Former Diocese of

Lavant

Austria Austria

Continent: West Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Lavant / Lavanttal (Deutsch) / Lavantin(us) (Latin)

United to: Maribor

History

Past Ordinaries

Bishops of Lavant (Roman Rite)

Bishop Maksimilijan Držecnik
(1960.06.15 – 1962.03.05)

Born:1903.10.05
Ordained Priest:1932.10.30
Consecrated Bishop:1946.12.15
Died:1978.05.13 († 74)

Titular Bishop of Abrittum (1946.09.15 – 1960.06.15)

Auxiliary Bishop of Lavant (Austria) (1946.09.15 – 1960.06.15)

Apostolic Administrator of Lavant (Austria) (1949 – 1960.06.15)

Bishop of Lavant (Austria) (1960.06.15 – 1962.03.05)

Bishop of Maribor (Slovenia) (1962.03.05 – 1978.05.13)

Bishop Maksimilijan Držecnik
(Apostolic Administrator 1949 – 1960.06.15)

Bishop Giovanni Giuseppe Tomazic
(1933.06.27 – 1949.02.27)

Born:1876.08.01
Ordained Priest:1898.12.05
Consecrated Bishop:1928.08.01
Died:1949.02.27 († 72)

Titular Bishop of Bargala (1928.06.08 – 1933.06.27)

Auxiliary Bishop of Lavant (Austria) (1928.06.08 – 1933.06.27)

Bishop of Lavant (Austria) (1933.06.27 – 1949.02.27)

Bishop Andrea Karlin
(1923.06.06 – 1933.03.06)

Born:1857.11.15
Ordained Priest:1880.07.27
Consecrated Bishop:1911.03.19
Died:1933.03.06 († 75)

Bishop of Koper (Slovenia) (1911.02.06 – 1919.12.15)

Bishop of Trieste (Italy) (1911.02.06 – 1919.12.15)

Titular Bishop of Themiscyra (1919.12.15 – 1923.06.06)

Bishop of Lavant (Austria) (1923.06.06 – 1933.03.06)

Bishop Mihael Napotnik
(1889.09.27 – 1922.03.28)

Born:1850.09.20
Ordained Priest:1875.07.25
Consecrated Bishop:1889.10.27
Died:1922.03.28 († 71)

Bishop of Lavant (Austria) (1889.09.27 – 1922.03.28)

Bishop Jakob Ignaz Maximilian Stepischnegg
(1862.12.21 – 1889.06.28)

Born:1815.07.22
Ordained Priest:1838.08.02
Consecrated Bishop:1863.01.18
Died:1889.06.28 († 73)

Bishop of Lavant (Austria) (1862.12.21 – 1889.06.28)

Blessed Bishop Anton Martin Slomšek
(1846.05.30 – 1862.09.24)

Born:1800.11.26 (Uniše, Slovenia)
Ordained Priest:1824.09.08
Consecrated Bishop:1846.07.05
Died:1862.09.24 (Maribor, Styria, Slovenia † 61)
Beatified:1999.09.19 (Maribor, Slovenia)
Feast:09.24

Bishop of Lavant (Austria) (1846.05.30 – 1862.09.24)

Bishop.

Bishop Franz Xaver Kuttnar
(1843.11.23 – 1846.03.08)

Born:1793.10.26
Ordained Priest:1816.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:1844.03.03
Died:1846.03.08 († 52)

Bishop of Lavant (Austria) (1843.11.23 – 1846.03.08)

Bishop Ignaz Franz Sales Zimmermann
(1824.05.19 – 1843.09.28)

Born:1777.07.26
Ordained Priest:1800.06.08
Consecrated Bishop:1824.11.21
Died:1843.09.28 († 66)

Bishop of Lavant (Austria) (1824.05.19 – 1843.09.28)

Archbishop Leopold Maximilian Graf von Firmian (Frimian)
(1800.11.23 – 1822.04.19)

Born:1766.10.11 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1792.09.22
Consecrated Bishop:1797.11.05
Died:1831.11.29 († 65)

Titular Bishop of Tiberias (1797.07.24 – 1800.11.23)

Auxiliary Bishop of Passau (Germany) (1797.07.24 – 1800.11.23)

Bishop of Lavant (Austria) (1800.11.23 – 1822.04.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Wien (Austria) ([1822.01.25] 1822.04.19 – 1831.11.29)

Bishop Vinzenz Joseph Franz Sales Graf von Schrattenbach
(1795.06.26 – 1800.08.11)

Born:1744.06.18 (Austria)
Ordained Priest:1768.08.15
Consecrated Bishop:1777.06.06
Died:1816.05.25 († 71)

Bishop of Lavant (Austria) (1777.05.31 – 1790.01.29)

Bishop of Lavant (Austria) (1795.06.26 – 1800.08.11)

Bishop of Brno (Czechia) ([1800.06.04] 1800.08.11 – 1816.05.25)

Bishop Joseph Ernest Gandolph Graf von Kuenburg
(1790.02.20 – 1793.12.12)

Born:1737.05.08 (Austria)
Ordained Priest:1765
Consecrated Bishop:1790.03.13
Died:1793.12.12 († 56)

Bishop of Lavant (Austria) (1790.02.20 – 1793.12.12)

Bishop Vinzenz Joseph Franz Sales Graf von Schrattenbach
(1777.05.31 – 1790.01.29)

Born:1744.06.18 (Austria)
Ordained Priest:1768.08.15
Consecrated Bishop:1777.06.06
Died:1816.05.25 († 71)

Bishop of Lavant (Austria) (1777.05.31 – 1790.01.29)

Bishop of Lavant (Austria) (1795.06.26 – 1800.08.11)

Bishop of Brno (Czechia) ([1800.06.04] 1800.08.11 – 1816.05.25)

