The Apostolic Prefecture of Lausitz (Lusatia) was a missionary pre-diocesan Latin Catholic jurisdiction in

Lusatia Lusatia (german: Lausitz, pl, Łużyce, hsb, Łužica, dsb, Łužyca, cs, Lužice, la, Lusatia, rarely also referred to as Sorbia) is a historical region in Central Europe, split between Germany and Poland. Lusatia stretches from the Bóbr ...

(in German Lausitz}, today in the northeastern German states of Saxony and Brandenburg and in western Poland).

History

Established in 1559 as Apostolic Prefecture of Lausitz on territories within the

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, split off from the Diocese of Meißen (Meissen). In 1581 it gained territory from its suppressed mother Diocese of Meißen On 1921.06.24 it was suppressed, its territory being reassigned to re-establish a Diocese of Meißen.

Ordinaries

(all

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) ;''Prefects Apostolic of Lausitz'' * Father Johann Leisentrit (1559.08.22 – death 1586.11.24) * Gregor Leisentrit (1586.12.13 – death 1594.05.23) * Christoph Blöbel (1594.08.15 – death 1609.02.04) * August Wiederin von Ottersbach (1609.02.25 – death 1620.06.27) * Gregor Kathmann von Maurugk (1620.07.09 – death 1644.05.03) * Johann Hasius von Lichenfeld (1644.09.13 – death 1650.02.28) * Martin Saudrius von Sternfeld (1650.04.02 – retired 1655) * Bernhard von Schrattenbach,

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(O. Cist.) (1655 – death 1660.02.26) * Christophorus Johannes Reinheld von Reichenau (1660.05.11 – death 1665.04.25) * Peter Franz Longinus von Kieferberg (1665.07.04 – death 1675.11.11) * Martin Ferdinand Brückner von Brückenstein (1676.05.06 – death 1700.02.01) * Matthäus Joseph Ignaz Vitzki (1700.12.02 – death 1713.06.23) * Martin Bernhard Just von Friedenfeld (1714.02.07 – death 1721.06.09) * Johann Joseph Ignaz Freyschlag von Schmidenthal (1721.11.04 – death 1743.03.02) * Jakob Johann Joseph Wosky von Bärenstamm (1743.04.04 – death 1771.12.03),

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(1753.04.09 – 1771.12.03) * Carl Laurenz Cardona (1772.01.27 – death 1773.08.25) * Martin Nugk von Lichtenhoff (1774.01.17 – death 1780.06.21), Titular Bishop of

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(1775.11.15 – 1780.06.21) * Johann Joseph Schüller von Ehrenthal (1780.10.09 – death 1794.09.14), Titular Bishop of Danaba-orum (1783.07.10 – 1794.09.14) * Wenzel Kobaltz (1795.05.15 – death 1796.05.02) * Georg Franz Lock (1801.05.22 – death 1831.09.07), Titular Bishop of Antigonea (1801.05.22 – 1831.09.07) * Ignaz Bernhard Mauermann (1831 – death 1841.09.14), Titular Bishop of Pella (1819.01.31 – 1841.09.14), while Apostolic Vicar of

Saxony Saxony (german: Sachsen ; Upper Saxon: ''Saggsn''; hsb, Sakska), officially the Free State of Saxony (german: Freistaat Sachsen, links=no ; Upper Saxon: ''Freischdaad Saggsn''; hsb, Swobodny stat Sakska, links=no), is a landlocked state of ...

(Germany) (1819.01.31 – 1841.09.14) * Joseph Dittrich (1846.04.20 – death 1853.10.05), Titular Bishop of Corycus (1846.04.20 – 1853.10.05), while Apostolic Vicar of

(Germany) (1846.04.20 – 1853.10.05) * Ludwig Forwerk (1854.07.11 – death 1875.01.08), Titular Bishop of

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(1854.07.11 – 1875.01.08), while Apostolic Vicar of

(Germany) (1854.07.11 – 1875.01.08) * Franz Bernert (1876.01.28 – death 1890.03.18), Titular Bishop of Azotus (1876.01.28 – 1890.03.18), while Apostolic Vicar of

(Germany) (1876.01.28 – 1890.03.18) * Ludwig Wahl (1890.07.11 – retired 1900), Titular Bishop of Cocussus (1890.07.11 – 1905.06.06), while Apostolic Vicar of

(Germany) (1890.07.11 – 1900) * Georg Wuschanski (1904.02.13 – death 1905.12.28), Titular Bishop of

Samos Samos (, also ; el, Σάμος ) is a Greek island in the eastern Aegean Sea, south of Chios, north of Patmos and the Dodecanese, and off the coast of western Turkey, from which it is separated by the -wide Mycale Strait. It is also a separate ...

(1904.02.13 – 1905.12.28) * Aloys Schaefer (1906.04.04 – death 1914.09.05), Titular Bishop of Abila (1906.04.04 – 1914.09.05), while Apostolic Vicar of

(Germany) (1906.04.04 – 1914.09.05) * Franz Löbmann (1915.01.30 – death 1920.12.04), Titular Bishop of Priene (1915.01.30 – 1920.12.04), while Apostolic Vicar of

(Germany) (1915.01.30 – 1920.12.04)

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