List of the bishops of Speyer

Coat of arms of the Speyer diocese based on Siebmacher's coat of arms book from 1605

The list of the bishops of Speyer , the number of bishops of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Speyer before that from 1546 to 1801 and 1810 to the rank of prince-bishops revenue as well as in personal union also to 1789 prince provosts of the prince provost White Castle were.

Historical overview

Map of the Principality of Speyer, Homann Heirs 1735

A complete series of bishops began in the Speyer diocese as early as the middle of the 7th century. The first bishops are usually abbots of the region's monasteries. Afterwards it was count families , like the House of Leiningen , who repeatedly provided bishops, gradually members of knightly noble families also gained high spiritual dignity. The von Helmstatt family was particularly influential in the 15th century . The families of origin come from Kraichgau , Alsace or were Rhenish, Hessian, Swabian or Franconian noble families.

The religious center of the diocese has been the Speyer Cathedral since its completion in 1061 . The auxiliary bishops of Speyer and the canons of Speyer play an important role . The court offices of the bishops of Speyer performed other important tasks . Quite a few bishops were initially canons of Speyer or neighboring dioceses. In the period of the late Middle Ages to the early modern period which consisted cathedral chapter of provost , Domdekan , Domscholaster , choirmaster , domkustos and 25 canons . After secularization , the positions were also accessible to commoners, who in the 19th century often still - such as B. Johannes von Geissel - a staff nobility was awarded.

Example of a multiple prince-bishop's coat of arms at Franz Christoph von Hutten zum Stolzenberg : The first crossing alternates with the family coat of arms and a second crossing, which symbolizes the bishopric of Speyer and the prince-provost of Weißenburg.

In the Middle Ages, with the increasing influence of the bishops on Speyer and the surrounding country, tensions with the cathedral chapter and the citizens of the city of Speyer came again and again. In the pursuit of rights acquired Speyer finally after centuries the status of a free city and a free city (see history of the city of Speyer ). As a spiritual principality in the Holy Roman Empire , the bishops were repeatedly called upon to position themselves vis-à-vis kings and between king and pope. The Archdiocese of Mainz , the Wittelsbach Count Palatine and other neighboring territorial states also exerted influence on the diocese.

The coats of arms of the bishops have increased over centuries , i. That is, they usually contain the original family coat of arms and next to it the coat of arms of the Speyer diocese. A crossing with the two coats of arms is common. A silver cross stands for Speyer on a blue background. From 1546 to 1789 the prince-bishops were also prince provosts of the prince-provost of Weissenburg , the property of the monastery in Alsace was integrated into the bishopric. Therefore a coat of arms component is the associated motif of a silver castle with gate and two towers, above a golden crown on red. If the bishop was also bishop of other dioceses, the coat of arms consisted of further elements - in the picture u. a. solved by a heart shield or other divisions. Today's bishops' coats of arms tie in with this tradition.

The old prince-bishopric of Speyer existed on the right bank of the Rhine until 1810, the parts of the diocese on the left bank of the Rhine fell under constitutional law to France in the Peace of Lunéville in 1801 and were divided under canonical law between the dioceses of Strasbourg and Mainz.

In 1817, from various areas on the left bank of the Rhine of the former dioceses of Speyer, Mainz, Worms, Strasbourg and Metz, today's diocese of Speyer, with the episcopal city of the same name as its center, was newly formed.

