Georg von Kopp

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Script error: No such module "Infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Georg von Kopp (25 July 1837 – 4 March 1914) was a German Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church[1] who served as Bishop of Fulda (1881–1887) and Prince-Bishop of Breslau (1887–1914). He was known for his anti-Polish views and pursued the Germanization of Polish Catholics in his dioceses.

Biography

Kopp was born in Duderstadt in the Kingdom of Hanover. He was the son of a weaver and attended the gymnasium at Hildesheim. In 1856 he became a telegraph operator in the employ of the Hanoverian government.[2]

From 1858 to 1861, he studied theology and in 1862 entered the priesthood. He rose rapidly in his profession and in 1872 was made vicar-general at Hildesheim and three years later bishop of Fulda. He worked to bring about a better understanding between the German government and the papal curia. After his election to the House of Lords he obtained a mitigation of the anti-Catholic provisions which characterized the May laws.

In 1887, with the approval of the Prussian government, the Pope appointed him prince-bishop of Breslau (Wrocław), and in 1893 he was made cardinal. As prince bishop he pursued Germanization and censured those priests whom he suspected as resisting these measures, opposed used of Polish in classes and communion, and tried secretly to discourage Polish faithful from making pilgrimages to Kraków.[3] He was made Cardinal by Pope Leo XIII in 1893. He took part in the 1903 conclave which elected Pope Pius X.[1][4] He was honored to be listed first among the recipients of that pope’s encyclical Singulari Quadam promulgated on 24 September 1912.[5] Kopp died in Opava in Austrian Silesia.

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  1. ↑ a b Florida International University, Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church website, Biographical Dictionary of Pope Leo XIII (1878-1903), Consistory of January 16, 1893 (XVIII)
  2. ↑ Deutsche Biographie website, Kopp, Georg von (preußischer Adel 1906)
  3. ↑ German Nationalism and Religious Conflict: Culture, Ideology, Politics, 1870-1914 Helmut Walser Smith July 2014, page 189-190
  4. ↑ California State University Northbridge website, Sede Vacante 1903
  5. ↑ Pope Pius X . Singulari Quadam, 24 September 1912, Libreria Editrice Vaticana

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Catholic Church titles
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1881–1887 Template:S-ttl/check 		Template:S-aft/check Succeeded by
Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/checkTemplate:Succession box/check Prince-Bishop of Breslau
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Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/checkTemplate:Succession box/check Cardinal Priest of Sant'Agnese fuori le mura
1893–1914 Template:S-ttl/check 		Template:S-aft/check Succeeded by
Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/checkTemplate:Succession box/check Chairman of the Fulda Conference of Catholic Bishops
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