List of the bishops of Verden
Erroneous coat of arms of the Diocese of Verden according to Siebmacher's coat of arms book from 1605 - According to the historical templates, the correct blazon reads : "In silver a black pointed paw cross." The oldest illustration of the cross can be found on a seal from 1338.
The diocese of Verden was a former Roman Catholic diocese in what is now Lower Saxony . The following people were bishops of the Diocese of Verden :
Prince-bishops
Catholic prince-bishops
| No. | bishop | from | to | annotation | presentation | coat of arms |
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| 1 | Suitbert | 775 | 785 | |||
| 2 | Patto | 785 | 788 | also Pacificus, appointed bishop in 785, until March 30, 788 | ||
| 3 | Tanko | 788 | 808 | also Tagko, appointed bishop in 788, until December 16, 808 | ||
| 4th | Haruth | 809 | 830 | (Haruch) Haruth 809 appointed bishop until June 15, 830 (first secure bishop) | ||
| 5 | Haligad | 830 | 841 | also Helingath, appointed bishop in 830, until January 21, 841 | ||
| 6th | Walter | 841 | 865 | also Waldgar, appointed bishop in 841, until September 7, 865 | ||
| 7th | Herluf | 865 | 874 | Appointed bishop in 865, named in 868, until May 10, 874 | ||
| 8th | Wigbert | 874 | 908 | Count in Saxony, appointed bishop in 874, until September 8, 908 | ||
| 9 | Bernhard I. | 908 | 913 | also Bernar, appointed bishop in 908, until October 20, 913 | ||
| 10 | Adalward | 913 | 933 | also Adelward, appointed bishop in 913, called 916, until October 27, 933 | ||
| 11 | Amelung | 933 | 962 | Duke of Saxony, appointed bishop of the Billunger family in 933, until May 5, 962 | ||
| 12 | Bruno I. | 962 | 976 | Brun from the Billunger family was also appointed bishop in 962, † March 7, 976 | ||
| 13 | Erp | 976 | 994 | also Herpo, appointed bishop in 976, † February 19, 994 | ||
| 14th | Bernhard II. | 994 | 1013 | also Barnar, appointed bishop in 994, † after July 25, 1013 | ||
| 15th | Wigger | 1013 | 1031 | also Wicher, appointed bishop in 1013, † August 16, 1031 | ||
| 16 | Dietmar I. | 1031 | 1034 | Appointed bishop in 1031, † after June 26, 1034 | ||
| 17th | Bruno II of Walbeck | 1034 | 1049 | Count von Walbeck, appointed bishop in 1034, † after August 20, 1049 | ||
| 18th | Siegbert | 1049 | 1060 | also Sizzo, Sicco, appointed bishop in 1049, † after October 9, 1060 | ||
| 19th | Richbert | 1060 | 1084 | Appointed bishop in 1060, † after November 29, 1084 | ||
| 20th | Hartwig | 1085 | 1097 | Appointed bishop in 1085, † after October 14, 1097 | ||
| 21st | Mazo | 1097 | 1116 | Appointed bishop in 1097 until October 25, 1116 | ||
| 22nd | Dietmar II. | 1116 | 1148 | Appointed bishop in 1116 until September 23, 1148 | ||
| 23 | Hermann | 1149 | 1167 | * Appointed bishop around 1110, 1149, † August 11, 1167 near Rome | ||
| 24 | Hugo | 1167 | 1180 | Appointed bishop in 1167 until March 1, 1180 | ||
| 25th | Tammo | 1180 | 1188 | Appointed bishop in 1180 until December 7, 1188 | ||
| 26th | Rudolf I. | 1189 | 1205 | Appointed bishop in 1189, † May 29, 1205 | ||
| 27 | Iso from Wölpe | 1205 | 1231 | Count von Wölpe, elected bishop in 1205, † August 5, 1231 |
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| 28 | Borch bitch | 1231 | 1251 | also Lüder von Borg, elected bishop in 1231, † June 28, 1251 | ||
| 29 | Gerhard I. ( Gerhard von Hoya ) | 1251 | 1269 | also Count von der Hoye, appointed bishop in 1251, † May 4, 1269 | ||
| 30th | Konrad I. ( Konrad of Braunschweig-Lüneburg ) | 1269 | 1300 | Postulated as bishop in 1269, he was only elected in 1282 and confirmed in office in 1285, † September 15, 1300 | ||
