List of the Bishops of Courland
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 |
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1 | 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 | ||
2 | Johann I. | between 1192 and 1300 | ||||
3 | Burkhard OT | 1300 | 1321? | mentioned before 1300 and 1310 | ||
4th | Paul I. OT | 1317 | 1330 | appointed bishop before July 24, 1317 | ||
5 | Johann II. | 1328 | 1330 | Appointed bishop in 1328 | ||
6th | Bernhard | Called 1330 | ||||
7th | Johann III. OT | Called 1332 | ||||
8th | Ludolf OT | 1353 | Appointed bishop in 1353 | |||
9 | Wilhelm Baldinus | |||||
10 | Jacob OT | Called 1362 | ||||
11 | Otto OT | Mentioned in 1374 and 1392 | ||||
12 | Rutger from Brugesei OT | 1398 | also Rudger von Bruggenowe, appointed bishop in 1398, named 1403 | |||
13 | Gottschalk Schutte OT | 1405 | 1424 | also Schütz, appointed bishop before December 13, 1405; † after October 25, 1424 | ||
14th | Dietrich Tanke OT | 1424 | 1425 | |||
15th | John IV. OT | 1425 | 1456 | also Thiergart, appointed bishop in 1425; † after 1456 | ||
16 | Paul II. Einwald von Walteris | 1456 | 1473 | Appointed bishop in 1456; † after January 1473 | ||
17th | Martin Lewitz | 1500 | also called Levita, 1475; † after January 31, 1500 | |||
18th | Michael Sculteti | 1500 | 1500 | appointed bishop after January 31, 1500; † after November 4, 1500 | ||
19th | Heinrich II. Basedow | 1501 | 1524 | also Basenu , appointed bishop in 1501; † after 1524 | ||
20th | Hermann II. Konnenberg | 1524 | 1537 | Appointed bishop in 1524; † after 1537 | ||
21st | Johann V. von Münchhausen | 1541 | 1560 | Appointed bishop in 1541 |
Protestant bishops
No. | bishop | from | to | annotation | presentation | coat of arms |
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22nd | 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 |
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- Ernst Friedrich Mooyer: Directories of the German bishops since the year 800 AD , Minden 1854, p. 100 .