bishop of Speyer
{{Infobox diocese
| titleoverride = Bishop of
| bishopric = Speyer
| border = catholic
| image = Franz Christoph von Hutten zum Stolzenberg prince bishop of Speyer.JPG
| caption = Franz Christoph von Hutten zum Stolzenberg, prince-bishop of Speyer
| incumbent = Karl-Heinz Wiesemann
| incumbent_note = 19 December 2007
| country = Germany
| 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.[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dspey.html "Diocese of Speyer"] Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016[http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/spey0.htm "Diocese of Speyer"] GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016 The diocese covers an area of 5,893 km². The current bishop is Karl-Heinz Wiesemann.{{cite web|url=http://cms.bistum-speyer.de/www1/index.php?mySID=12f525b5f7e3837c211fce7d2b33b79b&cat_id=2124&show=2124|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060329023725/http://cms.bistum-speyer.de/www1/index.php?mySID=235e658ec38aab22e2ed1f7ce4337d1f&cat_id=2124&show=2124|url-status=dead|archive-date=2006-03-29|title=Bischöfe|date=2003|work=Home page of the Diocese of Speyer|publisher=Bistum Speyer|language=German|accessdate=2009-07-06}}
Listed here are the bishops of the diocese and auxiliary bishops.
Bishops to 1802
At some point, the bishops of Speyer acquired imperial fiefs.
| class="wikitable" |
| Name
!From !Until |
|---|
| Jesse of Speir
|align="right"|circa 346 |align="right"| |
| Hildericus episcopus
|align="right"|circa 613 |align="right"| |
| Atanasius
|align="right"|610 |align="right"|650 |
| Principius
|align="right"|650 |align="right"|659 |
| Dragobodo
|align="right"|659 |align="right"|700 |
| Otto
|align="right"|700 |align="right"|709 |
| Siegwin I
|align="right"|709 |align="right"|725 |
| Luido
|align="right"|725 |align="right"|743 |
| David
|align="right"|743 |align="right"|760 |
| Basinus
|align="right"|760 |align="right"|775 |
| Siegwin II
|align="right"|775 |align="right"|802 |
| Otto I
|align="right"|802 |align="right"|810 |
| Fraido
|align="right"|810 |align="right"|814 |
| Benedikt
|align="right"|814 |align="right"|828 or 830 |
| Bertin, also Hertinus
|align="right"|828 or 830 |align="right"|845 or 846 |
| Gebhard I
|align="right"|845 or 847 |align="right"|880 |
| Goddank
|align="right"|881 |align="right"|895 or 898 |
| Einhard, also Eginhard
|align="right"|895 or 898 |align="right"|913 |
| Bernhard
|align="right"|914 |align="right"|922 |
| Amalrich
|align="right"|913 or 923 |align="right"|943 |
| Reginwalt I, also Reginhard
|align="right"|943 or 944 |align="right"|950 |
| Gottfried I
|align="right"|950 |align="right"|960 |
| Otgar
|align="right"|960 |align="right"|970 |
| Balderich
|align="right"|970 |align="right"|987 |
| Ruprecht
|align="right"|987 |align="right"|1004 |
| Walter
|align="right"|1004 |align="right"|1031 |
| Siegfried I
|align="right"|1031 |align="right"|1032 |
| Reinher, also Reginher
|align="right"|1032 |align="right"|1033 |
| Reginhard II of Dillingen,Reginhard II/Reginbald according to Gumbert was the architect of the Speyer Cathedral. also Reginbald
|align="right"|1033 |align="right"|1039 |
| Sigbodo I, also Siegbodo
|align="right"|1039 |align="right"|1051 |
| Arnold I of Falkenberg
|align="right"|1051 |align="right"|1056 |
| Konrad I
|align="right"|1056 |align="right"|1060 |
| Eginhard II of Katzenelnbogen
|align="right"|1060 |align="right"|1067 |
| Heinrich of Scharfenberg
|align="right"|1067 |align="right"|1075 |
| Rüdiger Huzmann (Huozmann, Hutzmann)
|align="right"|1075 |align="right"|1090 |
| Johann I of Kraichgau
|align="right"|1090 |align="right"|1104 |
| Gebhard II, Count of Urach
|align="right"|1105 |align="right"|1107 († 1110) |
| Bruno, Count of Saarbrücken (Count of Saargau)
|align="right"|1107 |align="right"|1123 |
| Arnold II, Count of Leiningen
|align="right"|1124 |align="right"|1126 |
| Siegfried I, Count of Wolffölden
|align="right"|1127 |align="right"|1146 |
| {{ill|Günther von Henneberg|de}}
|align="right"|1146 |align="right"|1161 |
| Ulrich I of Dürrmenz
|align="right"|1161 |align="right"|1163 |
| Gottfried II
|align="right"|1164 |align="right"|1167 |
| Rabodo, Count of Lobdaburg
|align="right"|1167 |align="right"|1176 |
| Konrad II
|align="right"|1176 |align="right"|1178 |
| Ulrich II of Rechberg
|align="right"|1178 |align="right"|1187 |
| Otto II, Count of Henneberg
|align="right"|1187 |align="right"|1200 |
| Conrad III of Scharfenberg
|align="right"|1200 |align="right"|1224 |
| Beringer of Entringen
|align="right"|1224 |align="right"|1232 |
| Konrad IV of Dahn
|align="right"|1233 |align="right"|1236 |
| Konrad V, Count of Eberstein
|align="right"|1237 |align="right"|1245 |
| Heinrich II, Count of Leiningen
|align="right"|1245 |align="right"|1272 |
| Friedrich of Bolanden
|align="right"|1272 |align="right"|1302 |
| Sigibodo II of Lichtenberg, also Siegbodo
|align="right"|1302 |align="right"|1314 |
| Emich, Count of Leiningen, also Emicho
|align="right"|1314 |align="right"|1328 |
| Berthold, Count of Bucheck
|align="right"|1328 |align="right"|1328 |
| Walram, Count of Veldenz
|align="right"|1328 |align="right"|1336 |
| Baldwin, Archbishop of Trier (Administrator)
|align="right"|1332 |align="right"|1336 |
| Gerhard of Ehrenberg
|align="right"|1336 |align="right"|1363 |
| Lambert of Born (Brunn?)
