Archbishop Gregor Leonhard Andreas von Scherr (22 June 1804 – 24 October 1877), OSB was

Archbishop of Munich and Freising The following people were bishops, prince-bishops or archbishops of Freising or Munich and Freising in Bavaria: Bishops of Freising * St. Corbinian (724–730); founded the Benedictine abbey in Freising, although the diocese was not orga ...

from 1856 until 1877.

Biography

Born on 22 June 1804,

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, he was ordained on 4 August 1829, aged 25 as a priest of

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by Cardinal

Antonio Saverio De Luca Antonio Saverio De Luca (28 October 1805 – 28 December 1883) was an Italian bishop and prefect of the Pontifical Congregation for Studies as well as Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Damaso and Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina. Biography Born Br ...

. On 29 December 1833, aged 29, he joined the Order of Saint Benedict (OSB) and later became Abbot of St. Michael's Abbey at Metten.Lins, Joseph. "Munich-Freising." The Catholic Encyclopedia
Vol. 10. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1911. 25 January 2019 On 6 January 1856, aged 51, he was appointed

. He was confirmed as Archbishop on 19 June 1856, aged 52, and installed two months later. Von Scherr endeavoured to preserve the Catholic character of the schools. For the maintenance of the lesser seminaries of the diocese which had been obliged to receive an exceptionally large number of candidates to the priesthood, he founded St. Corbinian's Association, and erected a lesser seminary in Freising. He introduced into his diocese the devotion of the Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, and instituted pastoral conferences of the clergy. At the First Vatican Council, he voted with the minority, but submitted at once to the decision of the council. In April 1871 Bishop Von Scherr excommunicated

Ignaz von Döllinger Johann Joseph Ignaz von Döllinger (; 28 February 179914 January 1890), also Doellinger in English, was a German theologian, Catholic priest and church historian who rejected the dogma of papal infallibility. Among his writings which proved con ...

, professor at the University of Munich, for his concerted opposition to the Council's decrees.Baumgarten, Paul Maria. "Johann Joseph Ignaz von Döllinger." The Catholic Encyclopedia
Vol. 5. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1909. 25 January 2019 The last years of his episcopate were embittered by the support which the Bavarian Government, under the leadership of Lutz, minister of worship, gave to the Old Catholic movement, whose most zealous champions were resident in Munich. He died on 24 October 1877, aged 73. He was a priest for 48 years and a bishop for 21 years.

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