List of the bishops of Speyer

No.	bishop	from	to	Remarks	Illustration	coat of arms
01	Jesse	at 346		Jesse is considered to be the first Speyer bishop to be handed down long before the other bishops outside the contiguous list of bishops.
02	Hilderich	at 614		Hilderich lived around 600 and is the first tangible bishop of Speyer, with whom the related list of bishops begins. In 614 his participation in the Paris Council convened by the Frankish King Chlothar II is documented. In 616 he consecrated the deacon Johann as bishop in Constance .
03	Athanasius	?	650	Athanasius was court chaplain of King Dagobert I. Under his episcopate, the first Merovingian cathedral was built in Speyer and the Germansberg abbey was founded there, and the Klingenmünster monastery in the surrounding area .
04th	Principius	650	659	King Sigibert III. Principius calls around 650 in a deed of donation for the tithe in Speyergau an "apostolic man" and his "father and lord", which suggests a closer relationship between the two. The generous donation laid the foundation for the financial security of the diocese of Speyer until secularization.
05	Dragobodo	660	700	Dragobodo is considered to be the founder of Weißenburg Monastery and was abbot there. As Bishop of Speyer, he received a privilege from King Childerich II , which exempted the diocese from any royal tax. Dragobodo signed at the Synod of Trier, 664, together with Bishop Chlodulf von Metz, the document establishing the Vosges monastery of Saint-Dié . In the pontificate of Dragobodos on September 10, 670, near Rülzheim not far from Speyer, Bishop Theodard of Maastricht was murdered by Frankish nobles and temporarily buried (later transferred to Liège ). A pilgrimage site, one of the oldest in the diocese of Speyer, was built at the place of his death.
06th	Atto	701	709	Atto is listed in the oldest Speyer bishops list, which was created between 1078 and 1088 in the Schäftlarn Abbey , under the name Ato and is only in 8th place. However, the group of the first 8 bishops there is incomplete and in disorder. According to Jakob Baumann ( Der Pilger , 1906) there are no documents about him; he is only known by name from the abovementioned list of bishops or from tradition. The other sources only offer Atto's presumed government data.
07th	Sigwin	709	725	Sigwin is listed in the oldest Speyer bishops list, which was created between 1078 and 1088 in the Schäftlarn Abbey , under the name Sigiwin and in the correct 7th position. According to Jakob Baumann ( Der Pilger , 1906) there are no documents about him; he is only known by name from the abovementioned list of bishops or from tradition. Sigwin's pontificate falls into the warlike time of the decline of the Merovingian dynasty and the beginning of the effectiveness of St. Philip of Zell , St. Pirminius and St. Bonifatius .
08th	Luido	725	743	According to tradition, Luido was a monk from the Weissenburg monastery; Wilhelm Eisengrein (1543–1584) describes him in 1564 in his Speyer Chronicle as a “saint”. 738, St. Bonifacius brought from Rome a letter from Pope Gregory III. with, in which Bishop Luido is named. Around 740 he took part in the Synod of Regensburg, 742 also in the very important 1st German National Council ( Concilium Germanicum ).
09	David	743	759	David was also abbot of Weissenburg Abbey and appears with this function in documents there from 744. He took part as Speyer Shepherd in the Franconian synod of 747 in Mainz. During his reign, with a papal bull dated November 4, 748, the diocese of Speyer was subordinated to St. Boniface in Mainz as a suffragan diocese. During his pontificate, St. Pirminius and St. Philipp von Zell died in today's diocese of Speyer .
10	Basinus	762	770
11	Fraido	782	804	Fraido, also Flaido , is also known as the Abbot of Klingenmünster .
12	Benedict	814	829
13	Hertin	830	845	also Bertin
14th	Gebhard I.	845	880	also Gebehard
15th	Thank you	881	895
16	Einhard I.	895	913	also Meinhard
17th	Bernhard	914	922
18th	Amalrich	923	943
19th	Reginbald I.	944	950	Reginbald I., also Reginhard , took part in the universal synod of Ingelheim .
20th	Gottfried I.	950	960
21st	Ottgar	962	970
22nd	Balderich	970	986
23	Rupert	986	1004
24	Walter	1006	1031	Walter went down in history as a poet, and some of his works have survived. He was court chaplain of Otto III.
25th	Siegfried I.	1031	1031
26th	Reginger	1032	1033
27	Reginbald II.	1033	1039	Reginbald II of Dillingen, also Regimbald , was first abbot of the monastery of Sankt Ulrich and Afra Augsburg , monastery Ebersberg and then of the monastery Lorsch . He is considered pious and educated, and he is revered as a blessed. During his time as bishop, King Konrad II began building the Speyer Cathedral .		Sarcophagus lid in the Speyer Cathedral
28	Sigibodo I.	1039	1051	Sigibodo I came from a Franconian family and received his spiritual training in Speyer. Under Sigibodo, the All Saints Monastery was built not far from the Speyer Cathedral .
29	Arnold I.	1051	1056	Arnold I. probably came from the family of Falkenberg of Burg Falkenberg . He was first abbot in the Weissenburg monastery .
30th	Konrad I.	1056	1060
31	Einhard II.	1060	1067	Einhard II came from the family of the Counts of Katzenelnbogen . In November 1061 he is said to have taken the veil for Agnes von Poitou in Speyer .		Family coat of arms in the Ingeram Codex
32	Heinrich I. von Scharfenberg	1067	1072	see also Scharfenberg Castle
