Diocese of Speyer

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Bishop(s) Karl-Heinz Wiesemann, Bishop Otto Georgens, Auxiliary Bishop

General Information Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese Erected: 4th Century Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Bamberg Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops Rite: Latin (or Roman) Country: Germany Square Kilometers: 6,210 (2,398 Square Miles) Official Web Site: http://www.bistum-speyer.de/ Mailing Address: Bischofliches Ordinariat, Kleine Pfaffengasse 16, D-67346 Speyer, Bundesrepublik Deutschland Telephone: (06232)1020 Fax: 102.300

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Past and Present Ordinaries

• Rupert † (Jul 989 Appointed - 10 Jul 1004 Died)
• Walter von Speyer † (8 Aug 1004 Appointed - 3 Dec 1031 Died)
• Reginger † (20 Feb 1032 Appointed - 20 Jan 1033 Died)
• Reginbald von Dillingen † ( 1033 Appointed - 13 Oct 1039 Died)
• Sigibodo † ( 1039 Appointed - 16 Feb 1051 Died)
• Arnold von Falkenberg † ( 1051 Appointed - 17 Mar 1056 Died)
• Konrad † ( 1056 Appointed - 5 Oct 1060 Died)
• Einhard von Katzenellenbogen † ( 1060 Appointed - 23 Feb 1067 Died)
• Heinrich von Scharfenberg † ( 1067 Appointed - 18 Jan 1073 Died)
• Rüdiger Hutzmann † ( 1073 Appointed - 22 Feb 1090 Died)
• Johannes von Kraichgau † (7 Mar 1090 Appointed - 26 Oct 1104 Died)
• Gebhard von Urach † ( 1105 Appointed - 1107 Resigned)
• Bruno von Saarbrücken † (25 May 1107 Appointed - 19 Oct 1123 Died)
• Arnold von Leiningen † (30 May 1124 Appointed - 2 Oct 1126 Died)
• Siegfried von Wolfsölden † (May 1127 Appointed - 23 Aug 1146 Died)
• Günther von Henneberg † ( 1146 Appointed - 16 Aug 1161 Died)
• Ulrich von Dürrmenz † ( 1161 Appointed - 26 Dec 1163 Died)
• Gottfried † ( 1164 Appointed - 28 Jan 1167 Died)
• Rabodo von Lobdaburg † ( 1167 Appointed - 1176 Died)
• Konrad † ( 1176 Appointed - 26 Feb 1178 Died)
• Ulrich von Rechberg † (31 Oct 1178 Appointed - 28 Jun 1187 Died)
• Otto von Henneberg † (23 Mar 1188 Appointed - 3 Mar 1200 Died)
• Konrad von Scharfenberg † (Mar 1200 Appointed - 24 Mar 1224 Died)
• Berginer von Entringen † (27 Mar 1224 Appointed - 29 Nov 1232 Died)
• Konrad von Tann † (10 Feb 1233 Appointed - 24 Dec 1236 Died)
• Konrad von Eberstein † (21 Jan 1237 Appointed - 25 Jun 1245 Died)
• Heinrich von Leiningen † (27 Oct 1245 Appointed - 26 Feb 1272 Died)
• Friedrich von Bolanden † (4 Mar 1272 Appointed - 28 Jan 1302 Died)
• Sigibodo de Lichtenberg † (8 Jul 1303 Appointed - 12 Jan 1314 Died)
• Emich von Leiningen † (Jun 1314 Appointed - 20 Apr 1328 Died)
• Berthold von Buchegg, O.T. † (7 May 1328 Appointed - 28 Nov 1328 Appointed, Bishop of Strasbourg)
• Walram von Veldenz † (9 May 1329 Appointed - 28 Aug 1336 Died)
• Gerhard von Ehrenberg † (14 Jun 1350 Confirmed - 28 Dec 1363 Died)
• Lamprecht von Brunn † (14 Feb 1364 Appointed - 28 Apr 1371 Appointed, Bishop of Strasbourg)
• Adolf von Nassau † (28 Apr 1371 Appointed - 18 Apr 1379 Appointed, Archbishop of Mainz)
• Nikolaus von Wiesbaden † (2 Nov 1381 Appointed - 7 Jun 1396 Died)
• Raban von Helmstatt † (23 Sep 1396 Appointed - 4 Jan 1438 Resigned)
