List of the bishops of Samland
The prince-bishopric was founded in 1257 and dissolved in 1525 when sovereignty passed to the Duchy of Prussia . The seat of the prince-bishop was Fischhausen . The coat of arms refers to the former bishopric in East Prussia .
The following people were Prince-Bishops of Samland :
Roman Catholic Bishops
| No. | bishop | from | to | annotation | presentation | coat of arms |
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| 1 | Dietrich I. | 1252 | 1254 | Fr. Rheodoricus, mentioned in April 1252 and June 1255 | ||
| 2 | Heinrich I. von Streitberg | 1254 | 1274 | Strittberg, mentioned before February 1254 |
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| 3 | Hermann I. | 1275 | 1276 | from Cologne, until December 1276, † March 9, 1287 | ||
| 4th | Christian von Mühlhausen | 1277 | 1294 | Appointed bishop in 1257 until March 1294 |
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| 5 | Siegfried von Regenstein | 1295 | 1318 | appointed bishop before April 11, 1296, † 1318 | ||
| 6th | John I of Clare | 1320 | 1344 | Appointed bishop in 1320, † after April 25, 1344 | ||
| 7th | Johann II of Bludau | 1344 | 1358 | appointed bishop on November 2, 1344 and consecrated in Avignon , † January 20, 1358 | ||
| 8th | Jakob von Kulm | (1344) | (1354) | (Culm), † after April 21, 1354 | ||
| 9 | Bartholomew of Radam | 1354 | 1378 | † after September 5, 1378 | ||
| 10 | Tilo von Stobenhain | 1378 | 1386 | Thilo (Dietrich) from Marburg, appointed bishop in 1378, † 1386 | ||
| 11 | Henry II Kuwal | 1387 | 1395 | appointed bishop on March 13, 1387, resigned in 1395 | ||
| 12 | Heinrich II of Seefeld | 1395 | 1414 | appointed bishop on July 25, 1395 | ||
| 13 | Henry III. from Schauenburg | 1415 | 1416 | |||
| 14th | Johann II of Salfeld | 1416 | 1425 | Appointed bishop in 1416 | ||
| 15th | Michael Jung (Bishop) | 1425 | 1441 | Appointed bishop in 1425, † 1443 | ||
| 16 | Nikolaus I. Schöneck | 1442 | 1470 | called Schlotterkopf, appointed bishop in 1442, until January 1470 | ||
| 17th | Dietrich II of Cuba | 1470 | 1474 | Appointed bishop in 1470, murdered in August 1474 | ||
| 18th | Johann III. from Rehewinkel | 1474 | 1497 | Appointed bishop in 1474 until February 23, 1497 | ||
| 19th | Nicholas II Kreuder | 1497 | 1503 | appointed bishop on February 26, 1497, † after July 2, 1503 | ||
| 20th | Paul von Watt | 1503 | 1505 | Appointed bishop in 1503, † April 25, 1505 | ||
| 21st | Günther von Bünau (Bishop) | 1505 | 1518 | from Meissen , appointed bishop in 1505, until July 16, 1518 |
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| 22nd | Georg von Polenz | 1518 | 1523 | Appointed bishop in 1518, then ordained priest and bishop, converts to Protestantism in 1523 |
The diocese is dissolved in 1525
Protestant bishops
| No. | bishop | from | to | annotation | presentation | coat of arms |
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| Georg von Polenz | 1523 | 1550 | The Roman Catholic consecrated Bishop of Samland converted to Protestantism in 1523 and was the first Protestant bishop. He married in 1525 and, after the death of his first wife, again in 1527; † April 28, 1550 | |||
| 23 | Joachim Moerlin | 1568 | 1571 | Coming from Braunschweig , appointed bishop on January 1, 1568, † May 23, 1571 |
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| 24 | Tilemann Hesshus | 1573 | 1577 | was dismissed from office in 1577 |
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The diocese was finally resolved and the diocese Pomesania incorporated
Individual evidence
- ^ Ernst Friedrich Mooyer: Directories of the German bishops from the year 800 to Chr. Geb. , Minden 1854, p. 94
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- Ernst Friedrich Mooyer: Directory of German bishops since the year 800 AD , Minden 1854, p. 94 .