|align="right"|1364 |align="right"|1371 |
| Adolf I, Count of Nassau
|align="right"|1371 |align="right"|1388 |
| Nikolaus I aus Wiesbaden
|align="right"|1388 |align="right"|1396 |
| Raban of Helmstatt
|align="right"|1396 |align="right"|1438 |
| Reinhard of Helmstatt
|align="right"|1438 |align="right"|1456 |
| Siegfried III Freiherr of Venningen
|align="right"|1456 |align="right"|1459 |
| Johann II Nix of Hoheneck, aka Enzenberger
|align="right"|1459 |align="right"|1464 |
| Matthias Freiherr of Rammingen
|align="right"|1464 |align="right"|1478 |
| Ludwig of Helmstädt
|align="right"|1478 |align="right"|1504 |
| Philip I of Rosenberg
|align="right"|1504 |align="right"|1513 |
| George, Count Palatine by Rhine
|align="right"|1513 |align="right"|1529 |
| Philip II of Flersheim
|align="right"|1529 |align="right"|1552 |
| Rudolf of Frankenstein
|align="right"|1552 |align="right"|1560 |
| Marquard Freiherr of Hattstein
|align="right"|1560 |align="right"|1581 |
| Eberhard of Dienheim
|align="right"|1581 |align="right"|1610 |
| Philipp Christoph von Sötern
|align="right"|1610 |align="right"|1652 |
| Lothar Friedrich of Metternich
|align="right"|1652 |align="right"|1675 |
| Johann Hugo von Orsbeck
|align="right"|1675 |align="right"|1711 |
| Heinrich Hartard of Rollingen
|align="right"|1711 |align="right"|1719 |
| Hugo Damian of SchönbornHugo Damian of Schönborn moved the seat of the bishopric to Bruchsal.
|align="right"|1719 |align="right"|1743 |
| Franz Christoph of Hutten zu Stolzenberg
|align="right"|1743 |align="right"|1770 |
| Damian August Philipp Karl, Count of Limburg-Stirum-Vehlen
|align="right"|1770 |align="right"|1797 |
| Philipp Franz Wilderich of Walderdorf
|align="right"|1801 |align="right"|1802 († 1810) |
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|align="right"|1802 |align="right"|1818 |
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|Secularization and division of the dioceseThe diocese was secularized in 1803 by France and with the Rhine as a border, divided between France and the margraviate of Baden. |align="right"|1803 |
Bishops after 1818
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|1802 to 5 February 1818 | Sede vacante | Secularization and division of the bishopric of Speyer |
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|5 February 1818 to 30 June 1826 | Matthäus Georg von Chandelle | Priest of Mainz; ordained 9 December 1821; died in office |
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|22 July 1826 to 25 March 1835 | Johann Martin Manl | Priest of Mainz; confirmed 9 April 1827; ordained 25 April 1827; appointed Bishop of Eichstätt |
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|23 March 1835 to 20 September 1836 | Johann Peter von Richarz | Priest of Würzburg; confirmed 24 July 1835; ordained 1 November 1835; Appointed Bishop of Augsburg |
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|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 |
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|5 March 1842 to 13 December 1869 | Nicolaus von Weis | Priest of Speyer; confirmed 23 May 1842; ordained 10 July 1842; died in office |
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|6 May 1870 to 4 April 1871 | Konrad Reither | Priest of Speyer; confirmed 27 June 1870; ordained 18 September 1870; died in office |
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|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 |
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|9 June 1878 to 18 March 1905 | Joseph Georg von Ehrler | Priest of Würzburg; confirmed 9 June 1878; ordained 15 July 1878; died in office |
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|21 March 1905 to 9 September 1910 | Konrad von Busch | Priest of Speyer; confirmed 30 May 1905; ordained 16 July 1905; died in office |
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|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 |
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|28 May 1917 to 20 May 1943 | Ludwig Sebastian | Priest of Bamberg; confirmed 31 July 1917; ordained 23 September 1917; died in office |
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|20 May 1943 to 9 August 1952 | Joseph Wendel | Coadjutor Bishop of Speyer; installed 4 June 1943; Appointed Archbishop of München und Freising |
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|22 December 1952 to 10 February 1968 | Isidor Markus Emanuel | Priest of Speyer; ordained 1 February 1953; resigned |
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|28 May 1968 to 28 October 1982 | Friedrich Wetter | Priest of Speyer; ordained 29 June 1968; Appointed Archbishop of München und Freising; created a Cardinal in 1985 by Pope John Paul II |
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|25 August 1983 to 10 February 2007 | Anton Schlembach | Priest of Würzburg; ordained 16 October 1983 |
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|19 December 2007 to present | Karl-Heinz Wiesemann | Auxiliary bishop of Paderborn; ordained 2 March 2008 |
Auxiliary bishops
- Pierre Spitznagel, O. Carm. (1444–1465)[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bspitz.html "Bishop Pierre Spitznagel, O. Carm."] Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
- 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–)