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.
Bishops after 1818
Auxiliary bishops
- Pierre Spitznagel, O. Carm. (1444–1465)[7]
- Johann Isenberg, O.F.M. (1466–1484)
- Stephan Karrer, O.P. (1484–1486)
- Heinrich Schertlin (1486–1511)
- Lukas Schleppel (1512–1520)
- Anton Engelbrecht (1520–1525)
- Nikolaus Schigmers, O.S.A. (1529–1541)
- Georg Schweicker (1544–1563)
- Matthais Ob (1566–1572)
- Heinrich Fabricius (1575–1595)
- Dionys Burckard (1596–1605)
- Theobald Manshalter (1606–1610)
- Johannes Streck (1611–)
- Wolfgang Ralinger (1623–1663)
- Johann Brassert (1673–1684)
- Johann Philipp Burkhard (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 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