• Reinhard von Helmstatt † (8 Jan 1438 Appointed - 19 Mar 1456 Died)
• Siegfried von Venningen † (24 May 1455 Confirmed - 2 Sep 1459 Died)
• Johannes Nix von Hoheneck † (12 Nov 1459 Confirmed - 8 Aug 1463 Resigned)
• Matthias von Rammung † (12 Aug 1464 Confirmed - 1 Aug 1478 Died)
• Ludwig von Helmstatt † (28 Sep 1478 Confirmed - 24 Aug 1504 Died)
• Philipp von Rosenberg † (8 Nov 1504 Confirmed - 3 Feb 1513 Died)
• Georg von Rhein (Bayern) † (22 Jun 1513 Confirmed - 27 Sep 1529 Died)
• Philipp von Flersheim † (19 Jan 1530 Confirmed - 14 Aug 1552 Died)
• Rudolf von Frankenstein † (14 Nov 1552 Confirmed - 21 Jun 1560 Died)
• Marquard von Hattstein † (4 Sep 1560 Appointed - 7 Dec 1581 Died)
• Eberhard von Dienheim † (19 Feb 1582 Confirmed - 10 Oct 1610 Died)
• Philipp Christoph von Sötern † (10 Oct 1610 Succeeded - 7 Feb 1652 Died)
• Lothar Friedrich von Metternich-Burscheid † (9 Jun 1653 Confirmed - 3 Jun 1675 Died)
• Johann Hugo von Orsbeck † (10 May 1677 Confirmed - 6 Jan 1711 Died)
• Heinrich Hartard von Rollingen † (26 Sep 1712 Confirmed - 30 Nov 1719 Died)
• Damian Hugo Philipp von Schönborn Bushein † (30 Nov 1719 Succeeded - 19 Aug 1743 Died)
• Franz Christoph von Hutten zu Stolzenfels † (3 Feb 1744 Confirmed - 20 Apr 1770 Died)
• Damian August Philipp Karl von Limburg-Styrum † (6 Aug 1770 Confirmed - 26 Feb 1797 Died)
• Philipp Franz Wilderich Nepomuk von Walderdorf † (18 Dec 1797 Confirmed - 21 Apr 1810 Died)
• Matthäus Georg von Chandelle † (25 May 1818 Confirmed - 30 Jun 1826 Died)
• Johann Martin Manl † (9 Apr 1827 Confirmed - 6 Apr 1835 Confirmed, Bishop of Eichstätt)
• Johann Peter von Richarz † (24 Jul 1835 Confirmed - 21 Nov 1836 Confirmed, Bishop of Augsburg)
• Johannes von Geissel † (19 May 1837 Confirmed - 23 May 1842 Appointed, Titular Archbishop of Iconium)
• Nikolaus von Weis † (23 May 1842 Confirmed - 13 Dec 1869 Died)
• Konrad Reither † (27 Jun 1870 Confirmed - 4 Apr 1871 Died)
• Bonifaz (Daniel) von Haneberg, O.S.B. † (29 Jul 1872 Confirmed - 31 May 1876 Died)
• Joseph Georg von Ehrler † (15 Jul 1878 Confirmed - 18 Mar 1905 Died)
• Konrad von Busch † (30 May 1905 Confirmed - 9 Sep 1910 Died)
• Michael von Faulhaber † (7 Jan 1911 Confirmed - 24 Jul 1917 Confirmed, Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich})
• Ludwig Sebastian † (31 Jul 1917 Confirmed - 20 May 1943 Died)
• Joseph Wendel † (20 May 1943 Succeeded - 9 Aug 1952 Appointed, Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich})
• Isidor Markus Emanuel † (22 Dec 1952 Appointed - 10 Feb 1968 Resigned)
• Friedrich Wetter (28 May 1968 Appointed - 28 Oct 1982 Appointed, Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich})
• Anton Schlembach † (25 Aug 1983 Appointed - 10 Feb 2007 Retired)
• Karl-Heinz Wiesemann (19 Dec 2007 Appointed - )

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Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
4th Century	Erected		Diocese of Speyer (erected)
1 April 1818	Metropolitan Changed		Diocese of Speyer (from Mainz to Bamberg)
22 December 1910	Territory Added	Archdiocese of Freiburg im Breisgau (Angelhof island)	Diocese of Speyer

