List of the bishops of Wroclaw

Coat of arms of the diocese of Breslau based on Siebmacher's book of arms from 1605

The List of Bishops of Wroclaw introduces the Bishops , Prince-Bishops and Archbishops of the Archdiocese of Wroclaw .

The religious center is the Wroclaw Cathedral of St. John the Baptist (Polish: Bazylika Archikatedralna św. Jana Chrzciciela).

The bishops are supported by the auxiliary bishops in Wroclaw .

List of bishops

No.	bishop	from	to	annotation	presentation	coat of arms
01	Johann	1000		After the diocese went under again after Johann, the counting only begins with Johann I (1062-1072).
02	Jerome	1046	1062
03	Johann I.	1062	1072
04th	Peter I.	1074	1111
05	Siroslaus I.	1112	1120
06th	Haymo	1120	1126
07th	Robert I.	1127	1142
08th	Robert II	1142	1146
09	Johann II.	1146	1149		seal
10	Walter	1149	1169
11	Siroslaus II.	1170	1198
12	Yaroslav of Opole	1198	1201
13	Cyprian	1201	1207
14th	Lorenz	1207	1232
No.	Prince-Bishop (since 1240)	from	to	annotation	presentation	coat of arms
15th	Thomas I.	1232	1268			coat of arms
	Vladislav of Silesia	1268	1270	Wladislaw had already tried to secure the bishopric in Bamberg (1257) and Passau (1265) and was finally raised to the position of Archbishop of Salzburg (1265-1270). When he was finally elected Bishop of Wroclaw, he did not want to give up the office in Salzburg and the Pope therefore refused to give his consent, so that he only worked as an administrator in Wroclaw .
	Thomas II	1270	1292			coat of arms
	Johann III. Romka	1292	1301			coat of arms
	Heinrich von Würben	1302	1319		seal
	Vitus of Habdank	1319	1326	In a schismatic election, the cathedral chapter chose Vitus and Lutold von Kremsier , neither of whom could prevail and both finally resigned. Nikolaus von Banz was employed as administrator during this period of the Sedis vacancy .
	Lutold von Kremsier	1319	1326	In a schismatic election, the cathedral chapter chose Lutold and Vitus von Habdank , neither of whom could prevail and both ultimately resigned. Nikolaus von Banz was employed as administrator during this period of the Sedis vacancy .
	Nikolaus von Banz	1319	1326	After Vitus von Habdank and Lutold von Kremsier were elected twice , Nikolaus was appointed administrator.
	Nanker	1326	1341		seal	coat of arms
	Preczlaw from Pogarell	1342	1376		High grave	Family coat of arms
	Dietrich von Klattau	1376	1380	Dietrich was elected in 1376 and finally confirmed in 1378 by the Avignon Pope Clement VII . However, he stayed in Avingnon and died there in 1387.
	Johannes von Neumarkt	1380	1380	John was elected in 1380 and by the Roman Pope Urban VI. approved. He died before he took office.	painting
	Heinrich von Liegnitz	1379	1381	Heinrich came from the Silesian Piast family and was the non-ruling Duke of Liegnitz . Due to the unstable religious conditions, he was appointed as administrator. After the Wroclaw Beer War , he handed the office over to his brother.
	Wenceslas of Liegnitz	1382	1417	Wenzel succeeded his brother Heinrich von Liegnitz as administrator (1381-1382) and then accepted the dignity of a bishop. He resigned in 1417 and lived at Ottmachau Castle , where he died in 1419.	Tomb
	Konrad von Oels	1417	1447	Konrad carried the title of Duke of Oels and Bernstadt . The diocese was devastated in the Hussite Wars .
	Peter II. Nowag	1447	1456		Tomb	coat of arms
	Jodok von Rosenberg	1456	1467		Tomb	Family coat of arms
	Rudolf von Rudesheim	1468	1482		Tomb
	Johann IV. Roth	1482	1506		Tomb	Family coat of arms
	Johann V. Thurzo	1506	1520		Tomb	Family coat of arms
	Jakob von Salza	1520	1539			coat of arms
	Balthasar von Promnitz	1539	1562			Family coat of arms
	Kaspar von Logau	1562	1574			coat of arms
	Martin von Gerstmann	1574	1585
	Andrew of Jerin	1585	1596		Contemporary painting
	Bonaventure Rooster	1596	1599	The election of Bonaventura in 1596 was declared invalid by the emperor and the Pope forced him to resign in 1599.	medal
	Paul Albert	1599	1600	Paul Albert died after the election, before the consecration.		coat of arms
	Johann VI. from Sitsch	1600	1608			coat of arms
	Charles of Austria	1608	1624	Karl carried the title of Archduke of Inner Austria .	painting	Coat of arms of the Archduchy of the Habsburgs
