List of the Bishops of Courland

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Piltene coat of arms

So-called wandering bishops were already working in the Zemgale region in the early 13th century, who then moved on to missionary work in other areas and to preach the Gospel. Bernhard Edler von der Lippe came in 1217 and moved on again in 1224. Bishop Lambert was there from 1225 to 1229, Bishop Balduin von Alna came in 1234 and died in 1243. Heinrich von Lützelburg made the area subject to the Diocese of Riga in 1246.

Bishops also worked in Courland until the Diocese of Courland was founded in 1792 under Edmund von Werth, a priest of the Teutonic Order . Hermann I. 1223, Engelbert OP 1237, he was slain in 1245. Heinrich von Lützelburg from 1245 to 1263.

The coat of arms of Piltene goes back to the old bishopric of Pilten.

The following people were bishops of Courland with their seat in Pilten , today Latvia :

Roman Catholic Bishops

No. bishop from to annotation presentation coat of arms
01 Edmund von Werth OT 1263 1292 appointed Bishop of Courland on March 5, 1263, confirmed by Pope Urban IV. He was ordained bishop. As early as 1267 he left the Teutonic Order and moved into a house in Andernach , in 1290 he founded a cathedral chapter in Pilten and went back to the Kommende Schloss Alden Biesen ; † December 14, 1292
02 Johann I. between 1192 and 1300
03 Burkhard OT 1300 1321? mentioned before 1300 and 1310
04th Paul I. OT 1317 1330 appointed bishop before July 24, 1317
05 Johann II. 1328 1330 Appointed bishop in 1328
06th Bernhard Called 1330
07th Johann III. OT Called 1332
08th Ludolf OT 1353 Appointed bishop in 1353
09 Wilhelm Baldinus
010 Jacob OT Called 1362
011 Otto OT Mentioned in 1374 and 1392
012 Rutger from Brugesei OT 1398 also Rudger von Bruggenowe, appointed bishop in 1398, named 1403
013 Gottschalk Schutte OT 1405 1424 also Schütz, appointed bishop before December 13, 1405; † after October 25, 1424
014th Dietrich Tanke OT 1424 1425
015th John IV. OT 1425 1456 also Thiergart, appointed bishop in 1425; † after 1456
016 Paul II. Einwald von Walteris 1456 1473 Appointed bishop in 1456; † after January 1473
017th Martin Lewitz 1500 also called Levita, 1475; † after January 31, 1500
018th Michael Sculteti 1500 1500 appointed bishop after January 31, 1500; † after November 4, 1500
019th Heinrich II. Basedow 1501 1524 also Basenu , appointed bishop in 1501; † after 1524
020th Hermann II. Konnenberg 1524 1537 Appointed bishop in 1524; † after 1537
021st Johann V. von Münchhausen 1541 1560 Appointed bishop in 1541

Protestant bishops

No. bishop from to annotation presentation coat of arms
022nd Magnus Duke of Holstein 1560 1583 First (and at the same time last) bishop after the Reformation, as well as Bishop of Ösel-Wiek (1560–1572) and Reval (1560–1583); † March 18, 1583 Magnus 1563 VS.jpg Magnus 1563 RS.jpg

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  • Ernst Friedrich Mooyer: Directories of the German bishops since the year 800 AD , Minden 1854, p. 100 .