Marquard von Berg (1528 – 29 January 1591) was Prince-Bishop of Augsburg from 1575 to 1591.

Biography

Marquard von Berg was born in

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in 1528.Profile from catholic-hierarchy.org
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, auxiliary bishop of Augsburg,

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him as a bishop on 15 January 1576. He died in Dillingen an der Donau on 29 January 1591.

References

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