Bishop of Dresden-Meissen
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The Bishop of Dresden-Meissen is the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Dresden-Meissen in the Archdiocese of Berlin.
The diocese covers an area of 16,934 km² and was erected as the Diocese of Meissen on 24 June 1921. The name was changed to Dresden-Meissen on 15 November 1979.
The current bishop is Joachim Friedrich Reinelt.
Lists of the Bishops of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Dresden-Meissen and its precursor offices
[edit] 968 to 1600
| Name | from | to |
|---|---|---|
| Burchard von Meißen | 968 | 969 or 970 |
| Volkold or Volkrad | 970 or 972 | 992 |
| Eido I. or Ido, Ägidius | 992 | 1015 |
| Eilward or Agilward, Hildward (Ekkehardiner) | 1016 | 1023 |
| Hukbrecht or Hubert | 1023 | 1024 |
| Dietrich I. von Meißen | 1024 | 1046 |
| Eido II. or Ido (counter bishop) | 1040 | 1046 |
| Meinward | 1046 | 1051 |
| Bruno I. von Meißen (counter bishop) | 1046 or 1051 | 1064 or 1065 |
| Reiner von Meißen or Rainer | 1051 | 1065 or 1066 |
| Craft or Krafto, appointed, but did not take office | 1066 | |
| Benno von Meißen "the Saint", Count of Woldenburg | 1066 | 1106 |
| Sedisvakancy | 1106 | 1108 |
| Herwig or Hartwig | 1108 | 1118 or 1119 |
| Grambert | 1118 or 1119 | 1125 |
| Godebold or Godebald, Gotthold | 1125 | 1140 |
| Reinward | 1140 | 1146 |
| Berthold von Meißen | 1146 | 1149 or 1150 |
| Albrecht I. von Meißen | 1149 or 1150 | 1152 |
| Bruno II. von Meißen or Bruno I. | 1152 | 1154 |
| Gerung | 1154 | 1170 |
| Martin von Meißen | 1170 | 1190 |
| Dietrich II. von Kittlitz | 1191 | 1208 |
| Bruno III. von Borsendorf or Bruno II. | 1209 | maybe 1228 |
| Heinrich I. von Meißen | 1228 | 1240 |
| Konrad I. von Wallhausen | 1240 | 1258 |
| Albrecht II. von Mutzschen | 1258 | 1266 |
| Withego I. von Kamenz or Witticho | 1266 | 1293 |
| Bernhard von Kamenz | 1293 | 1296 |
| Albrecht III. von Leisnig, Albrecht III. Burggraf von Leisnig | 1296 or 1297 | 1312 |
| Withego II. von Colditz or Witticho | 1312 | 1341 or 1342 |
| Wilhelm von Meißen (counter bishop) | 1312 | 1314 |
| Johann I. von Isenburg or Count "von 'Eisenberg? | 1341 or 1342 | 1370 |
| Dietrich von Schönberg, appointed, but did not take office | 1370 | |
| Konrad II. von Kirchberg-Wallhausen | 1370 or 1371 | 1375 |
| Dietrich III. von Meißen (counter bishop) | 1370 | 1373 |
| Johann von Genzenstein | 1375 or 1376 | 1379 |
| Nikolaus I. Ziegenbock | 1379 | 1392 |
| Johann III. von Kittlitz und zu Baruth | 1393 | 1398 |
| Thimo von Colditz | 1399 | 1410 |
| Rudolf von der Planitz | 1411 | 1427 |
| Johann IV. (Hoffmann) | 1427 | 1451 |
| Caspar von Schönberg | 1451 | 1463 |
| Dietrich III. von Schönberg | 1463 | 1476 |
| Johann V. von Weißenbach | 1476 | 1487 |
| Johann VI. von Saalhausen | 1487 | 1518 |
| Johann VII. von Schleinitz | 1518 | 1537 |
| Johann VIII. von Maltitz | 1537 or 1538 | 1549 |
| Nicolaus II. von Carlowitz or Karlowitz | 1550 | 1555 |
| Johann IX. von Haugwitz | 1555 | 1559/81 |
| Johann Leisentrit (administrator) | 1560/67 |
The Bishops resided untils 1595 in Wurzen. In 1559 the diocese was united with Kursachsen
[edit] Since 1800
(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)
| Tenure | Incumbent | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 22 May 1801 to 7 September 1831 | Bishop Georg Lock, Prefect of Meissen | Priest of Meissen; died in office |
| 1831 to 14 September 1841 | Bishop Ignatz Bernhard Mauermann, Prefect of Meissen | Priest of Meissen; died in office |
| 20 April 1846 to 5 October 1853 | Bishop Joseph Dittrich, Prefect of Meissen | Priest of Litomerice; died in office |
| 11 July 1854 to 8 January 1875 | Bishop Ludwig Forwerk, Prefect of Meissen | Priest of Meissen; died in office |
| 28 January 1876 to 18 March 1890 | Bishop Franz Bernert, Prefect of Meissen | Priest of Litomerice; died in office |
| 11 July 1890 to 1900 | Bishop Ludwig Wahl, Prefect of Meissen | Priest of Rottenburg; resigned |
| 13 February 1904 to 28 December 1905 | Bishop Georg Wuschanski, Prefect of Meissen | Priest of Meissen; died in office |
| 4 April 1906 to 5 September 1914 | Bishop Aloys Schaefer, Prefect of Meissen | Priest of Meissen; died in office |
| 30 January 1915 to 4 December 1920 | Bishop Franz Löbmann, Prefect of Meissen | Priest of Meissen; died in office |
| 12 August 1921 to 13 August 1930 | Christian Schreiber, Bishop of Meissen | Priest of Fulda; ordained 14 September 1921; appointed Bishop of Berlin |
| 13 January 1931 to 21 May 1932 | Conrad Gröber, Bishop of Meissen | Priest of Freiburg im Breisgau; ordained 1 February 1931; appointed Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau |
| 9 September 1932 to 9 March 1951 | Petrus Legge, Bishop of Meissen | Priest of Paderborn; ordained 28 October 1932; died in office |
| 9 March 1951 to 19 August 1957 | Heinrich Wienken, Bishop of Meissen | Coadjutor Bishop of Meissen; installed 29 November 1951; retired |
| 23 June 1958 to 21 June 1970 | Otto Spülbeck, Bishop of Meissen | Coadjutor Bishop of Meissen; installed 24 July 1958; died in office |
| 12 September 1970 to 15 November 1979 | Gerhard Schaffran, Bishop of Meissen | Auxiliary Bishop of Görlitz; installed 23 September 1970; becoming Bishop of Dresden-Meissen |
| 15 November 1979 to 1 August 1987 | Gerhard Schaffran, Bishop of Dresden-Meissen | Hitherto Bishop of Meissen; retired |
| 2 January 1988 to present | Joachim Friedrich Reinelt, Bishop of Dresden-Meissen | Priest of Dresden-Meissen; ordained 20 February 1988; |
| Roman Catholic Hierarchy in Germany | ||
| Archdioceses | Dioceses | |
| Bamberg | Eichstätt | Speyer | Würzburg | |
| Berlin | Dresden-Meissen | Görlitz | |
| Freiburg im Breisgau | Mainz | Rottenburg-Stuttgart | |
| Hamburg | Hildesheim | Osnabrück | |
| Cologne | Aachen | Essen | Limburg | Münster | Trier | |
| Munich & Freising | Augsburg | Passau | Regensburg | |
| Paderborn | Erfurt | Fulda | Magdeburg | |
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