Emmanuel von Schimonsky (1752-1832) was Prince-Bishop of Wrocław from 1823 to 1832.

Early life

Emmanuel von Schimonsky was born on July 23, 1752, in Brzeźnica, the son of alderman Joseph von Schimonsky. He studied in Wroclaw, and later at the

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where he was

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in 1775. He returned to Silesia and was a pastor in Tany near a Koźla. At the same time, he served as dean and episcopal commissioner. In 1793 he became a canon and vicar general of the

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, and in 1797 AD an auxiliary bishop. In 1817 AD he was appointed by

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administrator of the bishopric. In 1823 he became bishop of the diocese of Wroclaw.Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 185, Number 15, p. 125 He died on 27 December 1832AD. A conservative, he fought the effects of the

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in the form of Josephinism and teachings of the Enlightenment amid a backdrop of changing relationships between the

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, the Roman Curia and the

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n government. He died on December 27, 1832, in

Wrocław Wrocław (; german: Breslau, or . ; Silesian German: ''Brassel'') is a city in southwestern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the River Oder in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Europe, rou ...

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* 1752 births 1832 deaths 19th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Poland Bishops of Wrocław {{Poland-RC-bishop-stub