List of the archbishops and bishops of Magdeburg

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Coat of arms of the Archdiocese of Magdeburg based on Siebmacher's coat of arms book from 1605
St. Norbert von Xanten
Ernst of Saxony
Albrecht of Brandenburg

Archbishops

Joachim Friedrich, Margrave of Brandenburg
The following people were archbishops of Magdeburg
Surname from to
Adalbert 968 981
Giselher 981 1004
Tagino 1004 1012
Waltard (Dodico) 1012 1012
Gero 1012 1023
Humfried 1023 1051
Engelhard 1052 1063
Werner von Steusslingen 1063 1078
Hartwig, Count of Spanheim 1079 1102
Hartwig, Abbot of Hersfeld (counter-archbishop) 1085 1088
Heinrich I, Count of Assel 1102 1107
Adalgod of Osterburg 1107 1119
Rudgar, Count of Veltheim 1119 1125
Norbert von Xanten , saint 1126 1134
Conrad I of Querfurt 1134 1142
Friedrich I., Count of Wettin 1142 1152
Wichmann von Seeburg ( administrator from 1152 to 1154) 1152 1192
Ludolf von Kroppenstedt 1192 1205
Albrecht I, Count of Käfernburg 1205 1232
Burchard I., Count of Woldenberg 1232 1235
Wilbrand, Count of Käfernburg 1235 1253
Rudolf von Dingelstädt 1253 1260
Rupert, Count of Mansfeld 1260 1266
Konrad II, Count von Sternberg 1266 1277
Günther I., Count of Schwalenberg 1277 1278
Bernhard, Count of Wölpe 1279 1282
Sedis vacancy 1282 1283
Erich, Margrave of Brandenburg 1283 1295
Burchard II, Count of Blankenburg 1295 1305
Heinrich II, Prince of Anhalt 1305 1307
Burchard III, Count of Schraplau 1307 1325
Heideke von Erffa 1326 1327
Otto of Hesse 1327 1361
Dietrich von Portitz (also: Dietrich Kagelwit) 1361 1367
Albrecht II, Count von Sternberg 1368 1372
Peter Gelyto 1372 1381
Ludwig, Margrave of Meissen ( Administrator ) 1381 1382
Friedrich II., Count of Hoym 1382 1382
Albrecht III. from Querfurt 1382 1403
Günther II., Count of Schwarzburg 1403 1445
Friedrich III., Count of Beichlingen 1445 1464
Johann, Count Palatinate of Palatinate-Simmern 1464 1475
Ernst, Duke of Saxony 1476 1513
Albrecht IV, Margrave of Brandenburg (also Elector of Mainz) 1513 1545
Johann Albrecht, Margrave of Brandenburg 1545 1551
Friedrich IV of Brandenburg 1551 1552
Sigismund, Margrave of Brandenburg (last Archbishop confirmed by the Pope) 1553 1566
Administrators
Joachim Friedrich, Margrave of Brandenburg ( Lutheran administrator ) 1566 1598
Christian Wilhelm, Margrave of Brandenburg (Lutheran administrator) 1598 1631
Leopold Wilhelm, Archduke of Austria ( Catholic Administrator ) 1631 1635
August, Duke of Saxony-Weissenfels (Lutheran administrator) 1638 1680

In 1680 the Archbishopric of Magdeburg was secularized and attached to the territory of the Electorate of Brandenburg as a hereditary duchy .

Bishops

The diocese of Magdeburg was separated from the Archdiocese of Paderborn on July 8, 1994 and raised again to an independent diocese by Pope John Paul II .

Bishops of the Diocese of Magdeburg
Surname image from to
Leo Nowak Bishop Leo Nowak July 8, 1994 March 17, 2004
Gerhard Feige Gerhard Feige February 23, 2005

literature

  • "Chronologie Historique des Archevêques de Magdebourg". In: François Clément , Nicolas Viton de Saint-Allais ( arr .): L'Art de vérifier les dates des faits historiques, des inscriptions, des chroniques et autres anciens monuments, depuis la naissance de Notre-Seigneur. Vol. 16. Valade, Paris 1819, pp. 441-470.
  • Ernst Friedrich Mooyer: Directories of the German bishops since the year 800 AD. Geb. Minden 1854, pp. 60–61 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
  • H. Michaelis / EW Peters (eds.): Magdeburger Bischofschronik. Janos Stekovics, Dößel 2006. ISBN 978-3-89923-132-8 .

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