List of the bishops of Osnabrück
The following persons were bishops of the Diocese of Osnabrück , from the 11th century to 1802 as bishops also regents of the bishopric of Osnabrück .
Term of office | Surname | Photo / illustration | |
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783 until April 20, 804/805 |
Wiho I. (also: Wicho I.), previously head of the newly founded mission district Osnabrück |
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805 to April 12, 829 | Meginhard | ||
829-845 | Goswin | ||
847 to April 11, 860 | Gauzbert | ||
860 to Feb. 1, 887 | Egbert | ||
887 to May 11, 906 | Egilmar | ||
906-918 | Bernhard I. | ||
918 to 14 May 949 | Dodo I. | ||
949 to Nov. 7, 967 | Drogo | ||
967 to March 31, 978 | Ludolf | ||
978 to April 12, 996 | Dodo II. | ||
978-980 | Kuno ( counter-bishop ) | ||
996 to Nov. 27, 998 | Günther | ||
998 to Feb. 17, 1003 | Wodilulf | ||
1003 to June 18, 1022 | Dietmar | ||
1023 to 10 Dec 1027 | Meginher | ||
1028 to 10 Dec. 1036 | Gozmar | ||
1036 to April 19, 1052 | Alberich | ||
1052-3. Dec 1067 | Benno I. (Werner) | ||
1068 to July 27, 1088 | Benno II. (Bernhard) | ||
1088-1093 | Markward | ||
1093 to April 21, 1101 | Wicho II. | ||
1101 to July 13, 1109 | Johann I. | ||
1109 to Jan. 1, 1119 | Gottschalk from Diepholz | ||
1119-1137 | Diethard | ||
1119-1125 | Konrad (opposing bishop) | ||
1137 to June 28, 1141 | Udo | ||
1141 to June 15, 1173 | Philipp von Katzenelnbogen | ||
1141 | Wezel (counter bishop) | ||
1173-1190 | Arnold von Altena | ||
1190-1216 | Gerhard I of Oldenburg-Wildeshausen | ||
1216-1224 | Adolf of Tecklenburg | ||
1224-1226 | Engelbert I. von Isenberg | ||
1226-1227 | Otto I. | ||
1227-1239 | Konrad I of Velber | ||
1239-1250 | Engelbert I. von Isenberg | ||
1251-1258 | Bruno von Isenberg | ||
1259-1264 | Baldwin of proboscis (Rusle) | ||
1265-1269 | Widukind from Waldeck | ||
1270-1297 | Konrad II of Rietberg | ||
1297-1308 | Ludwig von Ravensberg | ||
1309-1320 | Engelbert II of Weyhe | ||
1321-1349 | Gottfried von Arnsberg | ||
1350-1366 | Johann II. Hoet | ||
1366-1376 | Melchior of Braunschweig-Grubenhagen | ||
1376-1402 | Dietrich von Horne | ||
1402-1410 | Heinrich I of Schaumburg-Holstein (resignation 1404) | ||
1410-1424 | Otto II. | ||
1424-1437 | Johann III. from Diepholz | ||
1437-1442 | Erich II. Von Hoya as Erich I ( administrator ) | ||
1442-1450 | Heinrich von Moers ( administrator ) | ||
1450-1454 | Albrecht von Hoya ( administrator ) | ||
1454-1455 | Rudolf von Diepholz | ||
1455-1482 | Conrad III. from Diepholz | ||
1482-1508 | Conrad IV of Rietberg | ||
1508-1532 | Erich von Braunschweig-Grubenhagen | ||
1532-1553 | Franz von Waldeck | ||
1553-1574 | Johann IV. , As Johann III. Bishop of Münster and as Johann II. Administrator of Paderborn | ||
1574-1585 | Heinrich von Sachsen-Lauenburg , also Heinrich III. from Bremen | ||
1585 | Wilhelm von Schencking | ||
1585-1591 | Bernhard von Waldeck | ||
1591-1623 | Philipp Sigismund of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel | ||
1623-1625 | Vain Friedrich von Hohenzollern | ||
1625-1661 | Franz Wilhelm von Wartenberg | ||
After the death of Prince-Bishop Franz Wilhelm, the "perpetual surrender" was in effect, according to which a Catholic and a Lutheran bishop from the house of Braunschweig-Lüneburg should be elected alternately . | |||
1662-1698 | Ernst August I, Duke of Braunschweig and Lüneburg (Lutheran Prince-Bishop) | ||
1698-1715 | Karl Joseph of Lorraine (Catholic Prince-Bishop) | ||
1716-1728 | Ernst August II, Duke of Braunschweig and Lüneburg (Lutheran Prince-Bishop) | ||
1728-1761 | Clemens August I of Bavaria (Catholic Prince-Bishop) | ||
1764-1802 | Friedrich, Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg, Prince of Great Britain (Lutheran and last Prince-Bishop) | ||
1803-1827 | Karl von Gruben (senior auxiliary bishop) | ||
1830-1855 | Carl Anton Lüpke (leading auxiliary bishop) | ||
United with Hildesheim 1855–1857 under Eduard Jakob Wedekin | |||
1857-1866 | Paulus Melchers (later Archbishop of Cologne and Cardinal ) | ||
1866-1878 | Johann Heinrich Beckmann | ||
Sedi vacancy 1878–1882 | |||
1882-1898 | Bernhard Höting | ||
1899-1914 | Hubertus Voss | ||
1914-1955 | Wilhelm Berning | ||
March 27, 1957 | Francis Demann | ||
1957-1987 | Helmut Hermann Wittler | ||
1987-1995 | Ludwig Averkamp (later Archbishop of Hamburg ) | ||
since 1995 | Franz-Josef Bode |