Type: | Archbishop |
Joseph von Schork | |
Archdiocese: | Bamberg |
Appointed: | 26 August 1890 |
Predecessor: | Joseph Friedrich Schreiber |
Successor: | Friedrich Philipp von Abert |
Ordination: | 2 August 1854 |
Birth Date: | 7 December 1829 |
Birth Place: | Kleinheubach, Bavaria |
Death Date: | 25 January 1905 |
Death Place: | Bamberg, Bavaria |
Consecrated By: | Franz Joseph von Stein |
Joseph von Schork (7 December 1829 - 25 January 1905) was Archbishop of Bamberg from 1890 to the time of his death.
Born to a coachman in the service of the princes of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg, von Schork attended Latin school in Miltenberg and the grammar school and lyceum in Aschaffenburg. Following this, he went on to study theology in Würzburg.[1]
Joseph von Schork was ordained in 1854 and began his career as a priest and school inspector in Würzburg. He was elected provost in 1889 and appointed as Archbishop of Bamberg in 1890 by Pope Leo XIII.[2]