Bishop of Speyer


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.
Listed here are the bishops of the diocese and auxiliary bishops.

Bishops to 1802

At some point, the bishops of Speyer acquired imperial fiefs.
NameFromUntil
Jesse of Speircirca 346
Hildericus episcopuscirca 613
Atanasius610650
Principius650659
Dragobodo659700
Otto700709
Siegwin I709725
Luido725743
David743760
Basinus760775
Siegwin II775802
Otto I802810
Fraido810814
Benedikt814828 or 830
Bertin, also Hertinus828 or 830845 or 846
Gebhard I845 or 847880
Goddank881895 or 898
Einhard, also Eginhard895 or 898913
Bernhard914922
Amalrich913 or 923943
Reginwalt I, also Reginhard943 or 944950
Gottfried I950960
Otgar960970
Balderich970987
Ruprecht9871004
Walter10041031
Siegfried I10311032
Reinher, also Reginher10321033
Reginhard II of Dillingen, also Reginbald10331039
Sigbodo I, also Siegbodo10391051
Arnold I of Falkenberg10511056
Konrad I10561060
Eginhard II of Katzenelnbogen10601067
Heinrich of Scharfenberg10671075
Rüdiger Huzmann 10751090
Johann I of Kraichgau10901104
Gebhard II, Count of Urach11051107
Bruno, Count of Saarbrücken 11071123
Arnold II, Count of Leiningen11241126
Siegfried I, Count of Wolffölden11271146
11461161
Ulrich I of Dürrmenz11611163
Gottfried II11641167
Rabodo, Count of Lobdaburg11671176
Konrad II11761178
Ulrich II of Rechberg11781187
Otto II, Count of Henneberg11871200
Conrad III of Scharfenberg12001224
Beringer of Entringen12241232
Konrad IV of Dahn12331236
Konrad V, Count of Eberstein12371245
Heinrich II, Count of Leiningen12451272
Friedrich of Bolanden12721302
Sigibodo II of Lichtenberg, also Siegbodo13021314
Emich, Count of Leiningen, also Emicho13141328
Berthold, Count of Bucheck13281328
Walram, Count of Veldenz13281336
Baldwin, Archbishop of Trier 13321336
Gerhard of Ehrenberg13361363
Lambert of Born 13641371
Adolf I, Count of Nassau13711388
Nikolaus I aus Wiesbaden13881396
Raban of Helmstatt13961438
Reinhard of Helmstatt14381456
Siegfried III Freiherr of Venningen14561459
Johann II Nix of Hoheneck, aka Enzenberger14591464
Matthias Freiherr of Rammingen14641478
Ludwig of Helmstädt14781504
Philip I of Rosenberg15041513
George, Count Palatine by Rhine15131529
Philip II of Flersheim15291552
Rudolf of Frankenstein15521560
Marquard Freiherr of Hattstein15601581
Eberhard of Dienheim15811610
Philipp Christoph von Sötern16101652
Lothar Friedrich of Metternich16521675
Johann Hugo von Orsbeck16751711
Heinrich Hartard of Rollingen17111719
Hugo Damian of Schönborn17191743
Franz Christoph of Hutten zu Stolzenberg17431770
Damian August Philipp Karl, Count of Limburg-Stirum-Vehlen17701797
Philipp Franz Wilderich of Walderdorf18011802
Sede vacante18021818
Secularization and division of the diocese1803-

Bishops after 1818

TenureIncumbentNotes
1802 to 5 February 1818Sede vacanteSecularization and division of the bishopric of Speyer
5 February 1818 to 30 June 1826Matthäus Georg von ChandellePriest of Mainz; ordained 9 December 1821; died in office
22 July 1826 to 25 March 1835Johann Martin ManlPriest of Mainz; confirmed 9 April 1827; ordained 25 April 1827; appointed Bishop of Eichstätt
23 March 1835 to 20 September 1836Johann Peter von RicharzPriest of Würzburg; confirmed 24 July 1835; ordained 1 November 1835; Appointed Bishop of Augsburg
20 September 1836 to 23 May 1842Johannes von GeisselPriest of Speyer; confirmed 19 May 1837; ordained 13 August 1837; Appointed Bishop of Cologne
5 March 1842 to 13 December 1869Nicolaus von WeisPriest of Speyer; confirmed 23 May 1842; ordained 10 July 1842; died in office
6 May 1870 to 4 April 1871Konrad ReitherPriest of Speyer; confirmed 27 June 1870; ordained 18 September 1870; died in office
23 May 1872 to 31 May 1876Bonifatius von Haneberg, OSBPriest of the Order of Saint Benedict; confirmed 29 July 1872; ordained 25 August 1872; died in office
9 June 1878 to 18 March 1905Joseph Georg von EhrlerPriest of Würzburg; confirmed 9 June 1878; ordained 15 July 1878; died in office
21 March 1905 to 9 September 1910Konrad von BuschPriest of Speyer; confirmed 30 May 1905; ordained 16 July 1905; died in office
4 November 1910 to 26 May 1917Michael von FaulhaberPriest of Speyer; confirmed 7 January 1911; ordained 19 February 1911; appointed Archbishop of München und Freising
28 May 1917 to 20 May 1943Ludwig SebastianPriest of Bamberg; confirmed 31 July 1917; ordained 23 September 1917; died in office
20 May 1943 to 9 August 1952Joseph WendelCoadjutor Bishop of Speyer; installed 4 June 1943; Appointed Archbishop of München und Freising
22 December 1952 to 10 February 1968Isidor Markus EmanuelPriest of Speyer; ordained 1 February 1953; resigned
28 May 1968 to 28 October 1982Friedrich WetterPriest of Speyer; ordained 29 June 1968; Appointed Archbishop of München und Freising; created a Cardinal in 1985 by Pope John Paul II
25 August 1983 to 10 February 2007Anton SchlembachPriest of Würzburg; ordained 16 October 1983
19 December 2007 to presentKarl-Heinz WiesemannAuxiliary bishop of Paderborn; ordained 2 March 2008

Auxiliary bishops

  • Pierre Spitznagel, O. Carm.
  • Johann Isenberg, O.F.M.
  • Stephan Karrer, O.P.
  • Heinrich Schertlin
  • Lukas Schleppel
  • Anton Engelbrecht
  • Nikolaus Schigmers, O.S.A.
  • Georg Schweicker
  • Matthais Ob
  • Heinrich Fabricius
  • Dionys Burckard
  • Theobald Manshalter
  • Johannes Streck
  • Wolfgang Ralinger
  • Johann Brassert
  • Johann Philipp Burkhard
  • Peter Cornelius Beyweg
  • Johann Adam Buckel
  • Johann Andreas Seelmann
  • Valentin Philipp Anton Schmidt
  • Ernst Gutting
  • Otto Georgens