Bishop of Speyer
Bishop of Speyer | |
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Bishopric | |
catholic | |
Incumbent: Karl-Heinz Wiesemann 19 December 2007 | |
Location | |
Country | Germany |
Information | |
Established | 1802 |
Archdiocese | Bamberg |
Diocese | Speyer |
The Bishop of Speyer is the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Speyer, which is a suffragan see of the Archdiocese of Bamberg.[1][2] The diocese covers an area of 5,893 km². The current bishop is Karl-Heinz Wiesemann.[3]
Listed here are the bishops of the diocese and auxiliary bishops.
Bishops to 1802[]
At some point the bishops of Speyer acquired imperial fiefs. From 1546 to 1801 they ruled as prince-bishops.
Name | From | Until |
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circa 346 | ||
circa 613 | ||
610 | 650 | |
650 | 659 | |
659 | 700 | |
700 | 709 | |
709 | 725 | |
725 | 743 | |
743 | 760 | |
Basinus | 760 | 775 |
775 | 802 | |
802 | 810 | |
810 | 814 | |
814 | 828 or 830 | |
, also Hertinus | 828 or 830 | 845 or 846 |
Gebhard I | 845 or 847 | 880 |
881 | 895 or 898 | |
, also Eginhard | 895 or 898 | 913 |
914 | 922 | |
913 or 923 | 943 | |
, also Reginhard | 943 or 944 | 950 |
950 | 960 | |
960 | 970 | |
970 | 987 | |
987 | 1004 | |
Walter | 1004 | 1031 |
1031 | 1032 | |
, also Reginher | 1032 | 1033 |
Reginhard II of Dillingen,[4] also Reginbald | 1033 | 1039 |
, also Siegbodo | 1039 | 1051 |
1051 | 1056 | |
1056 | 1060 | |
1060 | 1067 | |
1067 | 1072 or 1073 | |
(Hußmann?) | 1073 | 1090 |
Johann I of Kraichgau | 1090 | 1104 |
1105 | 1107 († 1110) | |
(Count of Saargau) | 1107 | 1123 |
1124 | 1126 | |
1127 | 1146 | |
1146 | 1161 | |
1161 | 1163 | |
1164 | 1167 | |
1167 | 1176 | |
1176 | 1178 | |
1178 | 1187 | |
1187 | 1200 | |
Conrad III of Scharfenberg | 1200 | 1224 |
1224 | 1232 | |
1233 | 1236 | |
1237 | 1245 | |
1245 | 1272 | |
1272 | 1302 | |
, also Siegbodo | 1302 | 1314 |
Emich, Count of Leiningen, also Emicho | 1314 | 1328 |
1328 | 1328 | |
1328 | 1336 | |
Baldwin, Archbishop of Trier (Administrator) | 1332 | 1336 |
1336 | 1363 | |
(Brunn?) | 1364 | 1371 |
1371 | 1388 | |
1388 | 1396 | |
Raban of Helmstatt | 1396 | 1438 |
1438 | 1456 | |
1456 | 1459 | |
, aka Enzenberger | 1459 | 1464 |
1464 | 1478 | |
1478 | 1504 | |
Philip I of Rosenberg | 1504 | 1513 |
George, Count Palatine by Rhine | 1513 | 1529 |
Philip II of Flersheim | 1529 | 1552 |
1552 | 1560 | |
1560 | 1581 | |
1581 | 1610 | |
Philipp Christoph von Sötern | 1610 | 1652 |
Lothar Friedrich of Metternich | 1652 | 1675 |
Johann Hugo von Orsbeck | 1675 | 1711 |
Heinrich Hartard of Rollingen | 1711 | 1719 |
Hugo Damian of Schönborn[5] | 1719 | 1743 |
1743 | 1770 | |
Damian August Philipp Karl, Count of Limburg-Stirum-Vehlen | 1770 | 1797 |
Philipp Franz Wilderich of Walderdorf | 1801 | 1802 († 1810) |
Sede vacante | 1802 | 1818 |
Secularization and division of the diocese[6] | 1803 |
Bishops after 1818[]
Tenure | Incumbent | Notes |
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1802 to 5 February 1818 | Sede vacante | Secularization and division of the bishopric of Speyer |
5 February 1818 to 30 June 1826 | Matthäus Georg von Chandelle | Priest of Mainz; ordained 9 December 1821; died in office |
