Anton Josef Gruscha Explained

Type:Cardinal
Honorific-Prefix:His Eminence
Anton Josef Gruscha
Cardinal, Archbishop of Vienna
Church:Roman Catholic
Archdiocese:Vienna
Term Start:6 July 1890
Term End:5 August 1911
Predecessor:Cölestin Josef Ganglbauer
Successor:Franz Xaver Nagl
Other Post:Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria degli Angeli (1891–1911)
Ordination:4 May 1843
Consecration:28 April 1878
Cardinal:1 June 1891
Created Cardinal By:Leo XIII
Rank:Cardinal-Priest
Birth Date:3 November 1820
Birth Place:Vienna, Austrian Empire
Death Place:Kirchberg am Wechsel, Austro-Hungarian Empire
Nationality:Austrian
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Previous Post:Bishop of the Military Ordinariate of Austria (1878–1890)
Coat Of Arms:COA cardinal AT Gruscha Anton Josef.png
Cardinal Name:Anton Josef Gruscha
Dipstyle:His Eminence
Offstyle:Your Eminence
See:Vienna

Anton Josef Gruscha, S.T.D. (3 November 1820, Vienna – 5 August 1911, Schloss Kranichberg, Lower Austria) was a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and was Archbishop of Vienna.

He was born in Vienna, Austria. He received minor orders on 31 October 1839, the subdiaconate on 9 July 1842, the diaconate 15 July 1842. He was ordained on 4 May 1843. He attended the University of Vienna, where he earned a doctorate in theology in 1849.

After his ordination he worked in the Archdiocese of Vienna in the parish of Saint Leopold. He was also a professor of religion in the gymnasium of the Theresian Academy, a preacher in the metropolitan cathedral, and a professor of pastoral theology in the university. He was created Privy chamberlain supernumerary of His Holiness.

Episcopate

Pope Leo XIII appointed him titular bishop of Carre and an Auxiliary Bishop of Vienna on 28 March 1878. He was promoted to the metropolitan see of Vienna on 23 June 1890.

Cardinalate

On 1 June 1891, Pope Leo created him a cardinal priest.[1] He was assigned the titular church of Santa Maria degli Angeli in the consistory of 14 December 1891.[2] He participated in the conclave of 1903 that elected Pope Pius X and refused to issue the veto of Emperor Franz Josef I against Cardinal Rampolla; however, that veto was issued by Cardinal Puzyna. Cardinal Gruscha died in 1911.

Notes and References

  1. Book: 25 January 2021 . Acta Sanctae Sedis . 705 . XXIII . 1890–91 .
  2. Book: 25 January 2021. Acta Sanctae Sedis . 330. XXIV . 1891–92 .