Bishopric of Naumburg-Zeitz


The Prince-Bishopric of Naumburg-Zeitz was a medieval diocese in the central German area between Leipzig in the east and Erfurt in the west. The seat of the bishop was Zeitz Cathedral in Zeitz from 968 and 1029 and Naumburg Cathedral in Naumburg between 1029 and 1615. It was dissolved in the wake of the Reformation. The Bishopric of Zeitz-Naumburg encompassed the four archdeaconries of Naumburg, Zeitz, Altenburg and "trans Muldam".

History

The diocese of Zeitz was founded on January 2, AD 968. Along with Meißen and Merseburg, it had been authorized by Pope John XIII at the Synod of Ravenna the year before, in accordance with a recommendation by Emperor Otto I. All three bishoprics were suffragans of the Archbishopric of Magdeburg.

List

Bishops of Zeitz

  • Hugh I
  • Frederick
  • Hugh II
  • Hildeward

    Bishops of Naumburg

  • Kadeloh
  • Eberhard
  • Günther I
  • Walram, who corresponded with St Anselm
  • Dietrich I
  • Richwin
  • Udo I
  • Wichmann von Seeburg
  • Berthold I
  • Udo II
  • Berthold II
  • Engelhard
  • Dietrich II
  • Meinher von Neuenburg
  • Ludolf von Mihla
  • Bruno von Langenbogen
  • Ulrich I
  • Henry I
  • Withego I
  • John I
  • Rudolf von Nebra
  • Gerhard von Schwarzburg
  • Withego II
  • Christian von Witzleben
  • Ulrich II
  • Gerhard II
  • John II
  • Peter von Schleinitz
  • Georg von Haugwitz
  • Dietrich III
  • Henry II
  • Dietrich IV
  • John III
  • Philipp von der Pfalz
  • Nicolaus von Amsdorf, Lutheran bishop
  • Julius von Pflug, the last Catholic bishop of the diocese

    Auxiliary bishops

  • Heinrich Kratz