Leopold Maximilian von Firmian

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Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Vienna
See	St. Stephen's Cathedral
Installed	19 April 1822
Term ended	29 November 1831
Predecessor	Sigismund Anton von Hohenwart
Successor	Vinzenz Eduard Milde
Other post(s)	Titular Bishop of Tiberias (1797–1800) Bishop of Lavant (1800–22)
Personal details
Born	(1766-10-11)11 October 1766 Trento, Bishopric of Trent
Died	29 November 1831(1831-11-29) (aged 65) Vienna, Austrian Empire
Nationality	Austrian
Coat of arms

Leopold Maximilian Graf von Firmian (11 October 1766,

Biography

Coming from the

Five years later, on 24 July 1797, he was appointed Auxiliary Bishop in Passau and

He is portrayed as a praisewelling church prince who fulfilled the will of the Emperor in his diocese and allowed the interventions of late Josephinism in church life. He strove for the church song and had in 1824 created a directory of all songs that were sung in the parishes. During his tenure came the founding of the Leopoldine Society of the Austrian Empire in support of the American missions on 13 May 1829.

In 1894, Firmiangasse in Vienna-Hietzing was named after him.

Bibliography

• Franz Loidl: Geschichte des Erzbistums Wien. Herold, Wien u. a. 1983,
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• Ernst Tomek: Kirchengeschichte Österreichs. Band 3: Das Zeitalter der Aufklärung und des Absolutismus. Tyrolia, Innsbruck u. a. 1959.
• Josef Wodka: Kirche in Österreich. Wegweiser durch ihre Geschichte. Herder, Wien 1959.

• "Leopold Maximilian von Firmian". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. ^{[self-published]}
• Leopold Maximilian von Firmian in Austria-Forum (in German) (at AEIOU)