Gustav Adolf Hohenlohe

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Cardinal Gustav Adolf Hohenlohe (1823-96) was a member of a princely family of Germany, claiming descent from Eberhard, one of the early dukes of Franconia. He was a brother of the Chancellor.

He took Catholic holy orders in 1849 and became in 1857 Bishop of Edessa in partibus and almoner to Pope Pius IX. He was made Cardinal in 1866, and endeavored to prevent the Kulturkampf.

He was sent to Rome in 1872 as Ambassador to the Holy See, but his appointment was rejected by Pius IX. He returned to Rome in 1876 and subsequently gained the favor of Pope Leo XIII. From 1879 to 1884 he was Bishop of Albano and became subsequently archpriest of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome. He died in Rome, October 30, 1896.

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