Catholic diocese in Germany
Diocese of Augsburg
(
Latin
:
Dioecesis Augustanus Vindelicorum
) is a
Latin
diocese
of the
Catholic Church
in
Germany
. The diocese is a suffragan of the
Archdiocese of Munich
.
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History
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Early history
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The present city of
Augsburg
appears in
Strabo
as
Damasia
, a stronghold of the Licatii; in 14 BC, it became a
Roman
colony known as
Augusta Vindelicorum
, received the rights of a city from
Hadrian
and soon became of great importance as an arsenal and the point of junction of several important trade routes.
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Though the beginnings of
Christianity
within the limits of the present
diocese
are shrouded in obscurity, its teachings were probably brought there by soldiers or merchants. According to the acts of the martyrdom of
St. Afra
, who with her handmaids
suffered at the stake
for Christ, there existed in Augsburg early in the fourth century a Christian community under Bishop Narcissus. Dionysius, uncle of St. Afra, is mentioned as his Successor.
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Nothing authentic is known about the history of the Augsburg Church during the centuries immediately succeeding, but it survived the collapse of Roman power in
Germany
and the turbulence of the great migrations. It is true that two catalogues of the Bishops of Augsburg, dating from the eleventh and twelfth centuries, mention several bishops of this primitive period, but the first whose record has received indubitable historical corroboration is Wikterp (or Wicbpert), who was bishop about 739 or 768. He took part in several
synods
convened by
Saint Boniface
in Germany; in company with
Magnus of Fussen
, founded the monastery of
Fussen
; and with Saint Boniface, dedicated the monastery at
Benediktbeuern
.
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Under either Saint Wikterp or his successor, Tazzo (or Tozzo), about whom little is known, many monasteries were established, e.g. the abbeys of
Wessobrunn
,
Ellwangen
,
Polling
and
Ottobeuren
. At this time, also, the see, hitherto
suffragan to the Patriarchate of Aquileia
, was placed among the suffragan sees of the newly founded
Archdiocese of Mainz
(746).
Saint Simpert
(c. 810), hitherto abbot of
Murbach
, and a relative of
Charlemagne
, renovated many churches and monasteries laid waste in the wars of the
Franks
and
Bavarians
, and during the incursions of the
Avari
; he built the first cathedral of Augsburg in honour of the Virgin Mary; and obtained from the Emperor Charlemagne an exact definition of his diocesan limits. His jurisdiction extended at that time from the
Iller
eastward over the
Lech
, north of the
Danube
to the
Alb
, and south to the spurs of the Alps. Moreover, various estates and villages in the valley of the Danube, and in
Tyrol
, belonged to the diocese.
Prince-Bishopric
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Restoration
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After the Congress of Vienna, where the diocese was restored,
Franz Karl von Hohenlohe-Schillingsfurst
(d. 1819) was appointed bishop and
Joseph Maria von Fraunberg
was soon called to the archdiocese of
Bamberg
. There, they devolved upon their successors the important task of rearranging the external conditions and reanimating religious life, which had suffered sorely.
Ignatius Albert von Riegg
(1824?36) was successful in his endeavors to raise the standard of popular education through the medium of numerous ordinances and frequent visitations. He assigned the administration and direction of studies in the Lyceum to the monks of the Benedictine Abbey of St. Stephen in Augsburg, founded by King
Ludwig I of Bavaria
(1834).
Petrus von Richarz (1837?55) displayed energy and persistent zeal in promoting the interests of his diocese and the Catholic Church in general, and encouraged the giving of missions to the people, the establishment of many religious institutions for the care of the sick and for educational purposes, and carefully superintended the training of the clergy. The same spirit characterized the labours of the succeeding bishops:
Michael von Deinlein
(1856?58), who after a short episcopate was raised to the
Archbishopric of Bamberg
; Pankratius von Dinkel (1858?94), under whom both seminaries and the deaf and dumb asylum were established in Dillingen, and many monastic institutions were founded; Petrus von Hotzl (1895-1902) whose episcopate was marked by the attention paid to social and intellectual pursuits, and the number of missions given among the people as well as by the solemn celebration of the beatification of the pious nun Crescentia Hoss. He was succeeded by
Maximilian von Lingg
.
