Jakob Sigismund von Reinach-Steinbrunn (1683–1743) was the Prince-Bishop of Basel from 1737 to 1743.
Biography
Jakob Sigismund von Reinach-Steinbrunn was born in Obersteinbrunn, the son of Johann Jakob Kaspar Sigmund Freiherr von Reinach-Steinbrunn (d. 1693) and his wife Maria Salome Lucia von Pfirt (d. 1721).
From 1703 to 1705, he attended the Jesuit gymnasium in Porrentruy. He then studied Christian theology at the Collegium Germanicum in Rome.
He became a canon in 1707, and was ordained as a priest on 18 September 1717. He became the provost of Basel Münster in 1726.
On 4 June 1737 the cathedral chapter of Basel Münster elected him to be the new prince-bishop of Basel, with Pope Clement XII confirming his appointment on 30 September 1737. He was consecrated as a bishop by Cardinal Barni on 29 June 1738.
He died on 16 December, 1743.
References
- Sprink & Son's Monthly Numismatic Circle, Vol I. (1893), p. 446
- ^ Article on German Misplaced Pages
- ^ Profile on catholic-hierarchy.org
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| Preceded byJohann Konrad von Reinach-Hirtzbach | Prince-Bishop of Basel 1737–1743 |
Succeeded byJosef Wilhelm Rinck von Baldenstein |
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