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Leo Cardinal Skrbenský of Hriste (Czech: Lev Skrbenský z Hriste; born June 12, 1863 in Hausdorf, Moravia, † December 24, 1938 in Dlouhá Loučka, district Olomouc) was Archbishop of Prague and later Archbishop of Olomouc.
Biography
Leo Skrbenský of Hriste visited the Archbishop's School in Kremsier 1882-1884 studied law at the University of Innsbruck from 1885 and theology at the seminary in Olomouc, where he was ordained a priest in 1889. The following studies at the Pontifical Gregorian University he graduated in 1892 with the degree of Doctor of Law. can. from.
In addition to studying in Rome, he worked as a chaplain at the Anima College. After returning to his homeland, he worked as a chaplain in Moravia. In 1896, he became the canon and provost from 1898 Kremsier and canon in Olomouc.
Emperor Franz Joseph I appointed him in 1899 as the successor of the late Archbishop of Prague Schönborn. The episcopal ordination took place on January 6, 1900 and a year later, on 15 April 1901 by Pope Leo XIII. elevation to cardinal. He was assigned the titular church of Santo Stefano al Monte Celio. His episcopal work, however, was overshadowed by the smoldering conflict of nationalities, especially since he had the reputation of an Austro -minded aristocrat, who was sponsored by the imperial court in Vienna.
1904 founded the Czech Catholic clergy Catholic reform a State Association, which was sponsored by the bishops, and turned others against the Austrian influence in church affairs. But could not Leo Skrbenský of Hriste to eliminate the existing tensions.
At the request of the government in Vienna he was in 1916 elected by Olomouc Cathedral Chapter to succeed the late Archbishop Franz Bauer Sales and displaced in the same year with the approval of the Pope to Olomouc. After the establishment of Czechoslovakia in 1918, he found as Austro -minded bishop in Olomouc little support. That probably explains why he resigned his office in 1920. After his death in 1938 at Schloss Dlouhá Loučka he was buried in the Olomouc Cathedral. He was the last surviving cardinal by Pope Leo XIII. was created.