Johann Christoph von Freyberg-Allmendingen

Johann Christoph Reichsritter von Freyberg-Allmendingen (1616–1690) was the Prince-Provost of Ellwangen Abbey from 1660 to 1674, and the Prince-Bishop of Augsburg from 1665 to 1690.

Biography

Johann Christoph von Freyberg-Allmendingen was born in Altheim (Ehingen) on 28 September 1616, the son of Kaspar von Freyberg zu Altheim und Worndorf and his wife Anna Regina von Rechberg.[1] He was enrolled in the University of Dillingen at age 10, on 22 October 1626.[1] He was made a canon of Augsburg Cathedral in 1630.[1] He then began his studies at the University of Ingolstadt in 1635.[1] He became a canon of Ellwangen Abbey in 1638.[1] He became scholaster of Ellwangen Abbey in 1641, a post he would hold until 1655.[1]

He was ordained as a priest in Augsburg on 5 April 1642.[2] He became dean of Augsburg Cathedral in 1655, and its provost in 1660.[1] On 11 May 1660 he became Prince-Provost of Ellwangen Abbey, a position he held until resigning on 13 April 1674.[1] He became diocesan administrator of the Prince-Bishopric of Augsburg in 1661.[1]

On 18 August 1665 he was selected as the new Prince-Bishop of Augsburg, with Pope Alexander VII confirming his appointment on 11 October 1666.[2] Kaspar Zeiler, Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg, consecrated him as a bishop on 17 April 1667.[2]

He died in Dillingen an der Donau on 1 April 1690 and is buried in Augsburg Cathedral.[1]

References

1. Article on German Wikipedia
2. Profile from catholic-hierarchy.org