| 31 | Friedrich I. | 1300 | 1312 | also von Honstedt called Man, appointed bishop in 1300, † January 9, 1312 | ||
| 32 | Nikolaus von Kesselhut | 1312 | 1331 | also Nicolaus von Kettelhodt, elected bishop on January 9, 1312, † February 11, 1331 | ||
| 33 | John I. Hake | 1331 | 1340 | Appointed bishop in 1331, bishop of Freising from 1341 to 1348 , † 1349 in Avignon an der Pest | ||
| 34 | Daniel von Wichtrich | 1342 | 1364 | Appointed bishop in 1342, until March 7, 1364 († in Altenberg Abbey ) | ||
| 35 | Gerhard II. ( Gerhard vom Berge ) | 1364 | 1365 | from the house of the Lords of the Mountains , appointed bishop in 1364, bishop of Hildesheim from 1365 to 1398 , † November 15, 1398 |
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| 36 | Rudolf II. Rühle | 1365 | 1367 | from Friedberg (Hessen) , * appointed bishop around 1320, 1365, † July 3, 1367 | ||
| 37 | Heinrich I of Langeln | 1367 | 1381 | Appointed bishop in 1367, † after January 23, 1381 | ||
| 38 | Johann II. ( Johann von Zesterfleth ) | 1381 | 1388 | Griese von Zesterfleth , appointed bishop in 1381, † December 11, 1388 | ||
| 39 | Otto II. | 1388 | 1395 | from the house of Braunschweig-Lüneburg, * around 1364, appointed bishop in 1388, consecrated in 1394, from 1395 to 1406 Archbishop of Bremen , † June 30, 1406; not to be confused with Otto II of Braunschweig-Lüneburg | ||
| 40 | Dietrich von Nieheim | 1395 | 1398 | also Dietrich von Niem, Nyem, * around 1345, 1395 from Pope Boniface IX. Appointed bishop, resigned 1398, † March 22, 1418 | ||
| 41 | Konrad II. ( Konrad von Vechta ) | 1398 | 1399 | * Appointed bishop around 1370, 1398, resigned in 1399, Elekt until 1407, Bishop of Olomouc from 1408 to 1413 , Archbishop of Prague from 1413 to 1421 , † December 24, 1431 | ||
| 42 | Conrad III. ( Konrad von Soltau ) | 1399 | 1407 | * around 1370 in Lüneburg , on August 8, 1499 by Pope Boniface IX. appointed bishop, † January 2, 1407 | ||
| 1378 | 1417 | Due to the occidental schism there was at times a double occupation of the bishopric | ||||
| 43 | Ulrich von Albeck | 1407/1409 | 1417 | also Albach, appointed by Pope Gregory XII on September 25, 1407 , Bishop of Seckau from 1417 to 1431 , † December 12, 1431 in Padua | ||
| 44 | Henry II | 1407 | 1426 | Count house von der Hoye, in February 1407 by Benedict XIII. appointed, remained bishop after the schism and resigned on August 14, 1426, † 1441 | ||
| 45 | John III from Asel | 1426 | 1470 | * around 1380, appointed bishop in August 1426, resigned 1470, † June 21, 1472 in Rotenburg | ||
| 46 | Berthold von Landsberg | 1470 | 1502 | Elected bishop in 1470 and confirmed by Pope Paul II , also Bishop of Hildesheim from 1481 to 1502 , † May 4, 1502 at Rotenburg Castle near Verden |
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| 47 | Christoph of Braunschweig-Lüneburg | 1502 | 1558 | from the house of Braunschweig-Lüneburg, * 1487, appointed bishop in 1502, from 1511 to 1558 also Archbishop of Bremen, † January 22, 1558 in Tangermünde | ||
| 48 | Georg of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel | 1558 | 1566 | from the house of Braunschweig-Lüneburg, * November 22, 1494, 1554 to Bishop of Minden , April 4, 1558 Archbishop of Bremen, April 14, 1558 Bishop of Verden, † December 4, 1566 | ||
| Franz Wilhelm von Wartenberg | 1630 | 1631 | * March 1, 1593 in Munich from a branch of the Wittelsbach family , appointed by Pope Urban VIII on January 26, 1630 as bishop of the almost secularized dioceses of Verden and Minden, fled from the Swedes to Cologne † December 1, 1661 as cardinal , prince-bishop of Osnabrück since 1625 and Bishop of Regensburg since 1649. |
