Born to a peasant family in the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Seminarian at Klagenfurt.
Ordained on 8 September 1824.
Parish priest for five years.
Spiritual director of the Klagenfurt seminary.
Taught the Slovene language to seminarians; because the rulers of the empire spoke German, Slovenian was in danger of disappearing.
Prince-bishop of Lavant on 30 May 1846, a diocese with a Slovene majority.
Bishop Slomsek began a campaign of patriotic education. He built new schools, encouraged Slovenian language and culture, wrote textbooks, and edited others.
He founded a weekly newspaper, and published his sermons and episcopal statements.
Founded the Saint Hermagoras Society publishing house to publish popular works in Slovenian.
Today the region is nearly 100% literate, much of it due to Bishop Anton's good work.
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