33	Rüdiger called Huzmann	1074	1090	Rüdiger headed the renowned cathedral school , where Benno von Osnabrück worked as a teacher. In the investiture controversy, Rüdiger stayed on the side of King Henry IV as bishop . For his activities loyal to the king, he was banned by Pope Gregory VII . In order to break the spell, he went to Rome and took a monastery on himself. Back as bishop he risked another ban, which had no further effects in Speyer, which was also loyal to the emperor. Heinrich IV strengthened the position of the diocese primarily by donating two counties, including parts of the Speyergau .
34	John I.	1090	1104	Johannes I was a count in Kraichgau and came from the Zeisolf-Wolfram family . As a supporter of the Salians , Heinrich remained on the side of Henry IV in the investiture dispute . When the crusaders passed through in 1096 , he placed the Jews under his personal protection.
35	Gebhard II of Urach	1104	1107	Gebhard II. Von Urach, also Gerhard , came from the family of the Counts of Urach . Gebhard has been known as abbot in Hirsau Monastery since 1091 as the successor to Wilhelm von Hirsau .
36	Bruno of Saarbrücken	1107	1123	Bruno von Saarbrücken came from the dynasty of the Counts of Saarbrücken , who were entrusted with important offices by the Salians . Bruno was the son of Count Siegbert and a brother of Friedrich von Saarbrücken and the Archbishop of Mainz Adalbert I of Saarbrücken , and thus also the uncle of Adalbert II of Saarbrücken (see also list of Counts of Saarbrücken ). Before Bruno became Bishop of Speyer, he was an abbot at Lorsch Abbey .
37	Arnold II of Leiningen	1124	1126	Arnold II von Leiningen came from the von Leiningen family , who later provided other Speyer bishops with Heinrich von Leiningen and Emich von Leiningen . His time as bishop only lasted a few years.		Family coat of arms
38	Siegfried II of Wolfsölden	1127	1146	In the dispute over the crown, Siegfried II supported the Guelph Lothar III. , the Staufer-friendly city ​​of Speyer adhered to the anti -king Konrad III. and initially drove the bishop out of the city. During the siege of the fortified city by Lothar III. and the Archbishop of Mainz Adalbert I of Saarbrücken , the starved Speyer finally had to bow. After the death of Lothar III. However, the Staufer prevailed.
39	Günther von Henneberg	1146	1161	Günther, like his brother, was a follower of the Staufer . His greatest achievement was the relocation and re-establishment of the Maulbronn Monastery in 1147, which thus developed into one of the most important bases of spiritual life in the Black Forest .	Board of donors, right inner wing. Bishop Günther von Henneberg and Walter von Lomersheim offer the Mother of God their foundation.	Family coat of arms in Scheibler's coat of arms book
40	Ulrich I. von Dürrmenz	1163	1163	Ulrich I is listed as Chancellor of Emperor Barbarossa on August 30, 1159 . This is likely to have had a considerable influence on Ulrich's election as bishop in 1162; Ulrich was given the conflict between the emperor and Pope Alexander III. not confirmed as bishop by the Holy See. Ulrich's term of office was marked by disputes with the citizens of Speyer.		Coats of arms of the Enzberg in Scheibler's book of arms
41	Gottfried II.	1164	1167
42	Rabodo of Lobdaburg	1173	1176	Rabodo came from the Lobdeburg family .
43	Konrad II.	1176	1178
44	Ulrich II von Rechberg	1178	1187	Ulrich II von Rechberg came from the Swabian noble family of the Counts von Rechberg . Ulrich II is one of a number of Speyer bishops who were closely related to the Hohenstaufen emperors.		Family coat of arms in Johann Siebmacher's coat of arms book
45	Otto von Henneberg	1190	1200	Otto came from the Frankish counts of the von Henneberg family , who a few decades earlier had already provided a bishop in Speyer with his brother Günther von Henneberg and who were also represented as bishops of Würzburg several times in the 12th century . Otto is one of a number of Speyer bishops who were closely related to the Hohenstaufen emperors.		Family coat of arms in Scheibler's coat of arms book
46	Conrad III. from Scharfenberg	1200	1224	Conrad III. was also Bishop of Metz since 1212 .
47	Ringers of Entringen	1224	1232	Beringer was an advisor to King Henry VII and took part in the court day in Worms in 1231. The Cistercian convent Heilsbruck and the Reuerinnenkloster St. Magdalena were founded during his time . The Franciscans were allowed to move their branch to the city of Speyer .		Coat of arms of the Beringer von Entringen from Alberti's coat of arms book
48	Conrad IV of Tann	1233	1236	Konrad IV came from the Dahn ministerial . In 1220/1221 he accompanied Bishop Conrad III. von Scharfenberg on his trip to Italy, in 1227 he was a representative of the imperial government in England, for negotiations with King Henry III. As bishop, his participation in two synods against the persecution of heretics of Konrad von Marburg and his related dispatch of a Speyer cleric to report to Rome is documented. He died on Christmas Eve 1236.
49	Konrad V. von Eberstein	1237	1245	Konrad V came from the noble family Eberstein , his mother was one of Andechs . Through her he was closely related to St. Hedwig and St. Elisabeth of Thuringia . Politically, he was one of the partisans of Pope Innocent IV against the Hohenstaufen . He was buried in the Herrenalb family monastery .		Family coat of arms in Scheibler's coat of arms book
