Diocese of Schwerin

Historical Details

• Diocese of Schwerin
  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Name Changed: 30 September 1189
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Bremen (and Hamburg)
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Germany

• Diocese of Mecklenburg
  • Latin Name: Megalopolitus
  • Erected: 992
  • Country: Germany

Past Ordinaries

• Reinbert † (16 Oct 992 Appointed - 16 Apr 1013 Died)
• Johannes Scotus † ( 1052 Appointed - 13 Nov 1066 Died)
• Emmehard † ( 1149 Appointed - 1155 Died)
• Berno (Bruno) , O. Cist. † ( 1155 Ordained Bishop - 14 Jan 1191 Died)
• Brunward † ( 1192 Appointed - 14 Jan 1238 Died)
• Friedrich von Hagen † (26 May 1238 Appointed - 21 May 1239 Died)
• Dietrich † (3 Nov 1239 Appointed - 28 Jan 1247 Died)
• Wilhelm † ( 1247 Appointed - 21 Aug 1249 Died)
• Rudolf † (5 Nov 1249 Appointed - 18 Nov 1262 Died)
• Hermann von Schladen † (3 Jan 1263 Appointed - 1291 Died)
• Gottfried von Bülow † (19 Mar 1292 Appointed - 1 Nov 1314 Died)
• Hermann Von Maltzan † ( 1315 Appointed - 7 Jul 1322 Died)
• Johann zu Putlitz † ( 1322 Appointed - 1331 Died)
• Ludolf von Bülow † ( 1331 Appointed - 23 Apr 1339 Died)
• Heinrich von Bülow † ( 1339 Appointed - 28 Nov 1347 Died)
• Andrzej z Wiślicy † (17 Mar 1348 Appointed - 11 Aug 1356 Died)
• Albrecht von Sternberg † (19 Oct 1356 Appointed - 23 Aug 1364 Appointed, Bishop of Litomyšl)
• Rudolf von Anhalt † (9 Jun 1365 Appointed - 3 Sep 1365 Died)
• Friedrich von Bülow † (14 Jan 1366 Appointed - 11 Sep 1375 Died)
• Melchior von Braunschweig-Grubenhagen † (17 Oct 1375 Appointed - 6 Jun 1381 Died)
• Johann Potho von Pothenstein † (6 Jun 1381 Appointed - 1390 Died)
• Rudolf von Mecklenburg-Stargard † (11 Jan 1391 Appointed - 1415 Died)
• Heinrich von Nauen † (20 Dec 1417 Appointed - 30 Nov 1418 Died)
• Heinrich von Wangelin † (30 Jan 1419 Appointed - 29 Jun 1429 Died)
• Hermann Köppen † (14 Oct 1429 Appointed - 2 Jan 1444 Died)
• Nicolaus Böddeker † ( 1444 Appointed - 1457 Resigned)
• Gottfried Lange † (6 Apr 1457 Appointed - 8 Jul 1458 Died)
• Werner Wolmers † (22 Dec 1458 Appointed - 25 Aug 1473 Died)
• Balthasar von Mecklenburg † (18 Apr 1474 Appointed - 1479 Resigned)
• Nikolaus von Pentz † (4 Jun 1479 Appointed - 5 Jan 1482 Died)
• Konrad Loste † (23 Sep 1482 Appointed - 24 Dec 1503 Died)
• Johannes von Thun † (24 May 1504 Appointed - 28 Aug 1506 Died)
• Peter Wolkow † (20 Feb 1508 Appointed - 27 May 1516 Died)
• Magnus Mecklenburg † (5 Nov 1516 Appointed - 18 Jan 1550 Died)

Historical Summary

Affiliated Bishops, Living

• None

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• Rudolf von Anhalt † (Bishop: 9 Jun 1365 to 3 Sep 1365)
• Nicolaus Böddeker † (Bishop: 1444 to 1457)
• Melchior von Braunschweig-Grubenhagen † (Bishop: 17 Oct 1375 to 6 Jun 1381)
• Friedrich von Bülow † (Bishop: 14 Jan 1366 to 11 Sep 1375)
• Gottfried von Bülow † (Bishop: 19 Mar 1292 to 1 Nov 1314)
• Heinrich von Bülow † (Bishop: 1339 to 28 Nov 1347)
• Ludolf von Bülow † (Bishop: 1331 to 23 Apr 1339)
• Friedrich von Hagen † (Bishop: 26 May 1238 to 21 May 1239)
• Dietrich Huls, O.F.M. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 1516 to 1527)
• Hermann Köppen † (Bishop: 14 Oct 1429 to 2 Jan 1444)
• Gottfried Lange † (Bishop: 6 Apr 1457 to 8 Jul 1458)
• Konrad Loste † (Bishop: 23 Sep 1482 to 24 Dec 1503)
• Hermann Von Maltzan † (Bishop: 1315 to 7 Jul 1322)
• Balthasar von Mecklenburg † (Bishop: 18 Apr 1474 to 1479)
• Magnus Mecklenburg † (Bishop: 5 Nov 1516 to 18 Jan 1550)
• Rudolf von Mecklenburg-Stargard † (Bishop: 11 Jan 1391 to 1415)
• Heinrich von Nauen † (Bishop: 20 Dec 1417 to 30 Nov 1418)
• Nikolaus von Pentz † (Bishop: 4 Jun 1479 to 5 Jan 1482)
• Johann Potho von Pothenstein † (Bishop: 6 Jun 1381 to 1390)
• Johann zu Putlitz † (Bishop: 1322 to 1331)
• Hermann von Schladen † (Bishop: 3 Jan 1263 to 1291)
• Johannes Scotus † (Bishop: 1052 to 13 Nov 1066)
• Albrecht von Sternberg † (Bishop: 19 Oct 1356 to 23 Aug 1364)
• Johannes von Thun † (Bishop: 24 May 1504 to 28 Aug 1506)
• Heinrich von Wangelin † (Bishop: 30 Jan 1419 to 29 Jun 1429)
• Andrzej z Wiślicy † (Bishop: 17 Mar 1348 to 11 Aug 1356)
• Peter Wolkow † (Bishop: 20 Feb 1508 to 27 May 1516)
• Werner Wolmers † (Bishop: 22 Dec 1458 to 25 Aug 1473)
• Berno (Bruno) , O. Cist. † (Bishop: 1155 to 14 Jan 1191)
• Brunward † (Bishop: 1192 to 14 Jan 1238)
• Dietrich † (Bishop: 3 Nov 1239 to 28 Jan 1247)
• Emmehard † (Bishop: 1149 to 1155)
• Reinbert † (Bishop: 16 Oct 992 to 16 Apr 1013)
• Rudolf † (Bishop: 5 Nov 1249 to 18 Nov 1262)
• Wilhelm † (Bishop: 1247 to 21 Aug 1249)

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