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Jakob Sigismund von Reinach-Steinbrunn | |
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| Bishop of Basel | |
| Church | Catholic Church |
| Diocese | Diocese of Basel |
| In office | 30 September 1737 – 16 December 1743 |
| Predecessor | Johann Konrad von Reinach-Hirtzbach |
| Successor | Josef Wilhelm Rinck von Baldenstein |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 18 September 1717 |
| Consecration | 29 June 1738 by Giovanni Battista Barni |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 August 1683 |
| Died | 16 December 1743 (aged 60) |
Jakob Sigismund von Reinach-Steinbrunn (1683–1743) was the Prince-Bishop of Basel from 1737 to 1743.[1]
Biography
[edit]Jakob Sigismund von Reinach-Steinbrunn was born in Obersteinbrunn, the son of Johann Jakob Kaspar Sigmund Freiherr von Reinach-Steinbrunn (d. 1693) and his wife Maria Salome Lucia von Pfirt (d. 1721).[2]
From 1703 to 1705, he attended the Jesuit gymnasium in Porrentruy.[2] He then studied Christian theology at the Collegium Germanicum in Rome.[2]
He became a canon in 1707, and was ordained as a priest on 18 September 1717.[3] He became the provost of Basel Münster in 1726.[2]
On 4 June 1737 the cathedral chapter of Basel Münster elected him to be the new prince-bishop of Basel, with Pope Clement XII confirming his appointment on 30 September 1737.[3] He was consecrated as a bishop by Cardinal Barni on 29 June 1738.[3]
He died on 16 December 1743.[3]
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