50	Henry II	1245	1272	Heinrich II. Occupied Würzburg because of a papal expectance, which was horrified in 1255. After an arbitration, he renounced his claims as Bishop of Würzburg (1254-1255) and died in 1272 as Bishop of Speyer. In 1270 the Bishop's Palatinate Speyer was first documented.		Family coat of arms
51	Friedrich von Bolanden	1272	1302	Friedrich came from the von Bolanden family .
52	Sigibodo II of Lichtenberg	1302	1314	Under Sigibodo, there were massive clashes with the city of Speyer. At the end of acts of war, the bishop largely fulfilled the demands of the citizens.		Family coat of arms in the Ingeram Codex
53	Emich	1314	1328	Emich gave Ludwig to Bavaria on his Italian campaign together with the Eichstätter Bishop Gebhard III. von Graisbach the anointing as king of Lombardy . Since he was a partisan of Ludwig's judgments from Pope Johannes XXII. not published, he was excommunicated in 1327 .		Family coat of arms
54	Berthold von Buchegg	1328	1328	Pope John XXII. selected Berthold as an opponent of Ludwig of Bavaria . Despite warnings from the Pope, the Speyer canons held elections and opted for Walram von Veldenz . Berthold could not keep himself in Speyer even with military means and became Bishop of Strasbourg (1328-1353).
55	Walram from Veldenz	1329	1336	Walram von Veldenz was in 1329 by Pope Johannes XXII. appointed who asked his predecessor Berthold von Buchegg to vacate the bishopric. Walram was a supporter of Ludwig of Bavaria and represented the interests of his lineage relatives. Due to the long-term financial difficulties of the bishopric, Walram handed over his secular functions to an administrator in the person of Baldwin of Luxembourg in 1330/1331 .
	Baldwin of Luxembourg	1332	1336	In the last years of Walram von Veldenz , Balduin was administrator of Speyer and also administrator of Mainz (1328-1336). He was also Bishop of Trier (1307-1354).	Middle: Balduin, picture cycle of the Codex Balduini Trevirensis 1341	Modern window picture of the prince-bishop's coat of arms
56	Gerhard von Ehrenberg	1336	1363	With Gerhard from the von Ehrenberg family , a bishop from the Kraichgau knighthood was elected for the first time . First, employees of the law firm of Ludwig of Bavaria , he was in his favor, and changed only after his death on the side of Charles IV. The persecutions of 1349 as proliferations of the plague he could not prevent.	Replica of the epitaph	Family coat of arms in Scheibler's coat of arms book
57	Lamprecht von Brunn	1364	1371	Lamprecht, also referred to as Lambert, Lampert or Lambrecht in other sources, owed his position to imperial protection and personal qualities. In 1364/65 he first had to assert himself in Speyer against the opposing bishop Eberhard von Randeck , elected by the cathedral chapter , who finally resigned and was resigned. Since 1354 Lamprecht was abbot of the Gengenbach monastery in the Black Forest . 1363-1364 Lamprecht was also Bishop of Brixen , 1364-1371 he was Bishop of Speyer and 1371-1374 Bishop of Strasbourg . Only when he took office as Bishop of Bamberg (1374–1398) did he resign from his position as Abbot of Gengenbach. He was a close advisor to Charles IV and later Chancellor of his son King Wenceslaus the Lazy . Lamprecht distinguished himself from his neighbors through a sustainable peace policy. The only Carthusian monastery was founded in Nuremberg in 1381 . In 1395 he also founded the Elisabethen Hospital in Scheßlitz and donated his library to him.		Family coat of arms after Lorenz Fries : Chronicle of the Bishops of Würzburg, 1574–1582
58	Adolf I of Nassau	1371	1381	After studying law in Padua and Bologna , Adolf I was elected Bishop of Speyer at the age of 18 and then also Archbishop of Mainz (1381-1390). Due to two different parties that both wanted to see different candidates in the position of archbishop, disputes arose during his tenure between a coalition of princes and counts supported, including Duke Otto von Braunschweig-Göttingen , Johann von Nassau-Dillenburg , and Count Heinrich VI. von Waldeck and Count Gottfried VIII von Ziegenhain , who supported Adolf, and Emperor Karl IV , his son Wenzel , the three Margraves of Meißen (Ludwig's brothers) and Landgrave Heinrich II of Hesse . Only after the death of Pope Gregory XI. Adolf was confirmed in his position. Two weeks before his death, he founded the University of Erlangen .		Family coat of arms in the Ingeram Codex
59	Nicholas I of Wiesbaden	1381	1396	Nikolaus competed with his predecessor for the bishop's chair (see counter-bishop ). It was not until the death of Adolf I that Nicholas was generally recognized as a bishop. As protonator, he was also in charge of King Ruprecht's law firm . Due to the disputes during Adolf I's tenure, the financial situation of the bishopric was extremely strained. His alliances with the Count Palatine Rupprecht II. And Rupprecht III. led above all to the further strengthening of the influence of the Count Palatine in the interests of the diocese, which z. B. expressed in the occupation of the cathedral chapter and the bishop's seat.
