Archbishop Franz Xaver Luschin (; 3 December 1781 – 2 May 1854) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as a Diocesan Bishop of

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from 24 May 1824 until 23 June 1834, a Metropolitan Archbishop of the

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and

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of Galicia and Lodomeria from 23 June 1834 until 6 April 1835 and a Metropolitan Archbishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gorizia and Gradisca from 6 April 1835 his death on 2 May 1854.

Life

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Archbishop Luschin was born in the wealthy peasant family of

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in Tainach (present day a part of town

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). After graduation from gymnasium and lyceum education, he joined the Major Roman Catholic Theological Seminary in Klagenfurt and was ordained as

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on 26 August 1804, for the

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, after he had completed his philosophical and theological studies. After his ordination, he served as an assistant priest in Klagenfurt from 1804 until 1808 and continued his studies in the

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earning a

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degree in 1813. He became a professor in a

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and in 1815–1816, for one year, become a Rector. In 1820 he was appointed a referent in ecclesiastical affairs for the Tyrolean government in

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. On 24 May 1824, he was confirmed by the

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as a Diocesan Bishop of

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, that had been vacant for six years. On 3 October 1824, he was consecrated as a bishop by Metropolitan Archbishop Augustin Johann Joseph Gruber without co-consecrators. Here he worked not only on the solution of an ecclesiastical questions but also on economic problems. On 23 June 1834 he was confirmed by the

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as a Metropolitan Archbishop of the

and the second

of Galicia and Lodomeria in present-day

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, but he immediately realized that he would not be able to control the difficult situation, as there were strong tensions between the Latin-rite Catholics and the united Ruthenians. So he immediately asked to be transferred to another see, and a year later, on 6 April 1835, he was confirmed by the Holy See as a Metropolitan Archbishop of the vacant Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gorizia and Gradisca. Archbishop Luschin died while in office on 2 May 1854 in

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, and was buried in the crypt of the local metropolitan chapel.

References

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