List of auxiliary bishops in Bremen
This list of the auxiliary bishops of Bremen shows all the auxiliary bishops in the Archdiocese of Hamburg-Bremen from 1285 to 1642 .
history
Auxiliary bishops, Latin episcopi auxiliaris, also called auxiliary bishops, are priests who have been ordained bishops but who do not lead their own diocese , but are available to the local bishop for ordinations ( confirmation, etc.). However, you receive a historical or perished diocese titular bishopric and the title titular bishop. In the Middle Ages and later, some (prince) bishops also had an auxiliary bishop at their side because they themselves occupied the benefices as princes, but did not have episcopal ordination and therefore necessarily needed an auxiliary bishop for the ordinations. As far as is known, the Archbishops of Bremen were ordained bishops. Some princely sons, such as Heinrich Graf von Schwarzburg, (1463–1496) and Christoph Herzog von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel (1511–1558) were elected archbishop and coadjutor respectively in their youth. They could therefore not receive episcopal ordination because they had not yet reached the relevant canonical age of at least 30 years. Heinrich von Schwarzburg was 23 years old when he was elected and Christoph von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel was 24 when his predecessor Johann Rode died. Therefore, Rome initially only confirmed Heinrich von Schwarzburg as administrator. Since neither of them could operate without episcopal ordination, nor could they consecrate priests or bishops, nor consecrate altars, they had auxiliary bishops at their side.
list
List of auxiliary bishops in Bremen :
- Heinrich, Bishop of Pomesania 1285–1295
- Konrad, titular bishop of Magesensis, 1319
- Hermann, titular bishop of Beloviensis 1320
- Nikolaus von Kesselhut also Ketelhodt († 1331), 1312 to 1331 Bishop of Verden, from 1324 to 1327 Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Bremen as representative of Archbishop Jens Grand, who was in Rome .
- Hildemar von Saldern , titular bishop of Ortosia 1384–1418 (?)
- Erich, titular bishop of Primisliensis, before 1395
- Wichmann , titular bishop of Bir Seba, since 1446, also auxiliary bishop of Cammin in 1449
- Weribert von Heyß, OFM Titular Bishop of Larissa, 1470 to before 1477
- Hermann Nortorp , OP titular bishop of Belvoir, auxiliary bishop of Bremen-Hamburg, 1453–1467
- Johannes Wennecker the Elder , OSA, 1454 titular bishop of Larissa and auxiliary bishop in the Oberstift Münster , Osnabrück and Bremen (?)
- Johannes von Meppen, titular bishop of Larissa, auxiliary bishop of Osnabrück and Bremen, 1477–1496, auxiliary bishop of Münster, 1495–1496
- Hermann von Rethem , OP, titular bishop of Sebaste in Cilicia, auxiliary bishop in Bremen-Hamburg, 1482–1507
- Dietrich Huls , OFM, titular bishop of Sebaste in Cilicia, auxiliary bishop of Bremen-Hamburg 1507–1528, 1516–1528 auxiliary bishop of Schwerin
- Christophorus Radelennes , OP, titular bishop of Constantia in Thracia, auxiliary bishop of Bremen-Hamburg, 1512–1536
- Johannes Pelcking (1573–1642), OFM , titular bishop of Cardicio, auxiliary bishop in Paderborn, Bremen, Cologne, Hildesheim, Minden, Münster, Osnabrück, Verden, 1619–1642, 1620–1642 vicar general of the bishop of Paderborn
literature
- Erwin Gatz (ed.), With the assistance of Clemens Brodkorb: The Bishops of the Holy Roman Empire 1198 to 1448. A biographical lexicon. Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-428-10303-3 .
- Erwin Gatz (ed.), With the assistance of Clemens Brodkorb: The Bishops of the Holy Roman Empire 1448 to 1648. A biographical lexicon. Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1996, ISBN 3-428-08422-5 .