Vienna Convention between the Holy See and Austria-Hungary (1855 Concordat)

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The Vienna Convention between the Holy See and Austria-Hungary (1855 Concordat) was a 19th-century agreement that regulated the relationship between the Catholic Church and the Habsburg monarchy, granting the Church extensive control over education, marriage, and ecclesiastical appointments within the empire.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf concordat
international agreement
treaty
aimedTo strengthen the position of the Catholic Church in the Habsburg Empire
alsoKnownAs 1855 Concordat
Austro‑Roman Concordat of 1855
Concordat of 1855
appliesTo Cisleithanian lands of Austria‑Hungary
Habsburg monarchy
category Church–state relations in Austria‑Hungary
Concordats of the Holy See
Treaties of the Austrian Empire
concerns Catholic education system in the Habsburg monarchy
appointment of bishops and higher clergy
canonical marriage law for Catholics in the empire
church–state relations in Austria
church–state relations in Austria‑Hungary
concludedBy Austrian Empire
Habsburg monarchy
Holy See
countryOfJurisdiction Austrian Empire
grantedPowerOver ecclesiastical appointments
education
marriage
grantedPowerTo Catholic Church
hasLanguage German
Latin
hasTopic church property and rights
ecclesiastical jurisdiction
recognition of canon law in civil matters
religious instruction in schools
seminaries and clerical training
historicalPeriod 19th century
historicalSignificance key document of neo‑absolutist church policy in the Habsburg Empire
influenced Austrian marriage law for Catholics
subsequent Austrian legislation on education
influencedBy Catholic revival in the 19th century
legalStatus part of Austrian constitutional law of the 19th century
limited state control over church affairs
partyTo Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria
Pope Pius IX
regulates relationship between the Catholic Church and the Habsburg monarchy
relatedTo Austrian Kulturkampf
linked to: Kulturkampf

later secularization reforms in Austria
religiousOrientation Roman Catholic
signedIn Vienna
subjectHasRole Catholic Church
typeOfNorm church–state treaty

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Treaties of the Holy See hasPart Vienna Convention between the Holy See and Austria-Hungary (1855 Concordat)
Vienna Convention between the Holy See and Austria-Hungary (1855 Concordat) alsoKnownAs 1855 Concordat
linked to: Vienna Convention between the Holy See and Austria-Hungary (1855 Concordat)
Vienna Convention between the Holy See and Austria-Hungary (1855 Concordat) alsoKnownAs Concordat of 1855
linked to: Vienna Convention between the Holy See and Austria-Hungary (1855 Concordat)
Vienna Convention between the Holy See and Austria-Hungary (1855 Concordat) alsoKnownAs Austro‑Roman Concordat of 1855
linked to: Vienna Convention between the Holy See and Austria-Hungary (1855 Concordat)