Franziskus von Sales Bauer

Styles of Franziskus von Sales Bauer
Reference style	His Eminence
Spoken style	Your Eminence
Informal style	Cardinal
See	Olomouc

Franziskus von Sales Bauer (January 26, 1841 – November 25, 1915) was an Austro-Hungarian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Brno (1882 - 1904) and later Archbishop of Olomouc from 1904 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1911. He was also deputy of Moravian Diet.

Born in Hrachovec, Moravia, Franziskus Bauer received the Sacrament of Confirmation in 1852, and studied at the seminary at the Faculty of Theology in Olomouc. He received the first tonsure and minor orders on December 14, 1859. Following his elevation to the subdiaconate (December 20, 1862) and the diaconate (February 28, 1863), Bauer was ordained to the priesthood on July 19, 1863, for the Archdiocese of Olomouc.

He then served as a cooperator, and later second chaplain in the parish of Wischau, for the archdiocese until February 1865, whence he began teaching at the Theological Faculty of Olomouc. Bauer finished his studies in 1869, obtaining his doctorate in theology on June 30 of that year. He became Dean of the Theological Faculty in 1869 as well. He became a professor at the University of Prague on September 19, 1873, and later the Rector of the Archiepiscopal Seminary of Prague in 1879.

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