- Andreas Franz Frühwirth
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See=Eraclea (titular see )|Andreas Franz Cardinal Frühwirth (
21 August 1845 -9 February 1933 ) was a Cardinal of theRoman Catholic Church and was former Major Penitentiary of Apostolic Penitentiary.Andreas Franz Frühwirth was born in
St. Anna am Aigen ,Austria .His baptismal name was Franz. His last name is also listed as Frühwirt.Education
He joined the
Order of Preachers on13 September 1863 inGraz and changed his baptismal name to Andreas. He was professed onSeptember 13 ,1864 . He studied at the Dominican houses of studies where he studiedphilosophy andtheology and later at thePontifical Roman Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas from 1869 to 1870.Priesthood
He was ordained to the
priesthood on5 July 1868 in Graz. He served as aProfessor oftheology for six years in the Dominican College of Graz and was itsprior from 1872-1875 and the Prior of the order inVienna from 1876 to 1880. He was elected master general of his order in the general chapter ofLyon onSeptember 19 1891 , he occupied the post until21 May 1904 . He served as a consultor of the Supreme SacredCongregation of the Holy Office from19 December 1906 . He was namednuncio to theKingdom of Bavaria byPope Pius X on26 October 1907 .Episcopate
He was appointed
titular archbishop of "Eraclea" by Pope Pius on5 November 1907 . He wasconsecrated on30 November at the National Teutonic church of S. Maria dell'Anima, Rome, byRafael Merry del Val ,Cardinal Secretary of State , assisted by Diomede Panici, titular archbishop of Laodicea, secretary of theCongregation of Rites , and by Giuseppe Cecchini, O.P., titular bishop of Alicarnaso, archpriest of Altamura and Acquaviva delle Fonti.Cardinalate
He was created cardinal priest of "
Ss. Cosma e Damiano " (deaconry elevatedpro hac vice to title) byPope Benedict XV in theconsistory of6 December 1915 . He remained in nunciature until November 1916. He participated in the conclave of 1922 that electedPope Pius XI . He was appointed Major Penitentiary on8 January 1925 holding the post untilDecember 9 1927 . Upon his appointment as Chancellor of the Holy Roman Church he took the title of "San Lorenzo in Damaso ". He died in 1933
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