Sebastian von Rostock

Sebastian von Rostock ( born August 24, 1607 Grottkau, † June 9, 1671 in Breslau) was from 1665 to 1671 Bishop of Breslau.

Background and Career

The son of a craftsman Grottkauer attended high school in Neisse and from 1627 studied philosophy and theology at the Jesuit University in Olomouc. In the year of his ordination, he was chaplain in 1633 and 1635 pastor at the parish church of Neisser. 1636 by the doctorate in theology. , 1641, he was Breslauer canons. For his services during the Thirty Years' War, Emperor Ferdinand Emperor raised him to the peerage. 1649 he has been archdeacon and preacher of the Wrocław Cathedral. 1663 he was appointed Coadjutor Bishop and Vicar General of the minor Breslau Bishop Karl Joseph of Austria.

Bishop of Breslau

After the death of Bishop Karl Joseph of Austria, the Breslau cathedral chapter elected on April 21, 1664 Sebastian von Rostock as his successor. The episcopal ordination took place on 12 April 1665th

After 1664 the Higher Regional Captain Duke Georg III. died of Brzeg and Legnica, the emperor appointed the newly elected Bishop Sebastian of Rostock top Governor of Silesia. Thus, the 1608 dissolved under pressure from the Silesian princes and states connection between the Wroclaw bishopric and the Higher Regional captaincy was restored.

Even as Vicar General Sebastian of Rostock was an avid supporter of the Counter-Reformation, which was trying to win the Protestant population to Catholicism.

After his death he was buried in the Wrocław Cathedral. A tomb was also created for the Neisser parish church.