Jakob Sigismund von Reinach-Steinbrunn

Jakob Sigismund von Reinach-Steinbrunn (1683–1743) was the Prince-Bishop of Basel from 1737 to 1743.[1]

Biography

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]

References
  1. Sprink & Son's Monthly Numismatic Circle, Vol I. (1893), p. 446
  2. Article on German Wikipedia
  3. Profile on catholic-hierarchy.org
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Johann Konrad von Reinach-Hirtzbach		 Prince-Bishop of Basel
1737–1743		 Succeeded by
Josef Wilhelm Rinck von Baldenstein
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