Franz Xaver Nagl

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Styles of Franz Xaver Cardinal Nagl
Reference style	His Eminence
Spoken style	Your Eminence
Informal style	Cardinal
See	Vienna

His Eminence Franz Xaver Cardinal Nagl S.T.D. (26 November 1855 - 4 February 1913) was a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and was former Archbishop of Vienna.

Nagl was born in Vienna, Austria as the son of Leopold Nagl, a doorman, and Barbara Kloiber. He was educated at the Seminary of Krems and later at the Seminary of Sankt Pölten from 1874 until 1878 then finally at the University of Vienna where he earned a doctorate in theology in 1883. He was ordained on 14 July 1878 and did pastoral work in the archdiocese of Vienna, until 1882 when he was appointed as Chaplain of S. Maria dell' Anima (Austrian church in Rome), where he served until 1883. He was Professor of philosophy and exegesis at the Seminary of Sankt Pölten until 1885. He was Chaplain at the Imperial Court of Vienna from 1885 until 1887. He was Rector of S. Maria dell'Anima from 1889 until 1902. He was created Protonotary apostolic in 1893 and was Canon of the cathedral chapter of Vienna.

[edit] Episcopate

Pope Leo XIII appointed him Bishop of Trieste and Capodistria on 2 June 1902, being consecrated on 15 June. He was promoted to the titular see of Tiro and appointed coadjutor bishop of Vienna on 19 January 1910, succeeding to the metropolitan see of Vienna on 5 August 1911.

[edit] Cardinalate

He was created Cardinal-Priest of San Marco in the consistory of November 27, 1911 by Pope Pius X. During his time as Archbishop of Vienna he was a counselor to Emperor Franz Josef I of Austria and member of the Chamber of Lords and of the Landtag. He died in 1913.