60	Raban from Helmstatt	1396	1430	As usual in earlier times, Raban entered the cathedral chapter at a young age. During his tenure as Bishop of Speyer, he served as King Ruprecht 's Chancellor from 1400-1410 . In his function as Archbishop of Trier (1430–1439) he pledged the city of Cochem and Ehrenbreitstein Castle in the 1430s , which led to armed conflicts lasting several years. After he resigned from his office of Speyer Bishop on October 20, 1438, he also resigned from the office of Archbishop of Trier in 1439.		Family coat of arms in Scheibler's coat of arms book
61	Adolf von Eppstein	1430	1433	Adolf, who came from the von Eppstein family, was appointed Raban's successor on May 22, 1430 by Pope Martin V. After the death of Adolf von Eppstein in 1433/34 Raban von Helmstatt again administered the diocese.		Family coat of arms in Scheibler's coat of arms book
62	Reinhard von Helmstatt	1438	1456	In order to enable Reinhard to become bishop, his brother was forced to give up the office of provost and hand it over to him from 1424 onwards. This was finally fixed until 1436. As bishop, Reinhard laid the foundation stone for the Church of Our Lady in Bruchsal in 1447.		Family coat of arms in Scheibler's coat of arms book
63	Siegfried III. from Venningen	1456	1459	Through the marriage of his sister to Konrad von Helmstatt, a great-nephew of Raban von Helmstatt , Siegfried III came. and thus also the Venningen family in the highest Speyer circles. In his three years as bishop Siegfried III. the rapprochement between the diocese and the Electoral Palatinate continued and maintained a friendly relationship with Frederick I of the Palatinate .		Family coat of arms in Scheibler's coat of arms book
64	Johannes II. Nix von Hoheneck	1459	1464	Johannes II. Nix, who also had the suffix called Enzenberger , stood up in the Mainz collegiate feud against Friedrich I of the Palatinate . He had to submit to him after the battle of Seckenheim and was forced to abdicate on July 4, 1464.		Family coat of arms
65	Matthias von Rammung	1464	1478	Important reform bishop, at the same time Chancellor of the Electoral Palatinate . The historian Franz Xaver Glasschröder (1864–1933) described Matthias von Rammung as "the most important of the medieval Speyer bishops". He built the present choir of the Marienwallfahrtskirche Waghäusel , whose vault stone adorns his bishop's coat of arms.	contemporary book miniature	Wappenstein pilgrimage church Waghäusel
66	Ludwig von Helmstatt	1478	1504	Ludwig was the nephew of Bishop Reinhard von Helmstatt and the great-nephew of Bishop Raban von Helmstatt . From 1453 he is mentioned as Canon of Mainz and Speyer, from 1478 until his death as Bishop of Speyer. In Bruchsal he is named as the foundation stone of the old castle. During his reign there were significant tax increases for various reasons, which is considered one of the reasons for the spread of the peasant war to the diocese. The bishop was very dutiful and reformed the clergy. Jakob Wimpfeling praised his justice and piety in a poem.		Episcopal coat of arms, parish church St. Ulrich (Deidesheim)
67	Philip I.	1504	1513	Philip I combated the grievances among clergy and lay people in 17 still existing letters. He had a diocesan agenda printed by Peter Drach in Speyer. Under Bishop Philip I, the artistically very valuable Mount of Olives , a masterpiece of Renaissance sculpture that still exists today , was built south of the cathedral in 1509 .		Coat of arms seal of Bishop Philipp von Rosenberg, on the left the Speyer diocesan coat of arms with cross, on the right the family coat of arms of the von Rosenberg
68	George of the Palatinate	1513	1529	Georg, a Wittelsbacher , tried to counter the burgeoning Protestantism with prohibitions and to counteract the decline of religious life. He fled to Heidelberg during the Palatinate Peasants' War . He sought negotiations with the rebels, who were finally defeated by the Electoral Palatinate . In 1529 he took part in the Reichstag in Speyer . He died of an English sweat that same year .	contemporary painting on wood.	Family coat of arms of the Wittelsbach family
69	Philip II	1529	1552	Born in Kaiserslautern in 1481 as the son of the local electorate, Philipp studied in Heidelberg , Paris and Leuven , received his doctorate, became canon in Worms and Speyer in 1501 , rector of Heidelberg University in 1504; then cathedral singer in Speyer, cathedral provost in 1529 and Speyer bishop on October 22 of the same year. With kindness and religious zeal he tried to stop the Reformation in the diocese, which he only partially succeeded in doing. He consolidated the finances, and raised the wealth of his subjects. He was a political advisor to the emperor and other princes; also brother-in-law of Franz von Sickingen . He united the Propstei Weissenburg with the diocese. He died on August 14, 1552 in Zabern , on the run from the events of the Second Margrave War and was later buried in the Speyer Cathedral .	contemporary painting	Coat of arms seal Family coat of arms in Johann Siebmacher's coat of arms book
70	Rudolf von and zu Frankenstein	1552	1560	Rudolf came from the von Frankenstein family . After studying at various universities, he was canon in Mainz and after various diplomatic missions he was elected Bishop of Speyer.		Family coat of arms
71	Marquard von Hattstein	1560	1581	Hambach Castle , which was destroyed in 1552, was rebuilt under Marquard .	contemporary engraving	Episcopal coat of arms