	Karl Ferdinand Wasa	1625	1655		Contemporary painting	coat of arms
	Johann Balthasar Liesch von Hornau	1635	1655	Since Karl Ferdinand Wasa did not reside in Breslau, Johann Balthasar Liesch took over the function of administrator.
	Leopold Wilhelm of Austria	1656	1662		Contemporary painting	Coat of arms of the Archduchy of the Habsburgs
	Karl Joseph of Austria	1663	1664	Sebastian von Rostock stood by the young archduke's side as coadjutor . Karl Joseph died at the age of 14.	painting	Coat of arms of the Archduchy of the Habsburgs
	Sebastian from Rostock	1665	1671			coat of arms
	Friedrich of Hessen-Darmstadt	1671	1682		drawing
	Karl of Liechtenstein	1682	1683	On papal orders, Karl resigned in favor of the Olomouc bishopric .	painting	coat of arms
	Franz Ludwig of Pfalz-Neuburg	1683	1732	Franz Ludwig took over the episcopal dignity for which his brother Wolfgang Georg Friedrich von der Pfalz was originally intended.	portrait	coat of arms
	Cardinal Philipp Ludwig von Sinzendorf	1732	1747		Contemporary engraving	coat of arms
	Philipp Gotthard von Schaffgotsch	1748	1795	Philipp Gotthard had been coadjutor since 1744 . During the Seven Years' War he resided in the Austrian part of the diocese.	painting	coat of arms
	Johann Moritz von Strachwitz	1757	1781	Johann Moritz administered the Prussian part of the diocese that was separated off during the Seven Years' War . From 1761 he was also auxiliary bishop.		Family coat of arms
	Anton Ferdinand von Rothkirch and Panthen	1781	1795	Anton Ferdinand was administrator of the Prussian part and auxiliary bishop.
	Joseph Christian Franz zu Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Bartenstein	1795	1817	Joseph Christian Franz had been coadjutor of the Prussian part since 1787.		coat of arms
	Emanuel von Schimonsky	1824	1832	Emanuel was already a capitular vicar and apostolic administrator (1817-1824).	Contemporary etching	coat of arms
	Leopold von Sedlnitzky	1836	1840	Leopold was already a capitular vicar (1832–1836). He resigned in 1840.		coat of arms
	Ignaz Ritter	1840	1843	Ignaz Ritter was a capitular vicar with prospects for the bishopric. Under his successor he held the office of vicar general .
	Joseph Knauer	1843	1844	Joseph was elected in 1841 and consecrated in 1843. He was Grand Dean of the County of Glatz (1809-1843).	painting	coat of arms
	Daniel Latussek	1844	1845	Daniel was a vicar capitular and since 1838 auxiliary bishop.
	Melchior Cardinal Baron von Diepenbrock	1845	1853		painting	coat of arms
	Heinrich Forster	1853	1881		Contemporary engraving	coat of arms
	Hermann equal	1881	1882	Hermann was a capitular vicar and since 1875 auxiliary bishop.
	Robert Herzog	1882	1886			coat of arms
	Hermann equal	1886	1887	Capitular Vicar
	Georg von Kopp	1887	1914		Contemporary illustration	coat of arms
No.	Archbishop (since 1930)	from	to	annotation	presentation	coat of arms
	Adolf Bertram	1914	1945	Adolf was the first archbishop from 1930 to July 6, 1945. The Diocese of Berlin was founded on August 13, 1930. Wroclaw has belonged to Poland since the end of the Second World War .	Contemporary illustration	coat of arms
No.	Capitular Vicar	from	to	annotation	presentation	coat of arms
	Ferdinand Piontek	1945	1945	Ferdinand was capitular vicar from July 16, 1945 to August 31, 1945.
	Karol Milik	1945	1951	On September 1, 1945, the division into the jurisdiction districts of Breslau, Oppeln , Landsberg an der Warthe and Görlitz , each of which was looked after by their own administrators or vicar of the capitaries. Karol was an administrator in the Wroclaw District.	Tomb
	Kazimierz Lagosz	1951	1956
	Bolesław Kominek	1956	1972	Bolesław had been auxiliary bishop since 1951. In 1972 a canonical reorganization was carried out. Opole and Gorzów Wielkopolski became independent bishoprics, Görlitz became an apostolic administration and from 1994 also a diocese , a visitation was established for the German expellees .	photo	coat of arms
No.	archbishop	from	to	annotation	presentation	coat of arms
	Bolesław Kominek	1972	1974	Bolesław was the first archbishop after World War II.	photo	coat of arms
	Wincenty Urban	1974	1976	Capitular Vicar
	Henryk Roman Gulbinowicz	1976	2004		photo	coat of arms
	Marian Gołębiewski	2004	2013		photo	coat of arms
	Jozef Kupny	2013