22 July 1826 to 25 March 1835 | Priest of Mainz; confirmed 9 April 1827; ordained 25 April 1827; appointed Bishop of Eichstätt | |
23 March 1835 to 20 September 1836 | Priest of Würzburg; confirmed 24 July 1835; ordained 1 November 1835; Appointed Bishop of Augsburg | |
20 September 1836 to 23 May 1842 | Johannes von Geissel | Priest of Speyer; confirmed 19 May 1837; ordained 13 August 1837; Appointed Bishop of Cologne |
5 March 1842 to 13 December 1869 | Nicolaus von Weis | Priest of Speyer; confirmed 23 May 1842; ordained 10 July 1842; died in office |
6 May 1870 to 4 April 1871 | Priest of Speyer; confirmed 27 June 1870; ordained 18 September 1870; died in office | |
23 May 1872 to 31 May 1876 | Bonifatius von Haneberg, OSB | Priest of the Order of Saint Benedict; confirmed 29 July 1872; ordained 25 August 1872; died in office |
9 June 1878 to 18 March 1905 | Priest of Würzburg; confirmed 9 June 1878; ordained 15 July 1878; died in office | |
21 March 1905 to 9 September 1910 | Priest of Speyer; confirmed 30 May 1905; ordained 16 July 1905; died in office | |
4 November 1910 to 26 May 1917 | Michael von Faulhaber | Priest of Speyer; confirmed 7 January 1911; ordained 19 February 1911; appointed Archbishop of München und Freising |
28 May 1917 to 20 May 1943 | Priest of Bamberg; confirmed 31 July 1917; ordained 23 September 1917; died in office | |
20 May 1943 to 9 August 1952 | Joseph Wendel | Coadjutor Bishop of Speyer; installed 4 June 1943; Appointed Archbishop of München und Freising |
22 December 1952 to 10 February 1968 | Priest of Speyer; ordained 1 February 1953; resigned | |
28 May 1968 to 28 October 1982 | Friedrich Wetter | Priest of Speyer; ordained 29 June 1968; Appointed Archbishop of München und Freising |
25 August 1983 to 10 February 2007 | Anton Schlembach | Priest of Würzburg; ordained 16 October 1983 |
19 December 2007 to present | Karl-Heinz Wiesemann | Auxiliary bishop of Paderborn; ordained 2 March 2008 |
Auxiliary bishops[]
- Pierre Spitznagel, O. Carm. (1444–1465)[7]
- , O.F.M. (1466–1484)
- , O.P. (1484–1486)
- (1486–1511)
- (1512–1520)
- (1520–1525)
- , O.S.A. (1529–1541)
- (1544–1563)
- (1566–1572)
- (1575–1595)
- (1596–1605)
- (1606–1610)
- (1611–)
- (1623–1663)
- (1673–1684)
- (1685–1698)
- Peter Cornelius Beyweg (1701–1744)
- Johann Adam Buckel (1745–1771)
- Johann Andreas Seelmann (1772–1789)
- Valentin Philipp Anton Schmidt (1790–1805)
- Ernst Gutting (1971–1994)
- Otto Georgens (1995–)
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Diocese of Speyer" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
- ^ "Diocese of Speyer" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
- ^ "Bischöfe". Home page of the Diocese of Speyer (in German). Bistum Speyer. 2003. Archived from the original on 2006-03-29. Retrieved 2009-07-06.
- ^ Reginhard II/Reginbald according to Gumbert was the architect of the Speyer Cathedral.
- ^ Hugo Damian of Schönborn moved the seat of the bishopric to Bruchsal.
- ^ The diocese was and secularized in 1803 by France and with the Rhine as a border, divided between France and the margraviate of Baden.
- ^ "Bishop Pierre Spitznagel, O. Carm." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
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