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Bishop of Speyer

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The Bishop of Speyer is the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Speyer, which is a suffragan see of the Archdiocese of Bamberg. The diocese covers an area of 5,893 km². The current bishop is Karl-Heinz Wiesemann.

Auxiliary bishops

  • Pierre Spitznagel, O. Carm. (1444–1465)
  • Johann Isenberg, O.F.M. (1466–1484)
  • Stephan Karrer, O.P. (1484–1486)
  • Heinrich Schertlin (1486–1511)
  • Lukas Schleppel (1512–1520)
  • Anton Engelbrecht (1520–1525)
  • Nikolaus Schigmers, O.S.A. (1529–1541)
  • Georg Schweicker (1544–1563)
  • Matthais Ob (1566–1572)
  • Heinrich Fabricius (1575–1595)
  • Dionys Burckard (1596–1605)
  • Theobald Manshalter (1606–1610)
  • Johannes Streck (1611–)
  • Wolfgang Ralinger (1623–1663)
  • Johann Brassert (1673–1684)
  • Johann Philipp Burkhard (1685–1698)
  • Peter Cornelius Beyweg (1701–1744)
  • Johann Adam Buckel (1745–1771)
  • Johann Andreas Seelmann (1772–1789)
  • Valentin Philipp Anton Schmidt (1790–1805)
  • Ernst Gutting (1971–1994)
  • Otto Georgens (1995–)

    • References

    Bishop of Speyer Wikipedia
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