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Alois Josef Krakovský z Kolovrat

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Alois Josef Krakovský z Kolovrat
Archbishop of Prague
Church Catholic Church
Archdiocese Archdiocese of Prague
In office 28 February 1831 – 28 March 1833
Predecessor Václav Leopold Chlumčanský
Successor Andrzej Alojzy Ankwicz
Previous posts Bishop of Hradec Králové (1815-1831)
Titular Bishop of Sarepta (1800-1815)
Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc (1800-1815)
Orders
Ordination 21 January 1781
Consecration 1 March 1801
by Antonín Theodor Colloredo-Waldsee
Personal details
Born 21 January 1759
Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia, Holy Roman Empire
Died 28 March 1833 (aged 74)

Alois Josef hrabě Krakovský z Kolovrat or Krakowský z Kolowrat (German: Alois Josef Krakovský von Kolowrat) (21 January 1759 – 28 March 1833) was the Roman Catholic archbishop of Prague from 1831 to 1833.

Biography

Krakowsky was born in Prague in 1759. into the House of Kolowrat-Krakowsky, a branch of the House of Kolowrat, as the son of Count Prokop Kolowrat-Krakowsky (1718-1774) by his second wife, Countess Maria Anna Margaret Ogilvy (1725-1810). He was ordained a priest on his twenty-second birthday, 21 January 1781. In 1800, he was appointed the auxiliary bishop of Olomouc in Moravia, as well as titular bishop of Sarepta. It was fifteen years before he was appointed bishop of Hradec Králové. He remained in this capacity until 28 February 1831 when he was appointed archbishop of Prague. Exactly two years and a month later, he died at the age of 74.[1] His remains are buried in St. Vitus Cathedral.

References

  1. Back to citation Cheney, David M. (2006-10-26). "Archbishop Alois Jozef Krakowski von Kolowrat". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-05-08.