Cardinal Carlo Gaetano Gaisruck
| Carlo Gaetano Gaisruck | |
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| Cardinal, Archbishop of Milan | |
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| Church | Catholic Church |
| See | Milan |
| Appointed | 16 March 1818 |
| Term ended | 19 November 1846 |
| Predecessor | Giovanni Battista Caprara |
| Successor | Bartolomeo Carlo Romilli |
| Other posts | Cardinal Priest of San Marco |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 23 August 1801 (Bishop) by Leopold Leonard von Thun |
| Created Cardinal | 27 September 1824 by Pope Leo XII |
| Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Karl Kajetan von Gaysruck |
| Born |
7 August 1769 Klagenfurt |
| Died | 19 November 1846 (aged 77) Milan |
| Buried | Cathedral of Milan |
| Coat of arms |  |
Karl Kajetan von Gaisruck (Italian: Carlo Gaetano (di) Gaisruck) (1769 – 1846) was an Austrian Cardinal and the archbishop of Milan from 1816 to 1846. He also held the title of Graf or Count.
Gaisruck was born on 7 August 1769 in Klagenfurt, Archduchy of Austria. He studied in Salzburg, at the Collegium Germanicum in Pavia, and he received a doctorate in liberal arts and philosophy from the University of Salzburg.
He was elected the canon of the Cathedral chapter of Passau in September 1788. In 1800 he was ordained a Catholic priest. The next year he was appointed auxiliary bishop of Passau, with the title of Bishop of Derbe, and accordingly he was consecrated bishop on 23 August 1801 by the last Prince-Bishop of Passau Leopold Leonard von Thun. After the secularization of the bishopric of Passau in 1803, Gaisruck had to left the town and served as parish priest in the Diocese of Linz till his appointment as Archbishop of Milan.
The archdiocese of Milan remained vacant after the death of Cardinal Giovanni Battista Caprara in 1810 because Emperor Napoleon did not allow the appointment of a successor. The diocese was ruled for eight years by the vicar appointed by the Cathedral chapter, Monsignor Carlo Sozzi (1752-1824). This period of vacancy was marked by the Napoleonic Wars, and by the consequences of the anticlerical regulations of the previous years.
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