!!!Auersperg, Joseph Franz Graf

b. Vienna, Jan. 31, 1734, 
d. Passau (Germany), Aug. 21, 1795, 1760-1772 Bishop of Lavant, 
1772-1783 Bishop of Gurk, 1783 Bishop of Passau, 1789 Cardinal. 
Advocate of the educational ideals of the Catholic Enlightenment 
movement and philanthropist. Had to agree to the splitting up of his 
See (the Austrian part of the Diocese of Passau was divided up and 
integrated into the Archdiocese of Vienna and the newly established 
Dioceses of Linz and St. Poelten). See also:  Auersperg Family.

!Literature
E. Gatz (ed.), Die Bischoefe des Heiligen Roemischen 
Reiches 1648-1803, 1990.



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