List of the bishops of Passau
The list of bishops of Passau presents past and present bishops of the Diocese of Passau .
From 1217 until the secularization in 1803 they were prince-bishops in the bishopric of Passau . The prince-bishops of Passau were predominantly descendants from the Bavarian, Austrian or Bohemian nobility and belonged to the prince's rank ( imperial prince ) in the Reichstag with a seat and vote . The court in Passau was relatively modest. Some prince-bishops only had the lower ordinations , the church functions were fulfilled by the auxiliary bishops in Passau .
The diocese of Passau was in close contact with neighboring Roman Catholic dioceses .
No. | bishop | from | to | description | presentation | coat of arms |
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Valentin of Raetia | ? | 475 | Of Dutch origin, he came to Passau around 435. He was ordained bishop by Pope Leo the Great and installed as bishop of Raetia, an area between Passau, St. Gotthard , Regensburg , Chur and Brixen . He died around 475 as a hermit on the Zenoburg in Mais. Valentin is venerated as the patron saint of the Diocese of Passau. | |||
1 | Vivilo | 739 | ? | In Rome by Pope Gregory III. consecrated bishop. | ||
2 | Beatus | ? | 753/754 | |||
3 | Sidonius | 753 | 756 | He was a monk from Ireland and appears in a deed of donation from the Passau Cathedral Foundation. | ||
4th | Anthel | ? | ? | Its existence can be proven, but the exact reign is not. | ||
5 | Wisurich | 770 | 777 | He had the bones of Saint Valentine transferred from Raetia to Passau. | ||
6th | Waldrich | 777 | 804 | He expanded the diocese to the east. | ||
7th | Urolf | 805 | 806 | The cathedral monastery was able to acquire several donations under his rule. | ||
8th | Hatto | 806 | 817 | In 807 he was at a provincial synod in Salzburg. | ||
9 | Reginhar | 818 | 838 | He is praised for his learning and his exemplary way of life. | ||
Sedis vacancy | 838 | 840 | ||||
10 | Hartwig | 840 | 866 | He was head of the royal monastery at Tegernsee . | ||
11 | Ermenrich | 866 | 874 | In 870 he participated in the action of the Bavarian episcopate against the Moravian Archbishop Method , whereupon he was suspended three years later by Pope John VIII . He died that same year. | ||
12 | Engelmar | 875 | 897 | In 886 he asked the Emperor Karl III. for protection and immunity for the Passau Church. | ||
12a | Wiching | 898 | 899 | 880–893 Bishop of Nitra , ( Slovakia ) expelled from there, 896 abbot in Mondsee . | ||
13 | Richard | 899 | 902 | Abbot of the Royal Monastery of Metten . | ||
14th | Burkhard | 903 | 915 | In 903 he called a diocesan synod . | ||
15th | Gumpold | 915 | 932 | Because of the occupation of his diocese by the Hungarians, he was severely handicapped in his administration. | ||
16 | Gerhard | 932 | 946 | He was probably made Bishop of Passau by the Bavarian Duke Arnulf . | ||
17th | Adalbert | 946 | 971 | He did not succeed in raising the diocese of Passau to an archdiocese. | ||
18th | Pilgrim | 971 | 991 | Sieghardinger | ||
19th | Christian | 991 | 1013 | 1. Passau bishop with secular rule | ||
20th | Berengar | 1013 | 1045 | A rich son of a citizen of Passau. | ||
21st | Egilbert | 1045 | 1065 | Engelbert, established the Passau parish of St. Paul and consecrated the church. Host to the emperor and pope. | ||
22nd | Altmann | 1065 | 1091 | He founded the canons of St. Nikola ( 1070 ) in Passau and Göttweig ( 1083 ) in Lower Austria, which was converted into a Benedictine monastery in 1094 .
