Diocese of Speyer

DIOCESE OF SPEYER (Dioecesis Spirensis)

Country: Germany
Denomination: Roman Catholic

Established: 4^th century
Abolished 1803
Re-established 1817

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The arms in a manuscript from 1576
The arms in the 16th/17^th century
The arms in the Wapen- en Vlaggenboek van Gerrit Hesman (1708)

Arms of Bishops

Heinrich von Leiningen (1245-1272)
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)
Georg von der Pfalz (1513-1529)
Philipp von Flersheim (1529-1552)
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Rudolf von und zu Frankenstein (1552-1560)
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Marquard von Hattstein (1560-1581)
Eberhard von Dienheim (1584-1610)
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Philipp Christoph von Sötern (1610-1652)
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)
Franz Christoph von Hutten zum Stolzenfels (1743-1770)
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Damian August Philipp Karl von Limburg-Vehlen-Stirum (1770-1797)
Philipp Franz Wilderich Nepomuk von Walderdorf (1797-1810)
Gregor von Zirkel (1817, elected)
Matthäus Georg von Chandelle (1818-1826)
Johann Martin Manl (1827-1835)
Johann Peter von Richarz (1835-1836)
Johannes von Geissel (1837-1841)
Nikolaus von Weis (1842-1869)
Konrad Reither (1870-1871)
Daniel Bonifaz von Haneberg (1872-1876)
Joseph Georg von Ehrler (1878-1905)
Konrad von Busch (1905-1910)
Michael von Faulhaber (1911-1917)
Ludwig Sebastian (1917-1943)
Joseph Wendel (1943-1952)
Isidor Markus Emanuel (1953-1968)
Friedrich Wetter (1968-1982)
Anton Schlembach (1983-2007)
Karl-Heinz Wiesemann (2008-present)

Arms of Auxiliary Bishops

Ernst Gutting (1971-1994)
Otto Georgens (1995-present)

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