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Statistics

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
1950	518,526	1,134,335	45.7%	517	40	557	930		84	2,315	306	ap1951
1970	714,805	1,584,120	45.1%	459	67	526	1,358		104	2,233	313	ap1971
1980	733,142	1,620,000	45.3%	502	85	587	1,248	14	113	1,734	358	ap1981
1990	648,732	1,458,893	44.5%	457	76	533	1,217	29	102	1,272	350	ap1991
1999	641,496	1,444,141	44.4%	396	63	459	1,397	42	81	1,063	350	ap2000
2000	635,418	1,444,141	44.0%	393	58	451	1,408	42	72	975	350	ap2001
2001	630,511	1,439,211	43.8%	382	57	439	1,436	42	77	918	350	ap2002
2002	625,244	1,444,141	43.3%	382	55	437	1,430	46	73	859	350	ap2003
2003	621,378	1,440,275	43.1%	377	54	431	1,441	46	70	854	348	ap2004
2004	616,485	1,385,982	44.5%	373	53	426	1,447	47	67	821	348	ap2005
2010	581,655	1,307,678	44.5%	337	39	376	1,546	59	50	708	346	ap2011
2014	557,561	1,543,632	36.1%	310	33	343	1,625	68	40	582	346	ap2015
2017	537,516	1,562,784	34.4%	289	24	313	1,717	67	477	500	346	ap2018
2020	507,458	1,570,391	32.3%	259	46	305	1,663	69	432	432	346	ap2021
2022	508,700	1,574,330	32.3%	242	27	269	1,891	65	377	393	346	ap2023

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.

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Affiliated Bishops, Living

• Udo Markus Bentz
• Otto Georgens (Priest: 26 Jun 1977; Auxiliary Bishop: 27 Jan 1995)
• Franz Jung (Priest: 10 Oct 1992 to 16 Feb 2018)
• Éric Marie de Moulins d’Amieu de Beaufort
• Friedrich Wetter (Priest: 10 Oct 1953; Bishop: 28 May 1968 to 28 Oct 1982)
• Karl-Heinz Wiesemann (Bishop: 19 Dec 2007 - )

