Franz Anton Fürst von Harrach zu Rorau (born 2 October 1665, Vienna – 18 July 1727, Salzburg) was appointed coadjutor of Vienna and Titular Bishop of Epiphania in Syria in 1701, was from 1702 to 1705 Prince-Bishop of Vienna, 1705 coadjutor of Salzburg, and ruled from 1709 to 1727. He was considered one of the most notable Prince-Archbishops of Salzburg.
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Biography
Early life
Franz Anton was the son of Ferdinand Bonaventure Graf von Harrach (1637-1706), confidant of Emperor Leopold I, and his wife, Countess Johanna Theresia von Lamberg. His younger brothers were Aloys Thomas Raimund von Harrach (1669-1742), the progenitor of the younger, Silesian line of the House of Harrach, and Johann Philipp von Harrach, a Fieldmarshal.
Franz Anton grew up in Madrid, studied canon and civil law at the Pontificium Collegium Germanicum et Hungaricum de Urbe in Rome, and was raised in 1706 by Joseph I ad personam to the rank of Fürst.
Ecclesiastical career
In 1685, Franz Anton was canon in Passau. In 1687, the canon in Salzburg, and 1692 there dean. Emperor Leopold I appointed him coadjutor of Vienna in July 1701, the Papal confirmation taking place on 1 December. He was also Titular Bishop of Epiphania. When Prince-Bishop Ernest Graf von Trautson died on 7 January 1702, Harrach became his successor and received the episcopal ordination by Johann Philipp von Lamberg, Prince-Bishop of Passau. On 19 October 1705, he was appointed coadjutor of the Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg, Johann Ernst von Thun und Hohenstein, and confirmed in April 1706 by the Pope. After the death of Thun und Hohenstein, he was on 29 May 1709 made reigning Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg.