Bishop of Speyer

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Bishop of Speyer
Bishopric
catholic
Franz Christoph von Hutten zum Stolzenberg prince bishop of Speyer.JPG
Franz Christoph von Hutten zum Stolzenberg, prince-bishop of Speyer
Incumbent:
Karl-Heinz Wiesemann
19 December 2007
Location
CountryGermany
Information
Established1802
ArchdioceseBamberg
DioceseSpeyer

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
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
 [de] 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
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[]

  1. ^ "Diocese of Speyer" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  2. ^ "Diocese of Speyer" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ Reginhard II/Reginbald according to Gumbert was the architect of the Speyer Cathedral.
  5. ^ Hugo Damian of Schönborn moved the seat of the bishopric to Bruchsal.
  6. ^ The diocese was and secularized in 1803 by France and with the Rhine as a border, divided between France and the margraviate of Baden.
  7. ^ "Bishop Pierre Spitznagel, O. Carm." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
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