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• Guido Benedito Beck de Ramberga, O.F.M. Cap. †
• Franz von Bettinger † (Priest: 17 Aug 1873 to 26 Jun 1909)
• Peter Cornelius Beyweg † (Auxiliary Bishop: 24 Jan 1701 to 12 Oct 1744)
• James Hubert Blenk, S.M. †
• Friedrich von Bolanden † (Bishop: 4 Mar 1272 to 28 Jan 1302)
• Johann Brassert † (Priest: 1655; Auxiliary Bishop: 25 Sep 1673 to Mar 1684)
• Ferdinand Brossart †
• Lamprecht von Brunn † (Bishop: 14 Feb 1364 to 28 Apr 1371)
• Berthold von Buchegg, O.T. † (Bishop: 7 May 1328 to 28 Nov 1328)
• Johann Adam Buckel † (Auxiliary Bishop: 9 Mar 1745 to 19 Oct 1771)
• Dionys Burckard (Burkhard) † (Auxiliary Bishop: 11 Mar 1596 to 14 May 1605)
• Johann Philipp Burkhard † (Deacon: 1656; Priest: 1657; Auxiliary Bishop: 30 Apr 1685 to 27 Oct 1698)
• Konrad von Busch † (Priest: 13 Aug 1871; Bishop: 30 May 1905 to 9 Sep 1910)
• Matthäus Georg von Chandelle † (Bishop: 25 May 1818 to 30 Jun 1826)
• Eberhard von Dienheim † (Bishop: 19 Feb 1582 to 10 Oct 1610)
• Reginbald von Dillingen † (Bishop: 1033 to 13 Oct 1039)
• Ulrich von Dürrmenz † (Bishop: 1161 to 26 Dec 1163)
• Konrad von Eberstein † (Bishop: 21 Jan 1237 to 25 Jun 1245)
• Gerhard von Ehrenberg † (Bishop: 14 Jun 1350 to 28 Dec 1363)
• Joseph Georg von Ehrler † (Bishop: 15 Jul 1878 to 18 Mar 1905)
• John Francis Eich, O.S.F.S. †
• Isidor Markus Emanuel † (Priest: 26 Oct 1930; Bishop: 22 Dec 1952 to 10 Feb 1968)
• Anton Engelbrecht † (Auxiliary Bishop: 16 Apr 1520 to 1525)
• Berginer von Entringen † (Bishop: 27 Mar 1224 to 29 Nov 1232)
• Heinrich Fabricius † (Auxiliary Bishop: 11 Apr 1575 to 1600)
• Arnold von Falkenberg † (Bishop: 1051 to 17 Mar 1056)
• Michael von Faulhaber † (Bishop: 7 Jan 1911 to 24 Jul 1917)
• Philipp von Flersheim † (Bishop: 19 Jan 1530 to 14 Aug 1552)
• Rudolf von Frankenstein † (Bishop: 14 Nov 1552 to 21 Jun 1560)
• Joseph Anton Gall † (Priest: 13 Jun 1772 to 15 Dec 1788)
• Johannes von Geissel † (Deacon: 7 Mar 1818; Priest: 22 Aug 1818; Bishop: 19 May 1837 to 23 May 1842)
• Ernst Gutting † (Priest: 3 Jul 1949; Auxiliary Bishop: 31 May 1971 to 25 Feb 1994)
• Kasimir Johann Baptist von Häffelin † (Priest: 24 Sep 1763 to 28 Sep 1787)
• Bonifaz (Daniel) von Haneberg, O.S.B. † (Bishop: 29 Jul 1872 to 31 May 1876)
• Marquard von Hattstein † (Coadjutor Bishop: 13 May 1560; Bishop: 4 Sep 1560 to 7 Dec 1581)
• Ludwig von Helmstatt † (Bishop: 28 Sep 1478 to 24 Aug 1504)
• Raban von Helmstatt † (Bishop: 23 Sep 1396 to 4 Jan 1438)
• Reinhard von Helmstatt † (Bishop: 8 Jan 1438 to 19 Mar 1456)
• Günther von Henneberg † (Bishop: 1146 to 16 Aug 1161)
• Otto von Henneberg † (Bishop: 23 Mar 1188 to 3 Mar 1200)
• Ludwig Maria Hugo † (Priest: 28 Oct 1894 to 7 Mar 1921)
• Franz Christoph von Hutten zu Stolzenfels † (Bishop: 3 Feb 1744 to 20 Apr 1770)
• Rüdiger Hutzmann † (Bishop: 1073 to 22 Feb 1090)
• Johann Isenberg, O.F.M. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 12 Nov 1466 to 2 Sep 1484)
• Stephan Karrer, O.P. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 17 Nov 1484 to 1486)
• Einhard von Katzenellenbogen † (Bishop: 1060 to 23 Feb 1067)
• Johannes von Kraichgau † (Bishop: 7 Mar 1090 to 26 Oct 1104)
• Arnold von Leiningen † (Bishop: 30 May 1124 to 2 Oct 1126)
• Emich von Leiningen † (Bishop: Jun 1314 to 20 Apr 1328)
• Heinrich von Leiningen † (Bishop: 27 Oct 1245 to 26 Feb 1272)
• Sigibodo de Lichtenberg † (Bishop: 8 Jul 1303 to 12 Jan 1314)
• Damian August Philipp Karl von Limburg-Styrum † (Bishop: 6 Aug 1770 to 26 Feb 1797)
• Rabodo von Lobdaburg † (Bishop: 1167 to 1176)
• Johann Martin Manl † (Bishop: 9 Apr 1827 to 6 Apr 1835)
• Theobald Manshalter † (Auxiliary Bishop: 3 Apr 1606 to 29 Sep 1610)
