In the same year he became cathedral dean in Paderborn. He was also provost of the Busdorf Collegiate Foundation .

After the death of his brother he worked in the diocese of Paderborn between 1718 and 1719 as administrator apostolicus in spiritualibus . The background was that the successor Clemens August von Bayern had not yet reached the necessary canonical age . From 1720 he was auxiliary bishop in the diocese of Münster and titular bishop of Ionopolis . Along with numerous other priests, he consecrated Pantaleon Bruns as auxiliary bishop in Paderborn in 1721.

During this time he also led a lawsuit that involved the family entailment commission. Between him and the canon Jobst Gottfried Adrian von Droste there was a conflict over the archdeaconate Warendorf . In 1718, the cathedral chapter decided in favor of Wolff-Metternich.

Before his death, Wilhelm Hermann Ignatz Wolff-Metternich decided on the canal that no funeral sermon should be given for him and no epitaph should be made.

literature

• Wilhelm Kohl : The dioceses of the church province Cologne. The diocese of Münster 4.2. The cathedral monastery of St. Paul in Münster. (Germania Sacra NF Vol. 17, 2). Reprint Berlin, 2011 (original 1982) ISBN 978-3-11-008508-2 , p. 72f.
• Wilhelm Kohl: The dioceses of the church province Cologne. The diocese of Münster 7.4: The diocese. (Germania Sacra NF 37.4) Berlin, 2004 ISBN 978-3-11-018010-7 p. 77f.

Web links

• Entry on Wilhelm Hermann Ignatz Wolff-Metternich on the canal on catholic-hierarchy.org