He reformed the existing monasteries of St. Florian , Kremsmünster , Melk and St. Pölten and had stone churches built there. Although never canonized, he is venerated as a saint. |
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22a | Hermann von Eppenstein | 1085 | 1087 | ( Eppensteiner ) imperial counter-bishop | ||
22b | Tiemo | 1087 | 1105 | imperial counter-bishop . Before that he was a cathedral canon in Würzburg, there are no sources for an episcopal ordination, he is listed as an elect until 1099. | ||
23 | Udalrich | 1092 | 1121 | Ulrich I. From 1103 to 1105 he had to leave his diocese entirely and fled to the Bavarian Canons' Monastery of Rottenbuch , since Emperor Heinrich IV installed an opposing bishop in Passau. | ||
24 | Reginmar | 1121 | 1138 | He founded monasteries and parishes. The annals of Melk Abbey and other monastery chronicles criticize Reginmar's secular way of life and his discrimination against secular priests . | ||
25th | Reginbert von Hagenau | 1138 | 1148 | The monasteries Zwettl , Baumgartenberg , Suben , Altenburg and Waldhausen were founded under Reginbert's leadership . In 1147 he embarked on the Second Crusade. Reginbert joined the army of Conrad III in Regensburg . on. On the way there, Reginbert consecrated St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna in the same year (patronage after the mother church in Passau). In 1147/8 he died on the return journey from Palestine in the Byzantine Empire . |
Coat of arms of Haguenau |
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26th | Konrad I. von Babenberg | 1148 | 1164 | Son of St. Leopold and Agnes von Waiblingen On January 26th, 1164 he allowed the citizens to hold a two-week dult from Jakobi until the beginning of August for eternity . It was the forerunner of today's Passau Herbstdult . He was elected Archbishop of Salzburg on June 29, 1164, † 1168 in Salzburg. |
Babenberg coat of arms |
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27 | Rupert I. | 1164 | 1165 | Rupert was imperial and before his appointment as bishop he was dean of Passau. He supported the antipope Paschal III., But could not win the majority of the Passau clergy for the imperial pope. | ||
28 | Albo (no) | 1165 | 1169 | Was in conflict with the cathedral chapter and was forced to leave Passau in 1169. † 1177 as a canon in Freising. | ||
29 | Heinrich I. von Berg | 1169 | 1172 | resigned, later provost in Speyer and Bamberg, elected Bishop of Würzburg in 1191 (Heinrich III. von Berg). | ||
30th | Diepold von Berg | 1172 | 1190 | (Theobald Graf von Berg) brother of Heinrich I. After the great fire in 1181, he tried to rebuild the cathedral and the residence .
In 1189 he accompanied Emperor Friedrich Barbarossa on the unsuccessful Third Crusade and died of an epidemic in November 1190 during the siege of Acon in the field camp in front of the city. Diepold was buried in the Holy Land. |
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31 | Wolfger von Erla | 1191 | 1204 | He tried to establish another diocese in the area of the Passau diocese. In 1204 he was elected Patriarch of Aquileia. | ||
32 | Poppo | 1204 | 1206 | Provost of Aquileia | ||
33 | Manegold from Berg | 1206 | 1215 | The youngest of the Berg brothers was interested in the territorial expansion of his diocese, and in 1209 he had the city of Passau re-fortified. | ||
34 | Ulrich II. | 1215 | 1221 | 1. Prince-Bishop from 1217 | ||
35 | Gebhard I. of Plain | 1222 | 1232 | In 1225 he issued the first Passau town charter. | ||
36 | Rüdiger von Bergheim | 1233 | 1249 | Bishop of Chiemsee since 1215, deposed, † 1258. | ||
36a | Conrad II of Silesia | 1249 | 1249 | Presumably in 1248 he was elected by the Passau Cathedral Chapter to succeed the deposed Bishop Rüdiger von Bergheim. In 1249, in Silesian documents, he held the title of Elector of Passau, although he had never entered Passau and was never ordained a bishop. | ||
