Johann Konrad von Reinach-Hirtzbach (1657–1737) was the Prince-Bishop of Basel from 1705 to 1737. [1]
Johann Konrad von Reinach-Hirtzbach (1657–1737) was the Prince-Bishop of Basel from 1705 to 1737. [1]
Johann Konrad von Reinach-Hirtzbach was born in Michelbach-le-Haut on 28 August 1657, the son of Hans Diebold Freiherr von Reinach-Hirtzbach (d. 1702) and his wife Anna Maria Eva von Freiin von Reinach-Steinbrunnborn (d. 1702). [2]
He was educated at the Jesuit high school in Porrentruy from 1673 to 1678. [2] He was ordained as a priest on 20 September 1678. [3] He was then sent to the Collegium Germanicum in Rome, where he studied theology and philosophy. [2] He was made a canon in 1681, and in 1704, he became the dean of Basel Münster. [2]
On 11 July 1705 the cathedral chapter of Basel Münster elected him to be the new Prince-Bishop of Basel, with Pope Clement XI confirming this appointment on 5 September 1705. [3] He was subsequently consecrated as a bishop by Vincenzo Bichi. [3]
Johann Konrad is generally considered the first absolutist ruler of the Prince-Bishopric of Basel. [2] He instituted administrative centralization, which was ultimately thwarted by popular resistance, but which paved the way for more modern management techniques in the future. [2]
In 1724, Johann Konrad suffered a riding accident, which left him with a disability for the rest of his life. [2] As such, his younger brother, Johann Baptist von Reinach-Hirtzbach (1669–1734), was selected as his coadjutor bishop, though Johann Baptist never became Prince-Bishop because he predeceased Johann Konrad. [2]
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Johann Konrad died on 19 March 1737. [3]
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