Franz Konrad von Rodt

Franz Konrad Casimir Ignaz von Rodt, was an 18th-century German Cardinal.

Biography

His father was General and Breisach fortress commander Franz Christoph von Rodt. Von Rodt was elected Bishop of Constance in 1750, succeeding his maternal uncle, Kasimir Anton von Sickingen. One of his successors was his brother Maximilian Christof von Rodt.
Pope Benedict XIV created him a cardinal in the consistory of 5 April 1756.
On 2 August 1758, he became Cardinal Priest of the Titular Church of Santa Maria del Popolo.
Von Rodt participated in the conclave of 1758, in which Clement XIII was elected, but he did not participate in the conclaves of 1769 and 1774-1775.
Franz Konrad von Rodt died in 1775 of a stroke in his Bishop's residence, the Neues Schloss in Meersburg and was buried in the choir of its Catholic parish church.