37 | Berthold von Pietengau | 1250 | 1254 | He had a tense relationship with the Passau citizens. | ||
38 | Otto von Lonsdorf | 1254 | 1265 | During his term of office the Treaty of Linz directed against Bavaria with King Ottokar II of Bohemia (1257), the coin reform of 1260, the renewed settlement with Bavaria in 1262 and the “ Ilzstadtweise ” in 1265 fall . | ||
38a | Vladislav of Silesia | 1265 | 1265 | At the instigation of the Bohemian King Ottokar II, the Passau cathedral chapter elected Wladislaw as bishop on April 22nd, 1265, but on October 6th. J. was elected Archbishop of Salzburg . Bishop of Bamberg as early as 1257 | ||
39 | Peter of Passau | 1265 | 1280 | Canon of Breslau, in 1267 Peter mediated the conflict between King Ottokar of Bohemia , who occupied the city of Passau in 1266, and Heinrich , the Duke of Lower Bavaria . In May 1267 he took part in a synod in Vienna. | ||
40 | Wichard von Pohlheim | 1280 | 1282 | Supporter of the Cistercian monasteries Fürstenzell and Heiligenkreuz as well as the Dominican convent Niederaltaich, he also donated the Franciscan monastery in Wels. In 1281 he took part in the Provincial Synod in Salzburg. On this various reforms for the secular and religious clergy were determined, which were still linked to the efforts of Bishop Otto von Lonsdorf , † December 17, 1282 in Vienna. | ||
41 | Gottfried | 1282 | 1285 | Protonotary of King Rudolf von Habsburg Together with Heinrich, the Bishop of Regensburg, he was successful as a mediator in a dispute between Duke Albert of Austria and Duke Heinrich XIII. von Baiern active. In March 1284 , Gottfried organized a synod in St. Pölten at which important resolutions to promote the clergy could be passed. In addition, he was able to organize the finances of the Passau diocese. | ||
42 | Bernhard von Prambach | 1285 | 1313 | In Engelhartszell - on the property inherited from his parents - he founded a new Cistercian monastery: the Engelszell monastery , the redesign of the Romanesque cathedral, which was damaged by the fire in 1181, in the Gothic style is largely due to his operation. | ||
Sedis vacancy due to double election | 1313 | 1317 | ||||
42a | Albrecht of Habsburg | 1313 | 1313 | Originally intended for the ecclesiastical status, he was elected to the Passau bishop's office by individual canons as a minor in 1313 , but got into a stalemate in a conflict with the counter-elect Gebhard von Walsee , finally had to resign in 1317 and turned away from the spiritual career. |
The old coat of arms of the Habsburgs |
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42b | Gebhard II. | 1313 | 1315 | * Before 1280 he came from a Swabian family of ministers who came to Austria with the Habsburgs. He studied in Bologna and in 1295 became Canon of Passau. In addition, he was appointed vice chairman of the Passau Hochstift. In order to obtain papal recognition of the election of bishops, he had traveled to the papal curia in Rome, where he suddenly died. | ||
43 | Henri de la Tour-du-Pin ( House La Tour-du-Pin ) | 1317 | 1319 | Heinrich Delphin Graf von Vienna A French nobleman, dedicated to the clergy, but never ordained a priest. 1317 by Pope John XII. appointed Bishop of Passau, became Bishop of Metz on May 4, 1319 . Returned to the laity, he died in 1328. |
Family coat of arms |
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44 | Albert II of Saxe-Wittenberg | 1320 | 1342 | * around 1285, intended for a spiritual career he was canon in Mainz. 1320 by Pope John XII. appointed Bishop of Passau. He had the Neumarkt built, which was destroyed in 1298, and gave the town hall back to the citizens of Passau. |
