Daniel Zen ( Vigo di Fassa , 1584 – Bressanone , September 24th 1628 ) was an Austrian Catholic bishop. Zen was born in Vigo di Fassa . He was an organist in the Cathedral of Bressanone . In 1609 he received his doctorate in theology at Dillingen . Ordained deacon December 19, 1610 and priest on June 5 of the same year. It became a diplomatic end in the service of the prince bishop. In 1611 he accompanied Princess Anne of Habsburg to Vienna where he won the sympathies of the imperial court and became its chaplain. In 1613 he returned to Bressanone to fill the role of canon of the cathedral. Later he was appointed dean parish priest of Krems , where in a few years of apostolate he made the faith flourish again. Other positions he held were those of the honorary canon of Passau and Breslau , councilor of the Count of Tyrol Leopold V of Austria , chaplain of the Archduke Charles of Austria , as well as advisor to both Emperor Mattia and Emperor Ferdinand II . In 1626 he made a trip to Rome where he was appointed papal chamberlain by Urban VIII . In this year he was also elected provost of the chapter of the cathedral of Bressanone. A year later, the same chapter elected him as a bishop. He was consecrated bishop on 3 October 1627 but fell ill soon after. He died less than a year later, on September 24, 1628 at the age of 44. His tombstone is visible in the portico in front of the cathedral of Bressanone on the far left. Zen is the only Ladin to have become prince bishop of Bressanone if we exclude the bishops of Sabiona of which various were certainly Rhaeto-Romanians . His was the shortest episcopate in the history of the diocese of Bressanone . In the archive of the Cathedral of Bressanone were found some scores of works composed by him.