Wilhelm Jakob Rink von Baldenstein
Roman Catholic bishop
About Wilhelm Jakob Rink von Baldenstein
Lived 1624 – 1705 (aged 81). Wilhelm Jakob Rink von Baldenstein was a Swiss catholic priest, catholic deacon and catholic bishop.
Wilhelm Jakob Rink von Baldenstein (1624–1705) was the Prince-Bishop of Basel from 1693 to 1705.
Biography
Wilhelm Jakob Rink von Baldenstein was born in Birseck Castle on 10 January 1624.
On 3 August 1688 the cathedral chapter of Basel Münster elected him to be coadjutor bishop of Basel. On 27 September 1690 Pope Alexander VIII confirmed this appointment and also named Baldenstein titular bishop of Curium at the same time. He was consecrated as a bishop by Franz Christoph Rinck von Balderstein, auxiliary bishop of Eichstätt, on 26 August 1691. He succeeded as Prince-Bishop of Basel upon the death of Bishop Johann Konrad von Roggenbach on 13 July 1693.
He died on 4 June 1705.
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Wilhelm Jakob Rink von Baldenstein died on 4 June 1705 in Porrentruy.
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