Diocese of Speyer

DIOCESE OF SPEYER (Dioecesis Spirensis)

Country : Germany
Denomination : Roman Catholic

Established : 4th Century
Abolished 1803
Re-established 1817

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The arms in the 16th/17th century

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

Arms of Bishops

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  Heinrich von Leiningen (1245-1272)

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  Friedrich von Bolanden (1272-1302)

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  Friedrich III. von Aufseß (1421-1431)

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  Anton von Rotenhan (1431-1459)

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  Georg I. von Schaumberg (1459-1475)

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  Philipp von Henneberg (1475-1487)

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  Heinrich III. Groß von Trockau (1487-1501)

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  Veit I. Truchseß von Pommersfelden (1501-1503)

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  Nikolaus I. von Wiesbaden (1381-1396)

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  Raban von Helmstatt (1396-1430)

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  Adolf von Eppstein (1430-1433)

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  Reinhard von Helmstatt (1438-1456)

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  Siegfried III. von Venningen (1456-1459)

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  Johannes II. Nix von Hoheneck (1459-1464)

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  Matthias von Rammung (1464-1478)

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  Ludwig von Helmstatt (1478-1504)

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  Philipp I. (1504-1513)

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  Georg von der Pfalz (1513-1529)

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  Philipp II. (1529-1552)

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  Rudolf von und zu Frankenstein (1552-1560)

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  Marquard von Hattstein (1560-1581)

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  Eberhard von Dienheim (1584-1610)

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  Philipp Christoph von Sötern (1610-1652)

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  Lothar Friedrich von Metternich-Burscheid (1652-1675)

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  Johann Hugo von Orsbeck (1675-1711)

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  Heinrich Hartard von Rollingen (1711-1719)

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  Damian Hugo Philipp von Schönborn-Buchheim (1719-1743)

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  Franz Christoph von Hutten zum Stolzenfels (1743-1770)

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  Damian August Philipp Karl von Limburg-Vehlen-Stirum (1770-1797)

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  Philipp Franz Wilderich Nepomuk von Walderdorf (1797-1810)

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  Gregor von Zirkel (1817, elected)

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  Matthäus Georg von Chandelle (1818-1826)

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  Johann Martin Manl (1827-1835)

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  Johann Peter von Richarz (1835-1836)

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  Johannes von Geissel (1837-1841)

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  Nikolaus von Weis (1842-1869)

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  Konrad Reither (1870-1871)

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  Daniel Bonifaz von Haneberg (1872-1876)

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  Joseph Georg von Ehrler (1878-1905)

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  Konrad von Busch (1905-1910)

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  Michael von Faulhaber (1911-1917)

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  Ludwig Sebastian (1917-1943)

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  Joseph Wendel (1943-1952)

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  Isidor Markus Emanuel (1953-1968)

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  Friedrich Wetter (1968-1982)

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  Anton Schlembach (1983-2007)

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  Karl-Heinz Wiesemann (2008-present)

Arms of Auxiliary Bishops

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  Ernst Gutting (1971-1994)

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  Otto Georgens (1995-present)

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