72	Eberhard von Dienheim	1581	1610	In the period between 1583 and 1588 Eberhard visited his rural communities. The protocols received show worrying conditions that prompt Eberhard to reform. Many village pastors were poorly trained at this time and were dependent on additional farm work to make a living.	contemporary painting	Family coat of arms in Johann Siebmacher's coat of arms book
73	Philipp Christoph von Sötern	1610	1652	also Archbishop of Trier and Prince Abbot of Prüm (1623–1652)	contemporary engraving by Matthäus Merian	Prince-Bishop's coat of arms as an excerpt from an engraving of the Matthäus Merian family coat of arms in Johann Siebmacher's coat of arms
74	Lothar Friedrich von Metternich-Burscheid	1652	1675	also Archbishop of Mainz (1675–1711) and Bishop of Worms (1675–1711)	contemporary painting	Modern window picture of the prince-bishop's coat of arms
75	Johann Hugo von Orsbeck	1675	1711	(also Archbishop and Elector of Trier and Prince Abbot of Prüm ) Johann Hugo von Orsbeck studied at the Collegium Germanicum in Rome; In 1672 he was elected in Trier as coadjutor and successor to his uncle Karl Kaspar von der Leyen , with the date of July 16, 1675 as Bishop of Speyer. No sooner did he hold this office than his uncle died on June 4, 1676. Bishop Orsbeck now succeeded him in Trier and left Speyer forever; only once, namely in 1677, did he briefly return to the homage. On August 13, 1676, the shepherd appointed the able canon Heinrich Hartard von Rollingen as his representative in Speyer . Orsbeck was of great personal piety and a man of church consolidation. His government was overshadowed by the constant wars that were being waged over his territories. He was very beneficial in both dioceses, but in Speyer only through the hand of his long-time governor Hartard von Rollingen. Bishop von Orsbeck was buried in Trier Cathedral, his heart rests in Speyer Cathedral.	contemporary engraving
76	Heinrich Hartard von Rollingen	1711	1719	Rollingen studied at the Collegium Germanicum in Rome, was ordained a priest there in 1658 and officiated in 1661 cathedral chapter in Trier and Speyer. No sooner had Johann Hugo von Orsbeck become bishop of Speyer on July 16, 1675, when his uncle, the bishop and elector of Trier, whose successor he was, died. Bishop Orsbeck therefore left Speyer forever and on August 13, 1676 appointed the canon Heinrich Hartard von Rollingen as his governor there. He also received episcopal ordination. Under his governorship, the French occupied and devastated large parts of the diocese. In 1689 they burned Speyer down completely; only a ruin remained of the cathedral, which Rollingen saved from demolition. After the death of Bishop Orsbeck, the cathedral chapter unanimously elected him Bishop of Speyer on February 26, 1711. Rollingen - pious, very active and highly educated - was already 77 years old at this point.	contemporary painting	Prince-Bishop's coat of arms on the portal of the Catholic. Parish church St. Barbara, Hainfeld (1718)
77	Damian Hugo Philipp von Schönborn-Buchheim	1719	1743	Damian Hugo Philipp stands for a peaceful time in the diocese in which there was an economic and cultural boom. Damian Hugo Philipp managed to consolidate the state budget. He led u. a. the general compulsory education one. The bishopric was relocated to Bruchsal Castle . Damian Hugo Philipp was also Bishop of Constance from 1740 at the end of his life .	painting	Prince-Bishop's ornate coat of arms on the facade of Bruchsal Castle
78	Franz Christoph von Hutten to the Stolzenberg	1743	1770		painting	Prince-Bishop's coat of arms
79	Damian August Philipp Karl Count of Limburg-Vehlen-Stirum	1770	1797		contemporary painting
80	Philipp Franz Wilderich Nepomuk von Walderdorf	1797	1810	Philipp Franz Wilderich was the last Prince-Bishop of Speyer. The area on the left bank of the Rhine was secularized by France. The area on the right bank of the Rhine was added to the Margrave of Baden in 1802 . Philipp Franz Wilderich remained the head of the church for the area on the right bank of the Rhine until his death in 1810.	painting	Family coat of arms
	Sedis vacancy	1810	1818	In 1803 the prince-bishopric was secularized as secular territory. The part on the left bank of the Rhine had already fallen to France under constitutional law in 1801, while the part on the right bank of the Rhine became part of the Grand Duchy of Baden . In spiritual terms, the old diocese on the right bank of the Rhine continued to exist as a rump bishopric under the name of "Vikariat Bruchsal " until 1827 and was then incorporated into the Archdiocese of Freiburg . On the left bank of the Rhine, its areas of jurisdiction were subordinated to the large French dioceses of Mainz and Strasbourg as early as 1802 . Today's diocese of Speyer was completely re-established on the left bank of the Rhine in 1818 after the political re-affiliation of the areas on the left bank of the Rhine to Germany, using the old bishopric of Speyer and its famous cathedral .
81	Matthäus Georg von Chandelle	1818	1826	Chandelle was born in 1745 as the son of a Frankfurt wine merchant and was ordained a priest in Mainz in 1769. After the occupation of the areas on the left bank of the Rhine by the French, Chandelle fled to the right bank of the Mainz diocese, to Aschaffenburg, where he became an official, eventually director of the Aschaffenburg vicariate. When the Bavarian bishoprics were reorganized as a result of the Concordat, Chandelle was appointed bishop of the reborn Diocese of Speyer in 1818 after the originally planned Gregor von Zirkel had died. Chandelle was a bureaucrat and very orientated towards the state church. There were great tensions between the bishop and his clergy and the cathedral chapter. Died on June 30, 1826 and was buried in the city cemetery, later an epitaph was erected for him in the cathedral, but it is now in the cathedral chapter cemetery.	painting	Episcopal coat of arms < Episcopal coat of arms on the tombstone
