List of the abbots and bishops of Fulda

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Coat of arms of the monastery and diocese of Fulda according to Siebmacher's coat of arms book from 1605

Abbots and prince abbots of the Fulda monastery or bishops and prince-bishops of the Fulda diocese :

Abbots

Prince Abbot Adolf von Dalberg (1678–1737) over a view of the city of Fulda (copper engraving by Johann Salver )
Prince Abbot Adalbert von Schleifras around 1700
Prince-Bishop Henry VIII of Bibra ( Johann Andreas Herrlein )
# Dept Term of office Remarks
1. Sturmius 744-779
2. Baugulf of Fulda 779-802
3. Ratgar 802-817
4th Eigil from Fulda 818-822
5. Rabanus Maurus 822-842
6th Hatto I of Fulda 842-856
7th Thioto 856-869
8th. Sigihart 869-891
9. Huoggi 891-915
10. Helmfried 915-916
11. Haicho 917-923
12. Hildebert of Mainz 923-927
13. Hadamar 927-956
14th Hatto II. 956-968
15th Werinheri 968-982 † October 30, 982 in Lucca , on the way back to Germany after the lost battle at Cape Colonna ; buried in Borgo San Donnino (today Fidenza ) near Parma.
16. Branthoh I. 982-991
17th Hatto III. 991-997
18th Erkanbald 997-1011
19th Branthoh II. 1011-1013
20th Poppo 1013-1018 also abbot of Lorsch Abbey
21st Richard of Fulda 1018-1039 from 1012 to 1039 abbot Richard I of the Amorbach monastery in the Odenwald, from 1018 also abbot of the Fulda monastery. Died in 1039 and buried in the Neuenberg monastery.
22nd Sigiwart 1039-1043
23. Rohing 1043-1047
24. Egbert von Münsterschwarzach 1047-1058
25th Siegfried I. 1058-1060
26th Widerad from Eppenstein 1060-1075
27. Ruothart 1075-1096
28. Godefrid 1096-1109
29 Wolf helmet 1109-1114
30th Erlolf von Bergholz 1114-1122
31. Ulrich von Kemnaten 1122-1126
32. Heinrich I of Kemnaten 1126-1132
33. Bertho I. von Schlitz 1132-1134
34. Konrad I. 1134-1140
35. Aleholf 1140-1148
36. Rugger I. 1148
37. Heinrich II of Bingarten 1148-1149
38. Markward 1150-1165
39. Gernot of Fulda 1165
40. Hermann 1165-1168
41. Burchard Count of Nürings 1168-1176
42. Rugger II. 1176-1177
43. Konrad II. 1177-1192
44. Henry III. from Kronberg 1192-1216
45. Hartmann I. 1216-1217
46. Kuno of Fulda 1217-1221

Prince abbots

# Dept Term of office Remarks
47. Conrad III. from Malkos 1221-1249
48. Heinrich IV of Erthal 1249-1261
49. Bertho II of Leibolz 1261-1271
50. Bertho III. by Mackenzell 1271-1272
51. Bertho IV of Bimbach 1273-1286
52. Markward II of Bickenbach 1286-1288
53. Heinrich V. Count of Weilnau 1288-1313
54. Eberhard von Rotenstein 1313-1315
55. Henry VI. from Hohenberg 1315-1353
56. Henry VII of Kranlucken 1353-1372
57. Conrad IV of Hanau 1372-1383
58. Friedrich I of Romrod 1383-1395
59. Johann I of Merlau 1395-1440
60. Hermann II of Buchenau 1440-1449 Coadjutor 1419-1427
61. Reinhard von Weilnau 1449-1472
62. Johann II of Henneberg-Schleusingen 1472-1513
63. Hartmann II of Kirchberg 1513-1529
64. Johann III. from Henneberg-Schleusingen 1529-1541 Coadjutor 1521-1529
65. Philipp Schenk zu Schweinsberg 1541-1550
66. Wolfgang Dietrich von Eusigheim 1550-1558
67. Wolfgang Schutzbar called Milchling 1558-1567
68. Philipp Georg Schenk zu Schweinsberg 1567-1568
69. Wilhelm Hartmann from Klauer to Wohra 1568-1570
70. Balthasar von Dernbach 1570-1606 called Grauel; 1576–1602 in exile
Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn 1576-1602 Administrator
71. Johann Friedrich von Schwalbach 1606-1622
72. Johann Bernhard Schenk zu Schweinsberg 1623-1632
73. Johann Adolf von Hoheneck 1633-1635
74. Hermann Georg von Neuhof 1635-1644 called ley
75. Joachim Graf von Gravenegg 1644-1671
76. Bernhard Gustav of Baden-Durlach 1671-1677 1671 cardinal
77. Placidus von Droste 1678-1700
78. Adalbert von Schleifras 1700-1714
79. Konstantin von Buttlar 1714-1726
80. Adolf von Dalberg 1726-1737

Prince-bishops

# bishop Term of office Remarks
1. Amand von Buseck 1737-1756 Prince-Bishop from 1752
2. Adalbert II von Walderdorff 1757-1759
3. Henry VIII of Bibra 1759-1788
4th Adalbert III. from Harstall 1789-1814 Prince-Bishop until 1802

Bishops

Coat of arms of the diocese of Fulda
# bishop Term of office Remarks
Heinrich von Warnsdorf 1814-1817 Apostolic Vicar
Sedis vacancy 1817-1828
5. Johann Adam Rieger 1828-1831
6th Johann Leonhard Pfaff 1832-1848
7th Christoph Florentius Kött 1848-1873
Sedis vacancy 1873-1881
8th. Georg von Kopp 1881-1887
9. Joseph Weyland 1888-1894
10. Georg Ignaz Comp 1894-1898
11. Adalbert Endert 1898-1906
12. Joseph Damian Schmitt 1907-1939
13. Johann Baptist Dietz 1939-1958
14th Adolf Bolte 1959-1974
15th Eduard Schick 1975-1982
16. Johannes Dyba 1983-2000 personal title archbishop
17th Heinz Josef Algermissen 2001-2018
18th Michael Gerber from 2019

literature

  • Josef Leinweber: The Fulda Abbots and Bishops , Frankfurt am Main, 1989, ISBN 3-7820-0585-6
  • Konrad Lübeck: The Fulda abbots and prince abbots of the Middle Ages , 31st publication of the Fulda History Association, Fulda, 1952

See also

Web links

Commons : Bishops of Fulda  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Michael Mott : Abbot Werinheri and the unfortunate campaign of 982; With 60 armored riders at Otto II's side in southern Italy , in: Buchenblätter ( Fuldaer Zeitung ), 89th volume, No. 12, June 13, 2016, pp. 45–46.
  2. Inauguration in the New Year Information on bistum-fulda.de, accessed on December 13, 2018