Maximilian Joseph von Tarnóczy (Hungarian: Tarnózy Miksa) (24 October 1806 – 4 April 1876) was an

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and

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. He was born in

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on 24 October 1806, the son of Franz Xaver von Tarnóczy (Tarnóczy Ferenc), a Hungarian-Bavarian nobleman (1756–1837) and his second wife, Catherine von Sprinzenberg (1776–1837). He studied in

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and

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and in 1829 became a priest. In 1832 he received a doctorate in theology and worked as a teacher at the Salzburg Lyceum. In 1850 he was appointed

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, a position he held until his death in 1876. As Archbishop of Salzburg, Tarnóczy wielded huge power in Rome, so much so that when he arrived at the

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welcomed him with the words, ''"Ecco il mezzo papa, che puo far dei vescovi"'' (''"See the demi-Pope, who can make Bishops"''). The Archbishop of Salzburg had the power to ordain and consecrate the

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; a power Tarnóczy exercised when he consecrated Prince-Bishop

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in 1858.

elevated Tarnóczy to the rank of Cardinal the consistory of 22 December 1873Catholic Hierarchy:
Maximilian Joseph von Tarnóczy and appointed him Cardinal-Priest of

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. He died on 4 April 1876 at age 69.

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