Heinrich Kuwal

Heinrich Kuwal († August 28, 1397 in Königsberg ) was a priest of the Teutonic Order and Bishop of Samland .

Probably the son of Johann Kuwal from the Weisstadt Danzl, where his brother-in-law Arnold and his uncle Wilke were citizens. The priest of the Teutonic Order probably became canon , in 1373 cathedral dean and in 1376 cathedral provost of Samland. Probably soon after the death of the Samland bishop Tilo von Stobenhain (January 2, 1386) elected as his successor by the cathedral chapter , Pope Urban VI provided him . in autumn with the diocese . On 12 September 1386 he said through the canon Albert Alardi of Bartenstein paying his own servitia of 800  fl. , And that of his predecessor outstanding payment of 200 fl. To. After hisConsecrated on March 13, 1387, he was first recorded as bishop in his diocese on June 24 of this year. With his cathedral chapter, Kuwal continued the colonization of the monastery area. In June 1390 they lent Grand Master Konrad Zöllner von Rotenstein a granary on the Memel . Together with the bishops of Reval, Johannes Rekelina, Pomesanien, Johannes Mönch, and Warmia, Heinrich Sorborm, he took part in the negotiations of the Teutonic Order with the Polish King Władysław II Jagiełło in Thorn in April 1392 . From Pope Boniface IX. Kuwal obtained an indulgence for the Königsberg Cathedral in November 1393 . In his diocese he convened the first known diocesan synod and had the cathedral dean Johann Knüttel (1388–1395) visit all 34 parishes in the diocese of Samland . In 1395 he resigned his diocese for unknown reasons.

predecessor	Office	successor
Thilo of Marburg	Bishop of Samland 1387–1395	Henry III. from Seefeld