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Protestant prince-bishops
| No. | bishop | from | to | annotation | presentation | coat of arms |
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| 49 | Eberhard von Holle | 1566 | 1586 | 1. Protestant bishop after the Reformation, installed in 1566, since 1561 Bishop of Lübeck , † July 5, 1586 in Lübeck |
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| 50 | Philipp Sigismund of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel | 1586 | 1623 | Duke of Braunschweig-Lüneburg, born July 1, 1568, installed in 1586, Prince-Bishop of Osnabrück in 1591 , † March 19, 1623 in Iburg |
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| 51 | Frederick II Prince of Denmark | 1623 | 1629 | used June 5, 1623 until May 22, 1629; second term as Friedrich III. from 1634 |
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| 53 | Johann Friedrich of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf | 1631 | 1634 | * September 1, 1579 in Gottorf Castle , installed in November 1631, also Bishop of Bremen since 1596 and Bishop of Lübeck since 1607, † September 3, 1634 |
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| 54 | Friedrich III. from Denmark | 1634 | 1648 | Prince-Bishop from 1623 to 1629, again from February 24, 1634 to 1648, 1648 King of Denmark and Norway, † February 9, 1670 in Copenhagen |
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literature
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- Ernst Friedrich Mooyer: Onomastikon chronographikon hierarchiae Germanicae. Lists of the German bishops since the year 800 AD, including an appendix, the dignitaries of some abbeys and orders of knights. Self-published, Minden 1854, pp. 119–120 .
literature
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Verden document book. Department 1: Arend Mindermann: Document book of the bishops and the cathedral chapter of Verden.
- Volume 1: From the beginnings to 1300 (= publications of the historical commission for Lower Saxony and Bremen 205 = series of publications of the regional association of the former duchies of Bremen and Verden 13). Landscape association of the former duchies of Bremen and Verden, Stade 2001, ISBN 3-931879-07-0 .
- Volume 2: 1300-1380 (= Publications of the Historical Commission for Lower Saxony and Bremen 220 = Series of publications of the Landscape Association of the Former Duchies of Bremen and Verden 21).
- Volume 3: 1380–1426 (= Publications of the Historical Commission for Lower Saxony and Bremen 260 = Series of publications of the Landscape Association of the Former Duchies of Bremen and Verden 39). Landscape Association of the Former Duchies of Bremen and Verden, Stade 2012, ISBN 978-3-931879-52- 5 .
- Thomas Vogtherr (Ed.): Chronicon episcoporum Verdensium. = The chronicle of the Verden bishops (= series of publications of the regional association of the former duchies of Bremen and Verden 10). Commented and translated. With an art historical contribution by Stephan Kemperdick. Landscape Association of the former Duchies of Bremen and Verden, Stade 1998, ISBN 3-931879-03-8 .
Web links
Commons : Bishops of Verden - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ^ Hans Mosler: The Cistercian Abbey Altenberg. (= Germania Sacra; New Part 2. ) Walter de Gruyter & Co., Berlin 1965, p. 151 ( digitized version ).
- ↑ Nathalie Kruppa, Jürgen Wilke: The dioceses of the ecclesiastical province of Mainz. The Diocese of Hildesheim 4. The Hildesheim bishops from 1221 to 1398. (= Germania Sacra; new series 46. ) Walter de Gruyter & Co., Berlin 2006, p. 484 ( digitized ).