Bishop Franz de Paula Xaver Ludwig Jakob Fürst von Breuner
(1773.09.30 – 1777.05.01)

Born:1723.05.21 (Austria)
Ordained Priest:1754.12.27
Consecrated Bishop:1774.01.09
Died:1797.03.01 († 73)

Bishop of Lavant (Austria) (1773.09.30 – 1777.05.01)

Bishop of Chiemsee (Germany) (1786.06.15 – 1797.03.01)

Bishop Joseph Franz von Paula von Auersperg (later Cardinal)
(1763.05.08 – 1764.01.04)

Born:1734.01.31 (Austria)
Ordained Priest:1757
Consecrated Bishop:1763.05.22
Created Cardinal:1789.03.30
Died:1795.08.21 († 61)

Bishop of Lavant (Austria) ([1763.01.31] 1763.05.08 – 1764.01.04)

Bishop of Gurk (Austria) ([1772.10.18] 1773.01.31 – 1783.05.19)

Bishop of Passau (Germany) ([1783.05.19] 1784.06.25 – 1795.08.21)

Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned (1789.03.30 – 1795.08.21)

Bishop Johann Baptist Reichsgraf von Thurn und Taxis
(1754.02.04 – 1762.06.03)

Born:1706.08.20
Ordained Priest:1729.06.11
Consecrated Bishop:1754.03.31
Died:1762.06.03 († 55)

Bishop of Lavant (Austria) (1754.02.04 – 1762.06.03)

Bishop Vigilius Augustin Maria Graf von Firmian
(1744.05.26 – 1753.07.15)

Born:1714.02.16 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1739
Consecrated Bishop:1744.09.03
Died:1788.08.04 († 74)

Bishop of Lavant (Austria) (1744.05.26 – 1753.07.15)

Bishop Joseph Oswald Reichsgraf von Attems
(1724.02.20 – 1744.05.04)

Born:1679.01.12
Ordained Priest:1702.11.30
Consecrated Bishop:1724.04.23
Died:1744.05.04 († 65)

Bishop of Lavant (Austria) (1724.02.20 – 1744.05.04)

Bishop Leopold Anton Eleutherius Reichsfreiherr von Firmian (later Archbishop)
(1718.03.11 – 1724.01.17)

Born:1679.05.27 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:1707
Consecrated Bishop:1718.05.22
Died:1744.10.22 († 65)

Bishop of Lavant (Austria) (1718.03.11 – 1724.01.17)

Bishop of Seckau (Austria) (1724.01.17 – 1727.12.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Salzburg (Austria) ([1727.10.04] 1727.12.22 – 1744.10.22)

Bishop Philipp Carl Fürst von Fürstenberg
(1708.04.11 – 1718.02.14)

Born:1669.03.15
Ordained Priest:1708.05.01
Consecrated Bishop:1709.03.30
Died:1718.02.14 († 48)

Bishop of Lavant (Austria) (1708.04.11 – 1718.02.14)

Bishop Johann Sigmund Graf von Kuenburg
(1704.02.22 – 1708.04.01)

Born:1659.09.20 (Austria)
Ordained Priest:1687.03.15
Consecrated Bishop:1704.05.23
Died:1711.11.18 († 52)

Bishop of Lavant (Austria) (1704.02.22 – 1708.04.01)

Bishop of Chiemsee (Germany) (1708.04.01 – 1711.11.18)

Bishop Franz Caspar Reichsfreiherr von Stadion
(1673.10.21 – 1704.02.13)

Born:1644
Ordained Priest:1673.10
Consecrated Bishop:1674.05.29
Died:1704.02.13 († 59)

Bishop of Lavant (Austria) (1673.10.21 – 1704.02.13)

Bishop Sebastian Graf von Pötting-Persing
(1665.04.03 – 1673.09.25)

Born:1628
Consecrated Bishop:1665.04.24
Died:1689.03.16 († 60)

Bishop of Lavant (Austria) (1665.04.03 – 1673.09.25)

Bishop of Passau (Germany) ([1673.03.11] 1673.09.25 – 1689.03.16)

Bishop Maximilian Gandolph von Künburg (later Cardinal)
(1654.12.08 – 1665.02.07)

Born:1622.10.30 (Austria)
Ordained Priest:1648
Consecrated Bishop:1655.08.01
Created Cardinal:1686.09.02
Died:1687.05.03 († 64)

Bishop of Lavant (Austria) (1654.12.08 – 1665.02.07)

Bishop of Seckau (Austria) (1665.02.07 – 1668.07.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Salzburg (Austria) ([1668.07.30] 1668.11.12 – 1687.05.03)

Apostolic Administrator of Seckau (Austria) (1668.11.12 – 1687.05.03)

Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned (1686.09.02 – 1687.05.03)

Bishop Albert von Priamis
(1640.12.29 – 1654.09.08)

Born:1605
Ordained Priest:1629.12.09
Consecrated Bishop:1640.12.30
Died:1654.09.08 († 48)

Bishop of Lavant (Austria) (1640.12.29 – 1654.09.08)

Bishop Léonard Goetz
(1619.01.21 – 1640.11.28)

Consecrated Bishop:1620.07.12
Died:1640.11.28

Bishop of Lavant (Austria) (1619.01.21 – 1640.11.28)

Bishop Georg Stobäus von Palmburg
(1584.10.19 – 1618.10.23)

Consecrated Bishop:1585.05.05
Died:1618.10.23

Bishop of Lavant (Austria) (1584.10.19 – 1618.10.23)

Bishop Martin Herkules Rettinger
(1556 – 1570.02.21)

Consecrated Bishop:1556.10.11
Died:1570.02.21

Bishop of Lavant (Austria) (1556 – 1570.02.21)

Former Prelates

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