literature

Lists of bishops

• Ernst Friedrich Mooyer: Directories of the German bishops since the year 800 AD. Geb. , Minden 1854, pp. 17-18.
• Friedrich Wilhelm Ebeling: The German bishops until the end of the sixteenth century . 1. Volume, Leipzig 1858, pp. 112-122.
• Hugo Weczerka (Hrsg.): Handbook of the historical places . Volume: Silesia (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 316). Kröner, Stuttgart 1977, ISBN 3-520-31601-3 , p. 604 f.
• Jan copy c . In: Erwin Gatz : The Dioceses of the Holy Roman Empire up to Secularization , p. 142, ISBN 3-451-28075-2 .

further reading

• Joseph Jungnitz : The gravesites of the Breslau bishops , Breslau 1895
• K. Kastner: Breslauer Bishops , Breslau 1929
• Erwin Gatz (ed.), With the assistance of Clemens Brodkorb: The Bishops of the Holy Roman Empire 1198 to 1448. A biographical lexicon. Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-428-10303-3 .
• Erwin Gatz (ed.), With the assistance of Clemens Brodkorb: The Bishops of the Holy Roman Empire 1448 to 1648. A biographical lexicon. Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1996, ISBN 3-428-08422-5 .
• Erwin Gatz (ed.), With the assistance of Stephan M. Janker: The Bishops of the Holy Roman Empire 1648 to 1803. A biographical lexicon. Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1990, ISBN 3-428-06763-0 .
• Erwin Gatz (ed.): The bishops of the German-speaking countries 1785/1803 to 1945. A biographical lexicon. Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1983, ISBN 3-428-05447-4 .
• Józef Pater: The resettlement of Lower Silesia in the context of the re-establishment of the diocese of Breslau from 1945 to 1951 . In: Cultures in Encounter . Collegium Pontes, Wrocław – Görlitz 2004, ISBN 83-7432-018-4 .

Web links

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Individual evidence

1. ↑ in the Polish Wikipedia there is another Konrad 1142-1146 listed, pl: Konrad (biskup wrocławski)