Coat of arms of the House of Saxony-Wittenberg |
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45 | Gottfried von Weißeneck | 1342 | 1362 | Coming from a Carinthian ministerial family, which at that time rose to an important role in imperial church politics, and was a relative of the Salzburg Archbishop Ortolf von Weißeneck and the Seckau Bishop Ulrich von Weißeneck . He studied in Bologna. He expanded the old residence with additions and fortifications. Established parishes and granted market rights. In 1358, Prince-Bishop Gottfried von Weißeneck organized the largest medieval tournament. 160 knights determined their best in Hacklberg (Passau) . | ||
46 | Albert III of angle | 1363 | 1380 | In 1363 he was elected bishop by the Passau cathedral chapter . During his term of office - which was all in all characterized by major disputes with the citizens of Passau - the largest civil uprising the city has ever seen occurred. | ||
47 | Johann von Scharffenberg | 1381 | 1387 | also Schärffenberg, comes from a noble family that has been resident for several centuries in Carniola (Scharffenberg Castle near Ratschach) and in Friuli (Soffumbergo Castle near Ciudale) and is named as the Passau Canon as early as 1358. | ||
47a | Hermann Digni | 1387 | 1388 | Elekt von Passau 1359 Canon. | ||
48 | Ruprecht von Berg | 1388 | 1390 | Duke of Jülich-Berg, † 1394 as Bishop of Paderborn | ||
49 | Georg von Hohenlohe | 1390 | 1423 | 1389 by Pope Urban VI. proclaimed bishop of Passau, he was only able to move up in Passau in 1393, as the Passau citizens denied him access to the city. On May 7, 1407 he laid the foundation stone for the new late Gothic St. Stephen's Cathedral . At the Council of Constance (1414-1418) he represented King Sigismund , whose Chancellor he was from 1421. | Family coat of arms of Hohenlohe | |
50 | Leonhard von Laiming | 1423 | 1451 | * 1381 in Rosenheim, ordained a priest in 1414, appointed Bishop of Passau in July 1423, consecrated April 1424, † June 24, 1451. | ||
51 | Ulrich von Nussdorf | 1451 | 1479 | Ordained a priest in 1440, appointed Bishop of Passau on July 10, 1451, consecrated. on November 4, 1454, † September 2, 1479. | ||
52 | Georg Hessler | 1480 | 1482 | * 1427 in Bamberg, created cardinal on April 10, 1477, appointed Bishop of Passau on January 28, 1480, † September 21, 1482 | ||
53 | Friedrich Mauerkircher | 1482 | 1485 | appointed Bishop of Passau on October 30, 1482, † November 22, 1485. | ||
54 | Friedrich von Öttingen | 1485 | 1490 | * around 1459, appointed Bishop of Passau on December 2, 1485, consecutive. February 15, 1486 - March 3, 1490. | ||
55 | Christoph von Schachner | 1490 | 1500 | * 1447 in Ried, ordained a priest in 1471, appointed Bishop of Passau on March 11, 1490, consecrated. June 26, 1490 - January 4, 1590. | ||
56 | Wiguleus Fröschl of Marzoll | 1500 | 1517 | * April 4, 1445 in Waldberg, appointed Bishop of Passau on January 14, 1500, consecrated. April 29, 1500, † November 6, 1517. | ||
57 | Ernst of Bavaria | 1517 | 1541 | Administrator, Kaodjutor since 1514, Archbishop of Salzburg from 1541, resigned. 1554, † 1560 | ||
58 | Wolfgang von Salm | 1541 | 1555 | * 1514, appointed Bishop of Passau on November 11, 1540, consecrated. February 18, 1541, † December 5, 1555. | ||
59 | Wolfgang von Closen | 1555 | 1561 | * 1503 in Aidenbach at Haidenberg Castle, appointed Bishop of Passau on December 20, 1555, consecutive. January 12, 1556 - August 7, 1561. | ||
60 | Urban von Trennbach | 1561 | 1598 | * May 10, 1525 in St. Martin , appointed Bishop of Passau on August 18, 1561, consecrated. November 19, 1561, † August 9, 1598. | ||
