Ignác Batthyány (born 30 June 1741, Németújvár (present-day

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; died 17 November 1798, Gyulafehérvár (present-day

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), Principality of Transylvania) was a Roman Catholic

Bishop of Transylvania :''There is also a Romanian Orthodox Archbishop of Alba Iulia and a Greek Catholic Archdiocese of Făgăraş and Alba Iulia.'' The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Alba Iulia ( hu, Gyulafehérvári Római Katolikus Érsekség) is a Latin Church Cat ...

. He was librarian at the

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. After being appointed as bishop of Transylvania in 1781, he described himself as "the zealous protector and promoter of the sciences in

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.” Ignác Batthyány was the founder of the

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in Gyulafehérvár (

). Between 1792-1798 he commissioned the restoration of

Martinuzzi Castle Martinuzzi Castle, also known as Alvinc Castle,István Keul (2009). Early Modern Religious Communities in East-Central Europe: Ethnic Diversity, Denominational Plurality, and Corporative Politics in the Principality of Transylvania (1526–169 ...

.András Kovács
Batthyány Ignác püspök és az alvinci kastély (Bishop Ignatius Batthyány and the Castle from Vințu de Jos/Alvinc)
p. 190.

References

1741 births 1798 deaths 18th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Hungary People from Alba Iulia Ignac Collegium Germanicum et Hungaricum alumni {{Hungary-RC-bishop-stub