82	Johann Martin Manl	1827	1835	Born in Mainz in 1766 as the son of farrier Andreas Mantel. Later changed his family name to Manl. Benedictine novice, then studied theology in Mainz; Ordained a priest there in 1789. In 1821 Johann Martin Manl became a cathedral chapter member of the newly established Metropolitan Chapter in Munich, and in the same year he became an official . On July 22, 1826, appointed Bishop of Speyer. Diligent about his official duties and the administrative management of the diocese; created a diocesan seminary, enlivened liturgical life and church singing. Pastoral care remained alien to him, he had more administrative talent. Because of contradicting views, the pastor fell out with most of the members of the cathedral chapter. He sought a transfer and became Bishop of Eichstätt on March 25, 1835 (1835). Here he died on October 15 of the same year of pneumonia and is buried in Eichstätt Cathedral.	contemporary painting	Episcopal coat of arms
83	Peter von Richarz	1835	1836	Peter Richarz was born in 1783 as the son of a prince-bishop hussar from Bonn in Würzburg and was ordained a priest there in 1807. Since 1817 professor at the Würzburg University . King Ludwig I appointed Richarz Bishop of Speyer on March 23, 1835; at the same time he raised him to the nobility. Dedicated pastor and preacher, busily traveled and visited the local parishes. He became close friends with the cathedral capitals Johann Jakob Geissel and Nikolaus Weis , his two episcopal successors. In many things, however, he was quite headstrong, which led to resentment and dissatisfaction in the clergy. In order not to harm the diocese through his person, he applied after a short time for the vacant diocese of Augsburg and became bishop there (1836–1855). He died in Augsburg on July 2, 1855 and was buried in the local cathedral.	contemporary painting	Episcopal coat of arms
84	Johannes von Geissel	1837	1841	Johann Jakob Geissel was born the son of a winemaker in Gimmeldingen in the Palatinate in 1796 and ordained a priest in 1818. In 1822 he became cathedral capitular in Speyer , in 1836 cathedral dean and in 1837 bishop. Since Geissel was the first shepherd from the region to come from the newly cut Diocese of Speyer, he knew the situation very well and performed his office with care and great commitment. He appointed his friend Nikolaus von Weis , who later became his episcopal successor, as vicar general. On September 24, 1841, Pope Geissel appointed Coadjutor of Archbishop Clemens August Droste zu Vischering for the Archdiocese of Cologne , who had been banished for political reasons . when the archbishop died in 1845, Geissel was his successor in Cologne (1845–1862). Under him, the Cologne Cathedral was already being built from 1842. Geissel became leader of the German episcopate during his tenure, and Pope Pius IX. appointed him cardinal in 1850 . He died in 1864 and was buried in Cologne Cathedral.	photography	Archbishop's coat of arms on the Marian column in Cologne
85	Nikolaus von Weis	1842	1869		photography
86	Konrad Reither	1870	1871		photography	Episcopal coat of arms
87	Daniel Bonifaz von Haneberg	1872	1876	Born as a farmer's son in Tannen near Lenzfried (Kempten), studied philosophy and theology in Munich, graduated in 1839 and ordained a priest. 1840 associate professor, 1844 full professor at Munich University. Taught the subjects of the Old Testament and Oriental languages. 1848 appointment to the Bavarian Academy of Sciences . Haneberg was considered a linguistic genius. 1850 joined the Benedictine Abbey of St. Boniface in Munich, where he was elected abbot in 1854 . Participation in the 1st Vatican Council . Several times he rejected the appointment of bishops, but accepted the election of Bishop of Speyer in 1872 at the papal request. Zealous, tireless pastoral bishop, tall and impressive in figure. Carried out his office until he was completely physically exhausted and died in 1876 of pneumonia. Published theological books.	photography	Episcopal coat of arms
88	Joseph Georg von Ehrler	1878	1905		photography	Episcopal coat of arms
89	Konrad von Busch	1905	1910		photography	Episcopal coat of arms in the choir of the Neustadt an der Weinstrasse collegiate church
90	Michael von Faulhaber	1911	1917	Michael was also Archbishop of Munich and Freising (1917–1952)	photography	Episcopal coat of arms
91	Ludwig Sebastian	1917	1943		photography	Episcopal coat of arms
92	Joseph Wendel	1943	1952	Joseph was then Archbishop of Munich and Freising (1952–1960), Military Bishop of the Bundeswehr (1956–1960)	Photography by Joseph Wendel (right) together with Konrad Adenauer	Episcopal coat of arms
93	Isidor Markus Emanuel	1953	1968			Episcopal coat of arms
94	Friedrich Weather	1968	1982	Friedrich was then Archbishop of Munich and Freising (1982-2007)	photography	Episcopal coat of arms
95	Anton Schlembach	1983	2007		photography	Episcopal coat of arms
96	Karl-Heinz Wiesemann	2008			photography	Episcopal coat of arms

