Sigismund von Kollonitsch


Sigismund von Kollonitsch
Cardinal, Prince-Archbishop of Vienna
Portrait by Jacob van Schuppen
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
ArchdioceseVienna
SeeSt. Stephen's Cathedral
Installed1 July 1716
Term ended12 April 1751
PredecessorFranz Ferdinand von Rummel
SuccessorJohann Joseph von Trautson
Other post(s)
Orders
Ordination22 October 1699
Consecration7 December 1709
Created cardinal26 November 1727
by Benedict XIII
RankCardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born(1677-05-30)30 May 1677
Died12 April 1751(1751-04-12) (aged 73)
Vienna, Austria, Holy Roman Empire
BuriedSt. Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna
NationalityAustrian
EducationGerman College of Apollinaris, Rome

Sigismund von Kollonitsch; Kollonitz, Kollonic, Kollonics, Collonicz (30 May 1677, in Vienna – 12 April 1751) was titular Bishop of Scutari, Bishop of Waitzen, and was from 1716 to 1722 Prince-Bishop of Vienna, then from 1722 to 1751 the first Prince-Archbishop of Vienna. He was raised in 1727 to the cardinalate by Pope Benedict XIII.