Maximilian von Fürstenberg
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Camerlengo of the College of Cardinals (1982–84) | |
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Alma mater | University of Louvain Pontifical Gregorian University |
Motto | Pax et virtute Tua |
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Styles of Maximilian von Fürstenberg | |
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His Eminence | |
Spoken style | Your Eminence |
Informal style | Cardinal |
Baron Maximilian Louis Hubert Egon Vincent Marie Joseph von Fürstenberg-Stammheim (also known as Maximilien de Fürstenberg; 23 October 1904 – 22 September 1988) was a
Early life and education
He was born in the Ter Worm Castle, Heerlen, The Netherlands, of the old Catholic noble family Fürstenberg-Stammheim from Westphalia, Germany. His parents were Baron Adolf Louis Egon Hubert Vincent von Fürstenberg-Stammheim (1870–1950) and Countess Elisabeth Marie Sylvie Ferdinande Joseph d'Oultremont de Wégimont de Warfusée (1879–1953).
He was educated at the
He did military service at the regiment of Grenadiers, and obtained the rank of sub-lieutenant of reserve. His education continued when he entered the Higher Institute of Philosophy at the University of Louvain, leaving in 1928 with a licentiate in philosophy. That same year he entered the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome where he studied until 1932 for a doctorate in theology.[1]
Priesthood
He was ordained on 9 August 1931 and incardinated in the
He was named by the bishops of Belgium as rector of the Belgian Pontifical College in Rome on 27 February 1946. He occupied the post until his promotion to the episcopate; among his students was the young priest Karol Wojtyla, future Pope John Paul II. He was created Domestic prelate of His Holiness on 13 May 1947.
Episcopate and cardinalate
He was created and proclaimed
As Prefect of the Congregation for the Eastern Churches, the Cardinal was involved in a dispute between the Vatican and Ukrainian Rite Catholics, who protested what they called second-class treatment by the Vatican. In 1971, the Vatican declined to grant patriarchal status to the Ukrainian Catholic Church; Cardinal von Fürstenberg had earlier declared invalid a synod at which Ukrainian bishops voted for a patriarchal form of church administration. [citation needed]
Pope Paul appointed him
Cardinal von Fürstenberg took part in the
Death
Cardinal von Fürstenberg died in Belgium in 1988 of a
References
- ^ Beeson, Trevor. Priests and Prelates: The Daily Telegraph Clerical Obituaries – Cardinal Maximilien de Furstenberg. Google Books
- ^ "Cardinal de Furstenberg Dies in Belgium at 83". The New York Times. 24 September 1988.
- *Beeson, Trevor. Priests and Prelates: The Daily Telegraph Clerical Obituaries – Cardinal Maximilien de Furstenberg. Google Books