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(Redirected from Franc Ksaver Lušin) Catholic priest (1781–1854)
Franz Xaver Luschin
Metropolitan Archbishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gorizia and Gradisca
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
Appointed6 April 1835
Term ended2 May 1854
PredecessorJoseph Walland
SuccessorAndreas 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
Ordination26 August 1804 (Priest)
Consecration3 October 1824 (Bishop)
by Augustin Johann Joseph Gruber
Personal details
BornFranz Xaver Luschin
(1781-12-03)3 December 1781
Tainach, Duchy of Carinthia, Habsburg monarchy (present day in Völkermarkt District, Austria)
Died2 May 1854(1854-05-02) (aged 72)
Gorizia, Austrian Empire (present day in Italy)

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.

Coat of arms of Archbishop Franz Xaver Luschin

Life

Archbishop 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 and was ordained as priest on 26 August 1804, for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Gurk, after he had completed his philosophical and theological studies.

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.

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. Here he worked not only on the solution of an ecclesiastical questions but also on economic problems.

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.

View on village Tainach/Tinje, the birthplace of Archbishop Franz Xaver Luschin

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.

References

  1. ^ "LUSCHIN FRANCESCO SAVERIO". Dizionario biografico dei friulani (in Italian). Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  2. ^ "Archbishop Franz Xavier (Franciszek Ksawery) Luschin (Luszin) †". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  3. ^ "Архієпископ Франциск Ксаверій Лушин". rkc.in.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 16 May 2018.
Catholic Church titles
Preceded byEmanuel Maria Thun Diocesan Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Trento
1824–1834 		Succeeded byJohann Nepomuk von Tschiderer zu Gleifheim
Preceded byAndrzej Alojzy Ankwicz Metropolitan Archbishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lviv
1834–1835 		Succeeded byFrantišek Pištěk
Primate of Galicia and Lodomeria
1834–1835
Preceded byJoseph Walland Metropolitan Archbishop of
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gorizia and Gradisca
1835–1854 		Succeeded byAndreas Gollmayr
Educational offices
Preceded byClaudius von Scherer Rector of University of Graz
1815–1816 		Succeeded byFranz Kudler
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