List of the bishops of Ösel
The following people were bishops and prince-bishops of Ösel-Wiek also Ösell (Oesell) - Saare-Lääne:
Roman Catholic Bishops
No. | bishop | from | to | annotation | presentation | coat of arms |
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1 | Gottfried (Gedefricus) | 1224 | 1228 | Mentioned 1228–1229, † 1257 | ||
2 | Heinrich I. | 1234 | 1262 | |||
3 | Hermann I. v. Buxhöwden | 1262 | 1285 |
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4th | Henry II | 1290 | 1294 | |||
5 | Jacob I. | Called 1294 | ||||
6th | Komnrad I. | 1294 | 1307 | Named in 1307 | ||
7th | Hartwig (Hartung) | 1310 | 1321 | Mentioned in 1310, document August 23, 1320, † 1323 | ||
8th | Jacob II | 1322 | 1337 | Called 1324 |
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9 | Hermann II. Osenbrügge (Osnabrück) | 1338 | 1362 | Mentioned in 1334, 1341 | ||
10 | Konrad II. | 1363 | 1374 | Mentioned in 1368 | ||
11 | Henry III. | 1374 | 1385 | previously named Bishop of Schleswig , 1375, 1382, † 1383 or 1385 | ||
12 | Henry IV. | 1385 | 1419 | |||
13 | Kaspar Schouwenflug | 1420 | 1423 | † August 10, 1423 | ||
14th | Christian Kuband | 1423 | 1432 | † July 21, 1432 | ||
15th | Johann Schütte | 1423 | 1438 | Counter-bishop |
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16 | Johann Krewl (Creul / Croveli / Crowel) | 1439 | 1457 | Mentioned in 1454 (in Wiek 1445-1457) | ||
17th | Ludolf Grove (gray) | 1445 | 1458 | (Counterbishop) (1439 de facto, in Ösel and Dagö 1449-1457) | ||
18th | Jobst from Hohenstein | 1458 | 1466 | also called Jodocus Hoenstein, 1461 | ||
19th | Johann Vatelkanne | 1458 | 1461 | Counter-bishop | ||
20th | Peter Wetberg (Wettberg) | 1472 | 1491 | |||
21st | Johann Orgies (Orgass) | 1491 | 1515 | Appointed on March 26, 1492, consecrated April 1, 1492, † March 19, 1515 | ||
22nd | Johann Kiewel (Johannes Rynel) | 1515 | 1527 | appointed coadjutor bishop on October 3, 1513 , Bishop of Ösel on March 9, 1515, † 1527 |
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23 | Georg von Tiesenhausen (Jürg de Tisenhusan) | 1527 | 1530 | Appointed bishop on May 20, 1527, † October 12, 1530 | ||
24 | Reinhold von Buxhoeveden (Reinhold Buxhoeveen) | 1530 | 1532 |
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25th | Wilhelm of Brandenburg-Ansbach-Kulmbach | 1532 | 1534 | Counter-bishop | ||
26th | Johann von Münchhausen (Joannes Monichusen) | 1542 | 1560 | Appointed bishop on January 9, 1542, † March 6, 1560 |
Dissolution of the principality of Ösel-Wiek
Protestant bishops
No. | bishop | from | to | annotation | presentation | coat of arms |
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Magnus Duke of Holstein | 1560 | 1583 | 1st Protestant bishop after the Reformation † March 18, 1583 |
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Kuressaare Episcopal Castle
Ruins of the Lihula bishop's castle
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Catholica Medii Hierarchia et Recentioris Aevi, Volume 3, page 264
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- Ernst Friedrich Mooyer: Directories of the German bishops since the year 800 AD , Minden 1854, p. 75 .
Web links
- Entry in catholic-hierarchy english