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Bishop A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ...

Speyer Speyer (, older spelling ''Speier'', French: ''Spire,'' historical English: ''Spires''; pfl, Schbaija) is a city in Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany with approximately 50,000 inhabitants. Located on the left bank of the river Rhine, Speyer li ...

is the

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Diocese of Speyer, which is a suffragan see of the Archdiocese of Bamberg."Diocese of Speyer"
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''GCatholic.org''. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016 The diocese covers an area of 5,893 km². The current bishop is

Karl-Heinz Wiesemann Karl-Heinz Wiesemann (born 1 August 1960) is the 96th Bishop of Speyer. Life Wiesemann was born in Herford, North Rhine-Westphalia in the archdiocese of Paderborn. He became a chaplain on 10 October 1985 in Rome. He later served as a priest in ...

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

Bishops to 1802

At some point the bishops of Speyer acquired imperial

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Bishops after 1818

Auxiliary bishops

* Pierre Spitznagel,

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(1444–1465)"Bishop Pierre Spitznagel, O. Carm."
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Johann Isenberg Johann, typically a male given name, is the German form of ''Iohannes'', which is the Latin form of the Greek name ''Iōánnēs'' (), itself derived from Hebrew name ''Yochanan'' () in turn from its extended form (), meaning " Yahweh is Gracio ...

, O.F.M. (1466–1484) * Stephan Karrer, O.P. (1484–1486) *

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(1486–1511) *

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(1512–1520) * Anton Engelbrecht (1520–1525) *

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, O.S.A. (1529–1541) *

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(1544–1563) * Matthais Ob (1566–1572) *

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(1575–1595) * Dionys Burckard (1596–1605) *

Theobald Manshalter Theobald is a Germanic dithematic name, composed from the elements '' theod-'' "people" and ''bald'' "bold". The name arrived in England with the Normans. The name occurs in many spelling variations, including Theudebald, Diepold, Theobalt, Ty ...

(1606–1610) *

Johannes Streck Johannes is a Medieval Latin form of the personal name that usually appears as " John" in English language contexts. It is a variant of the Greek and Classical Latin variants (Ιωάννης, '' Ioannes''), itself derived from the Hebrew name '' Y ...

(1611–) *

Wolfgang Ralinger Wolfgang is a German male given name traditionally popular in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The name is a combination of the Old High German words ''wolf'', meaning "wolf", and '' gang'', meaning "path", "journey", "travel". Besides the regul ...

(1623–1663) *

Johann Brassert Johann, typically a male given name, is the German form of ''Iohannes'', which is the Latin form of the Greek name ''Iōánnēs'' (), itself derived from Hebrew name ''Yochanan'' () in turn from its extended form (), meaning "Yahweh is Gracious" ...

(1673–1684) *

Johann Philipp Burkhard Johann, typically a male given name, is the German form of ''Iohannes'', which is the Latin form of the Greek name ''Iōánnēs'' (), itself derived from Hebrew name ''Yochanan'' () in turn from its extended form (), meaning "Yahweh is Gracious" ...

(1685–1698) *Peter Cornelius Beyweg (1701–1744) *Johann Adam Buckel (1745–1771) *Johann Andreas Seelmann (1772–1789) *Valentin Philipp Anton Schmidt (1790–1805) *Ernst Gutting (1971–1994) *Otto Georgens (1995–)

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Bishops to 1802

Bishops after 1818

Auxiliary bishops

See also

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