Diocese of Mainz

DIOCESE OF MAINZ (Dioecesis Moguntina)

Country : Germany
Denomination : Roman Catholic

Established : 4th century
Elevated to Archdiocese in 747
Demoted to Diocese in 1801

Origin/meaning

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The arms in the 16th/17th century

The arms in the Wapen- en Vlaggenboek van Gerrit Hesman (1708)

Arms of (Prince-)Archbishops

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  Konrad von Wittelsbach (1161-1165 and 1183-1200).

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  Gerhard von Eppenstein (1289-1305)

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  Peter von Aspelt (1306-1320)

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  Johann von Luxemburg-Ligny (1371-1373)

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  Ludwig von Meißen (1374-1379)

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  Adolf I von Nassau (1381-1390)

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  Konrad von Weinsberg (1390-1396)

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  Gottfried von Leiningen (1396-1397)

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  Johann von Nassau (1397-1419)

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  Konrad von Dhaun (1419-1434)

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  Dietrich Schenk von Erbach (1434-1459)

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  Diether von Isenburg (1459-1461)

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  Adolf II von Nassau (1461-1475)

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  Diether von Isenburg (1475-1482)

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  Berthold von Henneberg (1484-1504)

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  Jakob von Liebenstein (1504-1508)

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  Uriel von Gemmingen (1508-1514)

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  Albrecht von Brandenburg (1514-1545)

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  Sebastian von Heusenstamm (1545-1555)

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  Daniel Brendel von Homburg (1555-1582)

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  Wolfgang von Dalberg (1582-1601)

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  Johann Adam von Bicken (1601-1604)

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  Johann Schweikhard von Kronberg (1604-1626)

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  Georg Friedrich von Greiffenclau (1626-1629)

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  Anselm Casimir Wambolt von Umstadt (1629-1647)

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  Johann Philipp von Schönborn (1647-1673)

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  Lothar Friedrich von Metternich-Burscheid (1673-1675)

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  Damian Hartard von der Leyen (1675-1678)

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  Karl Heinrich von Metternich-Winneburg (1679-1679)

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  Anselm Franz von Ingelheim (1679-1695)

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  Lothar Franz von Schönborn (1695-1729)

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  Franz Ludwig von Pfalz-Neuburg (1729-1732)

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  Philipp Karl von Eltz (1732-1743)

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  Johann Friedrich Karl von Ostein (1743-1763)

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  Emmerich Joseph von Breidbach zu Bürresheim (1763-1774)

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  Friedrich Karl Joseph von Erthal (1774-1802)

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  Karl Theodor von Dalberg (1802-1803)
  only parts on the right half of the Rhine, no papal approval

Arms of Bishops

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  Joseph Ludwig Colmar (1802-1818)

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  Joseph Vitus Burg (1830-1833)

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  Johann Jakob Humann (1833-1834)

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  Peter Leopold Kaiser (1834-1848)

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  Wilhelm Emmanuel von Ketteler (1850-1877)

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  Paul Leopold Haffner (1886-1899)

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  Heinrich Brück (1899-1903)

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  Georg Heinrich Maria Kirstein (1904-1921)

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  Ludwig Maria Hugo (1921-1935)

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  Albert Stohr (1935-1961)

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  Hermann Volk (1962-1982)

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  Karl Lehmann (1983-2016)

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  Peter Kohlgraf (2017-present)

Arms of Auxiliary Bishops

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  Werner Guballa (2003-2012)

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  Ulrich Neymeyr (2003-2014)

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  Udo Markus Bentz (2015,-)

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