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continuing education of the clergy were at his instigation. He published various books of prayers and hymns for use in his diocese. Keen to strengthen parish life, he did not undermine traditional
Baroque popular piety. He lent particular encouragement to pilgrimages, festivals, brotherhoods, and hearing
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in 1814-15. He pushed for a reorganisation of the German church under the leadership of a primate, and for a concordat with the Holy See to cover all German states. Given the particular interests of the Roman Curia and various heads of state, his efforts came to nought. The heads of state wanted
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ordered Bishop
Dalberg to depose Wessenberg from the office of vicar-general without delay. At the beginning of 1815 Wessenberg was replaced temporarily as Vicar general by Canon von Roll. The reason was kept private and the Pope's order remained secret. In the summer of 1815 Dalberg asked the
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National Church, somewhat loosely connected with Rome, supported by the State and protected by it against papal interference. He encouraged the use of the vernacular in liturgical texts, the hymn book and the regular Sunday sermon.
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Wessenberg issued orders (1808) in the case of mixed marriages to permit a male offspring to be brought up in his father's religion; a female offspring in that of her mother, he was called to account by
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Wessenberg travelled to Rome, planning to win the pope over. He hoped to return as primate of his projected German Church or, at least, as Bishop of Constance. He was kindly received by Cardinal
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A progressive churchman, Wessenberg set about abolishing everything he considered superfluous or superstitious about religious customs. In 1806 he did away with various holy days of obligation in the
180:, Ignaz Heinrich Wessenberg was the son of an aristocratic Breisgau family, and destined for a career in the church. His father, Johann Philipp Karl von Wessenberg, was a tutor of the princes of the
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and Vicar capitular (a cleric chosen by a cathedral chapter to manage a bishopric during a vacancy. However, in a Brief of 15 March 1817, his election was invalidated by Pius VII.
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state bishops, each subject to their respective rulers. The Curia was not inclined to support primal leadership of a coalesced German church, resembling bygone imperial times.
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His collection of paintings formed the basis of the
Municipal Wessenberg Gallery at the Rosgarten Museum in Konstanz. His comprehensive private library is today kept at the
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had listed as unorthodox 23 specific propositions. FĂ©nelon had immediately submitted to the pope's authority, setting aside his own opinion.
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Wessenberg had revealed his liberal views of religion and the Catholic Church, in a work entitled
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