Franz Wilhelm von Wartenberg
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Franz Wilhelm, Count von Wartenberg (born at
Life
He was the eldest son of
In 1621, he became manager of the governmental affairs of the
The three preceding bishops had been Protestants and had replaced most of the Catholic priests by Protestant preachers. Cardinal Eitel Friedrich, who succeeded them, endeavoured to restore the Catholic religion but soon died. With the help of Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly, Franz Wilhelm took possession of his see on 12 March 1628, which had been occupied by Danish soldiers. He began the work of Counter-Reformation, drove the Protestant preachers from the city and restored the churches to the Catholics. Franz Wilhelm eliminated the anti-Catholic element from the city council; took the system of education into his own hands; turned the former Augustinian convent over to the Jesuits whom he engaged as teachers at the Gymnasium Carolinum; restored various religious communities and established new ones; held synods and visitations, and enforced the Tridentine decrees where possible. In 1631, he founded a university which, however, was destroyed by the Swedes in 1633.
Franz Wilhelm was commissioned with the execution of the 1629
During his forced exile, Franz Wilhelm, who had not yet received any of the major orders, was ordained priest and consecrated bishop at
In the negotiations of the Peace of Westphalia from 1645 to 1648 Franz Wilhelm represented the Catholic electors. Though preventing the intended secularization of his see by the Swedes, he had to yield to the stipulation that after his death the See of Osnabrück should be alternately administered by a Protestant and by a Catholic bishop. Franz Wilhelm was to keep the See of Osnabrück, but the Sees of Verden, Minden, and Bremen fell into the hands of Protestants, Franz Wilhelm, however, retaining spiritual jurisdiction over them.[citation needed]
On 18 December 1650, he took possession of the See of Osnabrück and worked to restore the Catholic religion. On 5 April 1661,[dubious ] he was created cardinal-priest by Pope Alexander VII.
Sources
- Meurer, "Franz Wilhelm" inMittheilungen des hist. Vereins zu Osnabrück; X, XI, XXI (c. 1868–90).
- Forst, "Politische Korrespondenz des Grafen F. W. von Wartenberg aus den Jahren 1621-31" in Publikationen aus den k. preussischen Staatsarchiven; LXVIII (Leipzig, 1897).
- Goldschmidt, Bernard Anton, Lebensgeschichte des Kardinal-Priesters Franz Wilhelm, Grafen von Wartenberg, Fürstbischof von Osnabrück und Regensburg, Minden und Verden (Osnabrück: Richard, 1866)
External links
- Biography, fiu.edu. Accessed 18 April 2024.
- Wilhelm Kohl (1998). "Wartenberg, Franz Wilhelm Graf von". In Bautz, Traugott (ed.). Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL) (in German). Vol. 13. Herzberg: Bautz. cols. 379–382. ISBN 3-88309-072-7.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Franz Wilhelm, Count von Wartenberg". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
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