Bishops
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To 1000
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- Narzissus, fourth century
- Dionysius of Augsburg (Uncle of
Afra of Augsburg
), uncertain
- Zosimus
- Perewelf (Beowulf)
- Tagebert (Dagobert)
- Manno
- Wicho
- Bricho
- Zeizzo (Zeiso)
- Marchmann (Markmann)
- Wikterp (Wicterp), 738?772
- Tozzo (Thosso), 772?778
- Simpert
, 778?807
- Hanto, 807?815
- Nidker
(Nidgar), 816?830
- Udalmann, 830?832
- Lanto
, 833?860
- Witgar, 861?887
- Adalbero
(Adalberon von Dillingen), 887?909
- Hiltin
, 909?923
- Ulrich I
(Ulrich I von Dillingen), 923?973
- Henry I
(Henry von Geisenhausen), 973?982
- Eticho
(Eticho der Welfe), 982?988
- Luitold
(Ludolf von Hohenlowe), 989?996
- Gebehard
(Gebhard von Ammerthal), 996?1000
1000 to 1300
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- Siegfried I
, 1001?1006
- Bruno
, 1006?1029
- Eberhard I
, 1029?1047
- Henry II
, 1047?1063
- Embrico, 1063?1077
- Siegfried II, 1077?1096
- Hermann von Vohburg
, 1096?1133
- Walter I. von Dillingen
, 1133?1152
- Konrad von Hirscheck
, 1152?1167
- Hartwig I. von Lierheim
, 1167?1184
- Udalschalk
, 1184?1202
- Hartwig II
, 1202?1208
- Siegfried III. von Rechberg
, 1208?1227
- Siboto von Seefeld
, 1227?1247
- Hartmann of Dillingen
, 1248?1286
- Siegfried IV von Algertshausen
, 1286?1288
- Wolfhard von Roth
, 1288?1302
1300 to 1500
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- Degenhard von Hellenstein
, 1303?1307
- Friedrich I Spat von Faimingen
, 1309?1331
- Ulrich II von Schonegg
, 1331?1337
- Henry III von Schonegg
, 1337?1348
- Marquard of Randeck
, 1348?1365
- Walter II von Hochschlitz
, 1365?1369
- Johann I. Schadland
, 1371?1372
- Burkhard von Ellerbach
, 1373?1404
- Eberhard II von Kirchberg
, 1404?1413
- Friedrich von Grafeneck
, 1413?1414
- Anselm von Nenningen
, 1414?1423
- Peter von Schaumberg
, 1424?1469
- Johann II of Werdenberg
, 1469?1486
- Friedrich von Hohenzollern
, 1486?1505
1500 to 1800
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- Heinrich von Lichtenau
, 1505?1517
- Christoph von Stadion
, 1517?1543
- Otto Truchsess von Waldburg
, 1543?1573
- Johann Eglof von Knoringen
, 1573?1575
- Marquard von Berg
, 1575?1591
- Johann Otto von Gemmingen
, 1591?1598
- Heinrich von Knoringen
, 1599?1646
- Sigismund Francis, Archduke of Austria
, 1646?1665
- Johann Christoph von Freyberg-Allmendingen
, 1666?1690
- Alexander Sigismund von der Pfalz-Neuburg
, 1690?1737
- Johann Franz Schenk von Stauffenberg
, 1737?1740
- Joseph Ignaz Philipp von Hessen-Darmstadt
, 1740?1768
- Prince Clemens Wenceslaus of Saxony
, 1768?1812
Since 1800
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- Franz Friedrich von Sturmfeder
, General vicar 1812?1818
- Franz Karl Joseph Furst von Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfurst
(5 February 1818 Appointed ? 9 October 1819 Died)
- Joseph Maria Johann Nepomuk Freiherr von Fraunberg (6 December 1819 Appointed ? 4 March 1824 Appointed, Archbishop of Bamberg)
- Ignatz Albert (Joseph Ignatz Alexius) von Riegg, O.S.A. (4 March 1824 Appointed ? 15 August 1836 Died)
- Johann Peter von Richarz (20 September 1836 Appointed ? 2 July 1855 Died)
- Michael von Deinlein
(12 January 1856 Appointed ? 17 June 1858 Appointed, Archbishop of Bamberg)
- Pankratius von Dinkel
(16 July 1858 Appointed ? 8 October 1894 Died)
- Petrus von Hotzl, O.F.M. (7 November 1894 Appointed ? 9 March 1902 Died)
- Maximilian von Lingg
(18 March 1902 Appointed ? 31 May 1930 Died)
- Joseph Kumpfmuller (17 September 1930 Appointed ? 9 February 1949 Died)
- Josef Freundorfer (9 July 1949 Appointed ? 11 April 1963 Died)
- Josef Stimpfle (10 September 1963 Appointed ? 30 March 1992 Retired)
- Viktor Josef Dammertz
, O.S.B. (24 December 1992 Appointed ? 9 Jun 2004 Retired)
- Walter Mixa
(16 July 2005 Appointed ? 8 May 2010 Resigned)
- Konrad Zdarsa
(8 July 2010 ? 4 July 2019)
Auxiliary bishops
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See also
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References
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- ^
"Diocese of Augsburg"
Catholic-Hierarchy.org
. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
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"Diocese of Augsburg"
GCatholic.org
. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
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a
b
c
Lins, Joseph. "Augsburg." The Catholic Encyclopedia
Vol. 2. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1907. 22 August 2021
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the
public domain
.
- ^
"Bishop Jean Heysterbach, O.P."
Catholic-Hierarchy.org
. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 26, 2016
- ^
"Bishop Wilhelm Mader, O. Praem."
Catholic-Hierarchy.org
. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 26, 2016
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"Bishop Jodok Seitz, O. Praem."
Catholic-Hierarchy.org
. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 26, 2016
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