List of the Bishops of Pomesania
The following people were bishops of Pomesania .
The Catholic diocese of Pomesania was founded in 1259. The bishopric was Marienwerder ; in the 14th century it was moved to Riesenburg . With the conversion of Bishop Erhard von Queis to Protestantism , the Catholic part was transferred to the diocese of Pelplin in 1524 , whose bishops from then on carried the title of Bishop of Kulm and Pomesanien .
In 1587 the diocese was withdrawn by the Prussian administrator Margrave Georg Friedrich I (Brandenburg-Ansbach-Kulmbach) .
Marienwerder coat of arms
Banner of the Bishop of Pomesania
List of bishops
| No. | bishop | from | to | annotation | presentation | coat of arms |
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| 1 | Ernst von Torgau OP | 1248/49 | 1259 | |||
| 2 | Albert | 1259 | 1286 | |||
| Heinrich | 1277/8 | 1292 | Counter-bishop | |||
| 3 | Heinrich | 1286 | 1303 | |||
| 4th | Christian | October 13, 1303 | 1308/9 | |||
| 5 |
Ludeko OT (Lutho von Baldersheim) († 1321) |
1308/9 | August 21, 1321 | The Archbishop of Riga refused confirmation and ordination because of his religious affiliation. After a long legal battle, finally before the Pope, he renounced his rights in 1319 and was replaced by Pope John XXIII. on December 3, 1319 again entrusted with the diocese and consecrated by a cardinal. | ||
| 6th | Rudolf | 1321 | 1331 | from Elbling | ||
| 7th | Bertold von Riesenburg | 1331 | November 20, 1346 | |||
| 8th | Arnold | 1347 | January 29, 1364 | |||
| 9 | Paul I. | November 1, 1373 | ||||
| 10 | Nicholas I. | before August 1, 1374? | November 24, 1376 | Called August 16, 1362 | ||
| 11 | John I. | 1376 | March 7, 1409 | Monk from Elbing | ||
| 12 | John II Rymann | 1409 | September 4, 1417 | |||
| 13 | Gerhard Stolpmann | 1417 | before October 13, 1427 | from Königsberg i. Pr. ( Elbing ) | ||
| 14th | John III by Mewe | October 14, 1427 | May 12, 1440 | |||
| 15th | Kaspar Linke | 1440 | October 28, 1463 | |||
| 16 | Nicholas II | 1464 | 1466 | |||
| Vincentius Kielbassa | 1467 | 1478 | ( Administrator ), Prince-Bishop of Kulm 1457–1479 | |||
| 17th | John IV of Lessen | 1479 | April 10, 1501 | |||
| 17th | Job von Dorbenck | 1501 | May 25, 1521 | |||
| 18th |
Achille Grassi (1456-1523) |
1521 | November 22, 1523 | Cardinal Protector of Poland 1512–1523 |
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| 19th |
Erhard von Queis (1490–1529) |
1523 | 1525 | 1524 Conversion to Protestantism | ||
| 20th |
Paul Speratus (1484–1551) |
1530 | August 12, 1551 |
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| 21st | George of Venediger | February 3, 1567 | November 3, 1574 | Doctor of Theology | ||
| 22nd | Johannes Wigand | 1575 | October 21, 1587 |
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- Ernst Friedrich Mooyer: lists of German bishops since the year 800 AD. Born : Minden 1854, p.84 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ encyclopaedia entry on "Pomesania". Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon, Volume 16. Leipzig 1908, p. 133.