List of the Würzburg cathedral preachers

The pulpit in the Würzburg Cathedral

At the Würzburg Cathedral , a position of cathedral preacher was donated for the first time in 1419 . At times the office was understood as officium legendi et praedicandi ("Service of reading and preaching"), the cathedral preachers were also obliged to hold theological lectures at the University of Würzburg .

The cathedral preachers in Würzburg were:

Surname	from	to

Johann Geiler from Kaysersberg	1477	1478

Johann Reyß (Reßy)	1503	1517
Paul Speratus	1520	1522
Johann Gramann called Johannes Poliander	1522	1525
Johann Haner (Grove)	February 14, 1525	1526

Augustin Mair CRSA , auxiliary bishop	1536?	1543 (†)?

Andreas Wigand SJ	Mid 17th century
Melchior Cornäus SJ	1659	1662

Philipp Gersenius SJ	Beginning of the 18th century

Philipp Kisel SJ	Mid 18th century

Individual evidence

^ Anton Schmid: The beginnings of the cathedral predicatures in the German-speaking dioceses. In: Roman quarterly for Christian antiquity and church history 89 (1994), issue 1–2, pp. 78–110, here p. 83.94.
^ Theobald Freudenberger: The Würzburg cathedral preacher Dr. Johann Reßy. A contribution to the history of pastoral care in the diocese of Würzburg on the eve of the Reformation. (KLK 11), Münster 1954, in: TThZ 63 (1954) 316f.

[1] Anton Schmid: The beginnings of the cathedral predicatures in the German-speaking dioceses. In: Roman quarterly for Christian antiquity and church history 89 (1994), issue 1–2, pp. 78–110, here p. 83.94.

[2] Theobald Freudenberger: The Würzburg cathedral preacher Dr. Johann Reßy. A contribution to the history of pastoral care in the diocese of Würzburg on the eve of the Reformation. (KLK 11), Münster 1954, in: TThZ 63 (1954) 316f.