List of the bishops of Schwerin

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The list of the bishops of Schwerin shows all the Catholic bishops of the diocese Schwerin and the administrators of the diocese after the Reformation until 1648.

Bishops of Mecklenburg (992–1162)

verifiable bishops from to Life dates Remarks
Reinbert before 992 1013 † April 16, 1013 or 1014 Bishop of Oldenburg , resided on the Mecklenburg.
Bernhard 1013/14 1023 † August 13, 1023 Bishop of Oldenburg , resided on the Mecklenburg.
vacant? 1023 1053
Johann I. Scotus 1053 1066 * at 990; † November 10, 1066 also Bishop of Glasgow
vacant 1066 1148
Emmehard 1149 1155 † 1155 was not effective in his diocese

Bishops of Schwerin (1162–1533)

Bishop Heinrich II. Von Nauen, historical relief on the main building of the University of Rostock
verifiable bishops from to Life dates Remarks
Berno 1160 1191 * before 1155; † January 27, 1191 was the only monk on the Schwerin bishop's throne
Brunward 1192 1238 † January 14, 1238 was a bishop for 46 years, founded several monasteries in the diocese
Hermann von Schwerin 1191 1195 * at 1155; † around 1228 Counter-Bishop, Provost of Hamburg (1186). Brother of Heinrich I. (Schwerin) , ADB.
Friedrich I of Hagen 1238 1239 * around 1158; † after May 21, before November 3, 1239 Canon and provost in Hildesheim (1182–1228) and Verden
Lockpick 1240 1247 Preparation of a collegiate chapter at the St. Elisabeth Church in Bützow
Wilhelm 1248 1249 only a year bishop
Rudolf I. 1249 1262 oldest surviving tombstone of a Schwerin bishop in Schwerin Cathedral
Hermann I of Schladen 1263 1291 his brother was auxiliary bishop in the diocese
Gottfried I. von Bülow 1292 1314 four meter high double grave plate made of brass in Schwerin Cathedral
Hermann II of Maltzan 1315 1322 by Archbishop of Bremen 1315 spell placed
Johann II of Putlitz 1322 1331 The Gans family Noble gentlemen from Putlitz
Ludolf von Bülow 1331 1339 * around 1275, † April 23, 1339 only church participant in 1338 when the peace treaty between Pomerania and Mecklenburg was signed
Heinrich I. von Bülow 1339 1347 * before 1290, † November 28, 1347 from 1327 as pastor of Stralsund, long-term dispute over patronage rights
Willekin Pape 1347 1348 † 1348 Son of Arnold Pape, mayor of Lübeck (1314–1319)
Andreas from Wislica 1348 1356 † 1356 Bishop of Posen (1347), but the bishop's seat was already taken
Albrecht von Sternberg 1356 1364 moved to Leitomischl
Rudolf II of Anhalt 1365 1365 † September 3, 1365 three months after his episcopal ordination did not come to his diocese by death
Friedrich II. Von Bülow 1366 1375 † September 11, 1375 1368 Final consecration of the Doberan monastery church
Melchior of Braunschweig-Grubenhagen 1377 1381 * 1341; † June 6, 1384 Bishop of Osnabrück (1369-1375)
Marquard Bermann 1377 1378 † 1378 Counter-bishop
Johann III. Potho from Pothenstein 1381 1390 † 1390 Bishop of Münster (1379-1382)
Johann IV. Boy 1381 1389 Counter-bishop
Gerhard von Hoya 1381 1398 Counter-bishop
Rudolf III. from Mecklenburg-Stargard 1391 1415 also Bishop of Skara
Heinrich II of Nauen 1416 1418 On September 8, 1418, applied to the Pope for approval for the University of Rostock .
Henry III. by Wangelin 1419 1429 Founding Chancellor of Rostock University (1419).
Hermann III. Köppen 1429 1444 † January 3, 1444 of bourgeois origin
Nicolaus I. Böddeker 1444 1457 † 1459 sold his pontificate with the approval of the cathedral chapter
Gottfried II. Lange 1457 1458 Bourgeois origin, bishop for only one year
Werner Wolmers 1458 1473 Merits in founding the two monasteries of the brothers from living together in Rostock and the sisters from living together in Bützow
Balthasar of Mecklenburg 1474 1479 Coadjutor
Nicholas II of Pentz 1479 1482 Provost in the Premonstratensian monastery Rehna (1455–1474)
Konrad Loste 1482 1503 Rostock cathedral feud 1482–1492, Sternberg host desecration trial 1492
Johannes Thun 1504 1506 from 1491 provost in the Dobbertin monastery
Peter Volkov 1508 1516 last bishop of Schwerin
Magnus of Mecklenburg 1516 1533 At first, Zutfeld was Wardenberg administrator. Title bishop himself not led, 1533 Reformation

Administrators of the Diocese of Schwerin (1533–1648)

verifiable administrators from to Life dates Remarks
Magnus of Mecklenburg 1533 1550
Ulrich I of Mecklenburg 1550 1603
Ulrich II of Denmark 1603 1624 * 1578; † 1624
Ulrich III. from Denmark 1624 1633 * 1611; † 1633
Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg 1634 1648 1648 conversion of the diocese to the duchy of Mecklenburg

Catholic bishops in Schwerin since 1946

Schwerin had belonged to the Osnabrück diocese since 1930

1973 Renaming of the Episcopal Commissariat to the Episcopal Office Schwerin

1994 Incorporation into the Archdiocese of Hamburg , renaming to the Archbishopric of Schwerin

  • since 1994 Norbert Werbs, auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Hamburg in Schwerin and episcopal vicar for Mecklenburg

See also

literature

  • Ernst Deecke : News on the history of the diocese of Schwerin. In: Yearbooks of the Association for Mecklenburg History and Archeology, Vol. 21 (1856), pp. 178–190 (digitized version )
  • Alfred Rische: Directory of the bishops and canons of Schwerin with biographical remarks. Ludwigslust 1900.
  • Margit Kaluza-Baumruker: The Schwerin Cathedral Chapter (1171–1400). Cologne, Vienna 1987 ISBN 3-412-05787-8
  • Helge bei der Wieden , Roderich Schmidt (Hrsg.): Handbook of the historical sites of Germany . Volume 12: Mecklenburg / Pomerania (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 315). Kröner, Stuttgart 1996, ISBN 3-520-31501-7 , pp. 339-341.
  • Josef Traeger : The bishops of the medieval diocese of Schwerin. With an appendix: Administrators and candidates in the post-Reformation period, Niels Stensen as bishop in Schwerin 1685/86. St. Benno Verlag, Leipzig 1984.
  • Andreas Röpcke : Biographical Lexicon for Mecklenburg. Rostock 2011, ISBN 978-3-7950-3750-5 , pp. 83-87.
  • Andreas Röpke: Wismarer on the Schwerin bishop's chair: Johann Junghe (1381-1389), Nikolaus Böddeker (1444-1457) and Conrad Loste (1482-1503). In: Wismar contributions. Series of publications by the Archives of the Hanseatic City of Wismar, Wismar 2014, issue 20.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ berndjosefjansen.de Friedrich I. von Hagen , accessed September 15, 2017
  2. ^ Document server of the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania State Library, family tree of the Counts of Schwerin , accessed October 10, 2012
  3. ^ Andreas Röpcke: Bülow, Ludolf. In: Biographical Lexicon for Mecklenburg. Rostock 2011, D. 86-87.
  4. ^ Andreas Röpcke: Bülow, Heinrich. In: Biographical Lexicon for Mecklenburg. Rostock 2011, pp. 82-85.