• Lothar Friedrich von Metternich-Burscheid † (Priest: 17 Dec 1652; Bishop: 9 Jun 1653 to 3 Jun 1675)
• Adolf von Nassau † (Bishop: 28 Apr 1371 to 18 Apr 1379)
• Johannes Nix von Hoheneck † (Bishop: 12 Nov 1459 to 8 Aug 1463)
• Matthais Ob † (Auxiliary Bishop: 10 Jun 1566 to 1572)
• Johann Hugo von Orsbeck † (Bishop: 10 May 1677 to 6 Jan 1711)
• Wolfgang Ralinger † (Priest: 1619; Auxiliary Bishop: 20 Nov 1623 to Jan 1663)
• Matthias von Rammung † (Bishop: 12 Aug 1464 to 1 Aug 1478)
• Ulrich von Rechberg † (Bishop: 31 Oct 1178 to 28 Jun 1187)
• Konrad Reither † (Priest: 31 Dec 1838; Bishop: 27 Jun 1870 to 4 Apr 1871)
• Georg von Rhein (Bayern) † (Bishop: 22 Jun 1513 to 27 Sep 1529)
• Johann Peter von Richarz † (Bishop: 24 Jul 1835 to 21 Nov 1836)
• George Anton von Rodenstein † (Priest: 1610 to 13 Nov 1630)
• Heinrich Hartard von Rollingen † (Priest: 1658; Bishop: 26 Sep 1712 to 30 Nov 1719)
• Philipp von Rosenberg † (Bishop: 8 Nov 1504 to 3 Feb 1513)
• Bruno von Saarbrücken † (Bishop: 25 May 1107 to 19 Oct 1123)
• Heinrich von Scharfenberg † (Bishop: 1067 to 18 Jan 1073)
• Konrad von Scharfenberg † (Bishop: Mar 1200 to 24 Mar 1224)
• Heinrich Schertlin † (Auxiliary Bishop: 18 Dec 1486 to 14 Mar 1511)
• Nikolaus Schigmers, O.S.A. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 7 Apr 1529 to 1541)
• Anton Schlembach † (Bishop: 25 Aug 1983 to 10 Feb 2007)
• Lukas Schleppel † (Auxiliary Bishop: 31 Mar 1512 to 1520)
• Valentin Philipp Anton Schmidt † (Priest: 1775; Auxiliary Bishop: 29 Mar 1790 to 13 Sep 1805)
• Damian Hugo Philipp von Schönborn Bushein † (Coadjutor Bishop: 5 Oct 1716; Bishop: 30 Nov 1719 to 19 Aug 1743)
• Georg Schweicker † (Auxiliary Bishop: 17 Dec 1544 to 2 May 1563)
• Ludwig Sebastian † (Bishop: 31 Jul 1917 to 20 May 1943)
• Johann Andreas Seelmann † (Auxiliary Bishop: 1 Jun 1772 to 8 Oct 1789)
• Philipp Christoph von Sötern † (Coadjutor Bishop: 9 Dec 1609; Bishop: 10 Oct 1610 to 7 Feb 1652)
• Walter von Speyer † (Bishop: 8 Aug 1004 to 3 Dec 1031)
• Pierre Spitznagel, O. Carm. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 1444 to 1465)
• Johannes Streck † (Auxiliary Bishop: 30 May 1611)
• Konrad von Tann † (Bishop: 10 Feb 1233 to 24 Dec 1236)
• Gebhard von Urach † (Bishop: 1105 to 1107)
• Walram von Veldenz † (Bishop: 9 May 1329 to 28 Aug 1336)
• Siegfried von Venningen † (Bishop: 24 May 1455 to 2 Sep 1459)
• Philipp Franz Wilderich Nepomuk von Walderdorf † (Bishop: 18 Dec 1797 to 21 Apr 1810)
• Charles (Karl) Weber, S.V.D. †
• Nikolaus von Weis † (Deacon: 16 May 1818; Priest: 22 Aug 1818; Bishop: 23 May 1842 to 13 Dec 1869)
• Joseph Wendel † (Priest: 30 Oct 1927; Coadjutor Bishop: 4 Apr 1941; Bishop: 20 May 1943 to 9 Aug 1952)
• Nikolaus von Wiesbaden † (Bishop: 2 Nov 1381 to 7 Jun 1396)
• Siegfried von Wolfsölden † (Bishop: May 1127 to 23 Aug 1146)
• Gregor von Zirkel †
• Gottfried † (Bishop: 1164 to 28 Jan 1167)
• Konrad † (Bishop: 1176 to 26 Feb 1178)
• Konrad † (Bishop: 1056 to 5 Oct 1060)
• Reginger † (Bishop: 20 Feb 1032 to 20 Jan 1033)
• Rupert † (Bishop: Jul 989 to 10 Jul 1004)
• Sigibodo † (Bishop: 1039 to 16 Feb 1051)

Source(s)

Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 460 Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 241 Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 303 Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 320 Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 362 Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 385 Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 351 Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 313, to Page 315 Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 3, Page 64, and Page 65

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