Archbishop Franz Xaver Luschin (Slovene: Franc Ksaver Lušin; 3 December 1781 – 2 May 1854) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as a Diocesan Bishop of Trento from 24 May 1824 until 23 June 1834, a Metropolitan Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lviv and Primate of Galicia and Lodomeria from 23 June 1834 until 6 April 1835 and a Metropolitan Archbishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gorizia and Gradisca from 6 April 1835 his death on 2 May 1854.
Franz Xaver Luschin | |
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| Metropolitan Archbishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gorizia and Gradisca | |
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| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| Appointed | 6 April 1835 |
| Term ended | 2 May 1854 |
| Predecessor | Joseph Walland |
| Successor | Andreas Gollmayr |
| Other post(s) | Rector of University of Graz (1815–1816) Diocesan Bishop of Trento (1824–1834) Metropolitan Archbishop of Lviv and Primate of Galicia and Lodomeria (1834–1835) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 26 August 1804 (Priest) |
| Consecration | 3 October 1824 (Bishop) by Augustin Johann Joseph Gruber |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Franz Xaver Luschin 3 December 1781 |
| Died | 2 May 1854 (aged 72) Gorizia, Austrian Empire (present day in Italy) |
Life
editArchbishop Luschin was born in the wealthy peasant family of Carinthian Slovenes in Tainach (present day a part of town Völkermarkt). After graduation from gymnasium and lyceum education, he joined the Major Roman Catholic Theological Seminary in Klagenfurt[1] and was ordained as priest on 26 August 1804, for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Gurk,[2] after he had completed his philosophical and theological studies.[3]
After his ordination, he served as an assistant priest in Klagenfurt from 1804 until 1808 and continued his studies in the University of Vienna earning a Doctor of Sacred Theology degree in 1813. He became a professor in a University of Graz and in 1815–1816, for one year, become a Rector. In 1820 he was appointed a referent in ecclesiastical affairs for the Tyrolean government in Innsbruck.[3]
On 24 May 1824 he was confirmed by the Pope Leo XII as a Diocesan Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Trento, that had been vacant for six years. On 3 October 1824 he was consecrated as a bishop by Metropolitan Archbishop Augustin Johann Joseph Gruber without co-consecrators.[2] Here he worked not only on the solution of an ecclesiastical questions but also on economic problems.[1]
On 23 June 1834 he was confirmed by the Holy See as a Metropolitan Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lviv and the second Primate of Galicia and Lodomeria in present-day Ukraine, but he immediately realized that he would not be able to control the difficult situation, as there were strong tensions between the Latin-rite Catholics and the united Ruthenians. So he immediately asked to be transferred to another see, and a year later, on 6 April 1835, he was confirmed by the Holy See as a Metropolitan Archbishop of the vacant Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gorizia and Gradisca.[3]
Archbishop Luschin died while in office on 2 May 1854 in Gorizia, Princely County of Gorizia and Gradisca, and was buried in the crypt of the local metropolitan chapel.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b "LUSCHIN FRANCESCO SAVERIO". Dizionario biografico dei friulani (in Italian). Retrieved 16 May 2018.
- ^ a b "Archbishop Franz Xavier (Franciszek Ksawery) Luschin (Luszin) †". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
- ^ a b c d "Архієпископ Франциск Ксаверій Лушин". rkc.in.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 16 May 2018.