61 | Leopold V. | 1598 | 1625 | * October 9, 1586 in Graz , on November 14, 1597 appointed coadjutor bishop of Passau, 1598 coadjutor bishop in Strasbourg, consecrated. August 18, 1599, appointed Bishop of Passau on July 25, 1605, and also Bishop of Strasbourg on November 24, 1607 , em. April 19, 1626, † September 13, 1632. | ||
62 | Leopold Wilhelm of Austria | 1625 | 1662 | * January 6, 1614 in Wiener Neustadt , appointed Bishop of Passau on November 8, consecrated. February 1, 1626, also Bishop of Strasbourg on October 10, 1616, also Bishop of Halberstadt on December 24, 1627, also Bishop of Olomouc on November 16, 1638 , also Bishop of Breslau on January 21, 1656 , † November 2, 1662 . | ||
63 | Karl Joseph of Austria | 1662 | 1664 | * August 7, 1649 in Vienna , appointed coadjutor bishop of Passau on April 13, 1662, consecrated. September 1, 1662, Bishop of Passau on November 20, 1662, also Bishop of Breslau and Olomouc on April 23, 1663, † January 27, 1664. | ||
64 | Wenceslas of Thun | 1664 | 1673 | * August 13, 1629 in Tetschen , ordained a priest in 1655, appointed Bishop of Passau on March 27, 1664, consecrated. January 12, 1665, also Bishop of Gurk on August 10, 1665 , † January 8, 1673. | ||
65 | Sebastian von Pötting-Persing | 1673 | 1689 | * 1628 in Raipoltenbach ( Lower Austria ), on April 3, 1665 appointed Bishop of Lavant , on March 11, 1673 Bishop of Passau, consecrated. September 25, 1673 - March 16, 1689. |
Coat of arms on the choir. Coat of arms on the organ gallery |
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66 | Johann Philipp Graf von Lamberg | 1689 | 1712 | * May 25, 1652 in Vienna, appointed Bishop of Passau on May 24, 1689, consecrated. January 11, 1690, created cardinal on June 21, 1700, † October 30, 1712. | ||
67 | Raymund Ferdinand Count von Discounta | 1713 | 1722 | * February 4, 1669 in Gorizia , ordained a priest on June 5, 1700, appointed von Passau on January 18, 1713, consecrated. on September 18, 1713, † October 25, 1722. | ||
68 | Joseph Dominikus Graf von Lamberg | 1723 | 1761 | * July 8, 1680 in Steyr , ordained a priest on September 21, 1703, appointed Bishop of Seckau on March 13, 1712 , Bishop of Passau on January 2, 1723, consecrated. March 15, 1723, created cardinal on December 20, 1737, † August 30, 1761. | ||
69 | Joseph Maria Count of Thun | 1761 | 1763 | * May 24, 1713 in Trient , appointed Bishop of Gurk on October 7, 1741, Bishop of Passau on November 19, 1761, consecrated. March 29, 1761 - June 16, 1763. | ||
70 | Leopold Ernst Graf von Firmian | 1763 | 1783 | * September 22, 1708 in Deutschmetz , ordained a priest on September 25, 1729, appointed Bishop of Seckau on February 13, 1739, on May 29, 1748 coadjutor bishop of Trient , em. January 20, 1756, Bishop of Passau on September 1, 1763, consecrated. September 29, 1763, created cardinal on December 14, 1772, † May 13, 1783. | ||
71 | Joseph Franz Anton Count of Auersperg | 1783 | 1795 | * January 31, 1734 in Vienna, ordained a priest in 1757, appointed Bishop of Lavant on January 31, 1763, em. on January 4, 1764, on October 18, 1772 Bishop of Gurk, on May 19, 1783 Bishop of Passau, consecrated. June 25, 1784, created cardinal on March 30, 1789, † August 21, 1795. | ||
72 | Thomas Johann Kaspar Count of Thun-Hohenstein | 1795 | 1796 | * May 16, 1737 in Trient , ordained a priest on May 21, 1771, appointed titular bishop of Thyatira and auxiliary bishop in Passau on December 16, 1796 , consecrated. January 19, 1777, Bishop of Passau on November 4, 1795, † October 7, 1796. |
from Thun and Hohenstein |
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73 | Leopold Leonhard Reichsgraf von Thun and Hohenstein | 1796 | 1826 | * April 17, 1748 in Tetschen at Tetschen Castle , ordained a priest on September 10, 1771, appointed Bishop of Passau on December 13, 1796, consecrated. July 24, 1797, † October 22, 1826, last Prince-Bishop of Passau. |
from Thun and Hohenstein |