Non-contemporary representations of bishops

The problem with subsequent representations is basically the question of a realistic processing of historical connections.

Bishops in religious motifs

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  Abbot Reginbald is appointed bishop, from "Bavaria Sancta et Pia", 1615

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  Abbot Reginbald receives news of his election as bishop; Engraving from “Bavaria Sancta” by Magnus Jocham , 1861

Bishops on 18th century paintings

In the 18th century a number of paintings were made with portraits of medieval Speyer bishops. The motivation for this arose in part from the need to make clear periods of time that were mainly transmitted from written sources.

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  Raban from Helmstatt

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  Reinhard von Helmstatt

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  Ludwig von Helmstatt

literature

• Ernst Friedrich Mooyer: Directories of the German bishops since the year 800 AD. Geb. , Minden 1854, pp. 103-104 .
• Hans Ammerich : The diocese of Speyer and its history . 7 volumes. Sadifa Media, Kehl am Rhein 1998-2006
• Georg Gresser : The diocese of Speyer until the end of the 11th century . In: Sources and treatises on the history of the Middle Rhine Church , Volume 89. Mainz 1998
• Franz Xaver Remling : History of the Bishops of Speyer , 2 volumes. Kirchheim, Mainz; Volume 1: 1852, Volume 2: 1854
• Max Wilberg : Regent Tables - A compilation of the rulers of countries on all continents up to the beginning of the 20th century . Transpress VEB publishing house for traffic, Berlin 1987 (= Frankfurt / Oder 1906). ISBN 3-344-00094-2
• Handbook of the Diocese of Speyer . 1991

Web links

Commons : Bishops of Speyer  - Collection of images

• The row of bishops on the Speyer Cathedral website
• Official website of the Speyer diocese

Remarks

1. ↑ Hans Ammerich : The Diocese of Speyer and its history , Volume 2: From the Staufer period (1125) to the beginning of the 16th century . Kehl am Rhein 1999, ISBN 3-927095-44-3 . P. 22
2. ↑ Baldwin of Luxembourg appears in the official list of bishops ( memento of the original of April 26, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. not counted 

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