LEONROD, FRANZ LEOPOLD von. - Bishop of Eichstätt, b. at Ansbach on 26 Aug. 1827, d. at Eichstätt on 5 Sept. 1905. He was a strenuous defender of the rights of the Church in the struggle of the Kulturkampf. Here is his curriculum vitae: in 1850 priest, in 1854 assistant vicar in the city of Reichenhall, in 1856 preacher in the cathedral of Eichstätt, in 1859 parish priest at St. Zeno near Reichenhall, on 13 Nov. 1866 bishop of Eichstätt (consecrated on 19 March 1867).

A determined supporter of the pope's infallibility, he conducted with great energy the struggle against the Lutz ministry and brought aid to the Prussian bishops struck down in the struggle for the Kulturkampf. In his diocese L. promoted the restoration of the cathedral of Eichstätt, the reworking of the Instructio pastoralis Eystettensis (1902) and the founding of a diocesan museum. He drafted the well-known Memorandum of the Bavarian bishops (1888) and wrote anonymously in 1873 Gespräche über den Syllabus and in 1905 Verhandlungen des bayer. Episkopats mit der Staatsregierung 1850-59 über den Vollzug des Konkordats. His writings were collected in 1892 by L. Morgott and published with a biography.

Bibliography

BIBL.: W. Koch, s. v. in LThK, VI, col. 511.

Francesco Ercolani

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