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74 | Karl Joseph Freiherr von Riccabona | 1826 | 1839 | * July 28, 1761 in Cavalese (Calves), ordained a priest on December 20, 1783 in Regensburg, appointed Bishop of Passau on December 25, 1826, consecrated. April 9, 1827, † May 25, 1839. | ||
75 | Heinrich von Hofstätter | 1839 | 1875 | * February 16, 1805 in Aindling , ordained a priest on August 5, 1833 in Freising, appointed Bishop of Passau on July 6, 1839, consecrated. December 23, 1839 - May 12, 1875. | ||
76 | Josef Franz von Weckert | 1875 | 1889 | * September 12, 1822 in Wallerstein , ordained a priest on April 2, 1845 in Augsburg, appointed Bishop of Passau on October 4, 1875, consecrated. January 28, 1876 - March 13, 1889. | ||
77 | Anthony of Thoma | 1889 | 1889 | * March 1, 1839 in Nymphenburg , ordained a priest on June 29, 1853 in Freising, appointed Bishop of Passau on March 24, 1889, consecrated. May 29, 1889, Archbishop of Munich and Freising on October 23, 1889 , † November 24, 1897. | ||
78 | Michael von Rampf | 1889 | 1901 | * October 4, 1825 in Munich , ordained a priest on June 17, 1848 in Freising, appointed Bishop of Passau on December 8, 1889, consecrated. December 30, 1889 - March 29, 1901. | ||
79 | Anton von Henle | 1901 | 1906 | * May 22, 1851 in Weißenhorn , ordained a priest in Augsburg on November 23, 1873, appointed Bishop of Passau on April 3, 1901, consecrated. April 13, 1901, October 18, 1906 Bishop of Regensburg , † October 11, 1927. | ||
80 | Sigismund Felix Freiherr von Ow-Felldorf | 1906 | 1936 | * October 18, 1855 in Berchtesgaden , ordained a priest on July 25, 1884 in Regensburg, appointed auxiliary bishop in Regensburg on January 11, 1902, consecutive. Titular Bishop of Arethusa , appointed Bishop of Passau on October 18, 1906, † May 11, 1936. | ||
81 | Simon Konrad Landersdorfer OSB | 1936 | 1968 | * October 2, 1880 in Neutenkam , ordained a priest on December 19, 1903, appointed Bishop of Passau on September 11, 1936, consecrated. October 28, 1936, em. October 27, 1968 and Titular Bishop of Ulcinium , † July 21, 1971. | ||
82 | Antonius Hofmann | 1968 | 1984 | * October 4, 1909 in Rinchnach , ordained a priest on April 13, 1936, appointed coadjutor bishop of Passau on September 20, 1961, titular bishop of Berenice , on October 27, 1968 Bishop of Passau, em. October 15, 1984, † March 11, 2000. | ||
83 | Franz Xaver Eder | 1984 | 2001 | * November 4, 1925 in Pfarrkirchen , ordained a priest on June 29, 1954, appointed auxiliary bishop in Passau on May 6, 1977, consecrated. July 16, 1977 as titular bishop of Villa Regis , on January 26, 1984 coadjutor bishop and on October 15, 1984 Bishop of Passau, em. January 8, 2001, † June 20, 2013. | ||
84 | Wilhelm Schraml | 2001 | 2012 | * June 26, 1935 in Erbendorf , ordained a priest on June 29, 1961 in Regensburg, appointed Auxiliary Bishop in Regensburg on January 7, 1986, consecrated. March 6, 1986, Titular Bishop of Munatiana , Bishop of Passau on December 13, 2001. Resignation from office on the 75th birthday of Pope Benedict XVI. Rejected on March 25, 2010; Resignation accepted October 1, 2012, Apostolic Administrator until September 2, 2013. | ||
85 | Stefan Oster | 2014 | * June 3, 1965 in Amberg , Salesian Don Bosco , perpetually professed on July 24, 1999, ordained a priest on June 24, 2001, appointed Bishop of Passau on April 4, 2014, consecrated. May 24, 2014. |
See also
literature
- August Leidl : The Bishops of Passau 739-1968 in short biographies , ²1978
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Franz Mader: The Diocese of Passau yesterday and today , Ed .: Bischöfliches Ordinariat Passau 1989
- ^ Bishopric confirms the release of Bishop Wilhelm Schraml . Website Neue Presse Multimedia GmbH. Retrieved September 2, 2013.