Jacob Missia (30 June 1838 – 24 March 1902) was a Slovene prelate of the Catholic Church who was Archbishop of Gorizia and Gradisca from 1898 until his death. He was made a cardinal in 1899, the first Slovenian to be given that rank. He was previously

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in the Austrian Empire, now in

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. He was baptized ''Jacobus Missia'' and was the youngest child in his family. An older brother became a priest. After training at the seminary of Lavant ( Maribor), he studied philosophy and theology in Rome and was ordained a priest there on 30 May 1863. In August 1864 he received his doctorate in theology from the

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. He served as secretary to the bishop of Seckau and then chancellor of that diocese. Missia was appointed bishop of Ljubljana on 10 November 1884. He received his episcopal consecration on 7 December 1884 in Graz from Johann Baptist Zwerger, the bishop of

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Ivan Hribar Ivan Hribar (19 September 1851 – 18 April 1941) was a Slovene and Yugoslav banker, politician, diplomat and journalist. During the start of the 20th century, he was one of the leaders of the National Progressive Party, and one of the mos ...

, Mayor of Ljubljana and an advocate of Slovenian nationalism, considered Missia pro-German and complained of him to the Vatican. Upon the nomination of Emperor

Franz Joseph I Franz Joseph I or Francis Joseph I (german: Franz Joseph Karl, hu, Ferenc József Károly, 18 August 1830 – 21 November 1916) was Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary, and the other states of the Habsburg monarchy from 2 December 1848 until his ...

, Missia was transferred to the Archdiocese of Gorizia and Gradisca, now in Italy, on 24 March 1898.

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raised him to the rank of cardinal at the on 18 June 1899, granting the title of

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. Missia was the first Slovenian to become a cardinal. He died in on 24 March 1902 in Gorizia. His nephew and protégé Father Francis A. Missia (1884–1955) emigrated to the United States in 1903 and played an important role in 20th-century liturgical music. He was director of music at St. Paul Seminary in Minnesota for 48 years.

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