Karl-August Graf von Reisach (7 July 1800, in

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, Bavaria22 December 1869, in the Redemptorist

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of Contamine, France) was a German Catholic theologian and

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Education

On the completion of his secular studies in

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, he studied philosophy at

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(1816), and

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, and

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, securing (1821) the Degree of ''

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''. Devoting himself a little later to the study of theology, he received minor orders at

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in 1824, was

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in 1828 after philosophical and theological studies in the

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, and in the following year graduated

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Service in Rome

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appointed him rector of studies at the Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith, an office which brought him into close relations with its prefect, Cardinal-Priest Bartolomeo Cappellari, who later became Pope Gregory XVI. Urged to devote special attention to the affairs of the Catholic Church in Germany, he attacked the current anti-ecclesiastical views and tendencies, especially with regard to mixed marriages, in his work ''Was haben wir von den Reformatoren und Stimmführen des katholischen Deutschland unserer Tage zu halten?'', which appeared at

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in 1835 under the pseudonym ''Athanasius Sincerus Philalethes''.

Return to Germany

In 1836 he became Bishop of Eichstätt (Bavaria) and, by the foundation of the boys' seminary (1838) and the erection of the lyceum (1843), rendered the greatest services to the ecclesiastical life of the diocese. As delegate of the pope and the Kings of Prussia and Bavaria, he mediated in the Prussian ecclesiastical dispute, and the rapid settlement of the ''Cologne muddle'' (Kölner Wirren - see Clemens August von Droste-Vischering) was due primarily to him.

Vatican service

In recognition of his services, he was named

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in 1841, and

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in 1847 . His zeal on behalf of the Church having rendered him unpleasing to the Government, he was, at the request of King Maximilian II of Bavaria, summoned to Rome by

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as Cardinal-Priest, with the title of St. Anastasia.''Allgem. deutsche Biogr.'', XXVIII (Leipzig, 1889), 114 He conducted the concordat negotiations with Württemberg and Baden and took a prominent part in the preparations for the council. Reisach was also appointed to the following positions: 1867 *President of the Congregation of Ecclesiastico-political Affairs *

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1868 *

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1869 *First legate of the council *Consultor of the

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*Responsible for the publication of the ecclesiastical canons of the Eastern Churches, *Consultor to Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs *Consultor to the Examination of Bishops *Member of the

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and the

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* Minister of Education for the Papal States

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Reisach, Karl 1800 births 1869 deaths 19th-century German cardinals Cardinals created by Pope Pius IX Cardinal-bishops of Sabina Roman Catholic archbishops of Munich and Freising Members of the Bavarian Reichsrat Burials at Munich Frauenkirche 19th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Bavaria German Roman Catholic archbishops