Bishops of Regensburg

The list of the bishops of Regensburg presents the number of the bishops of the diocese of Regensburg. They were for centuries also prince-bishops of the Bishopric of Regensburg.

Before founding bishopric 739 hiking bishops were active in the region. A closed bishop series begins with Gaubald the diocese was founded. Until 975 the bishops were at the same time as Abtbischöfe superior of the monastery Saint Emmeram. In the late Middle Ages, Regensburg bishops often emerged from Bavarian noble families. Phased dominated the neighboring Bavarian Dukes and Counts Palatine of the house of Wittelsbach. After the secularization of the episcopal dignity was also open to civil clergy, this one spoke in a transitional phase in Bavaria the personal nobility.

Other important religious tasks resulted from the Regensburg cathedral canons and the auxiliary bishops of Regensburg. Connections also exist with the neighboring bishops of Freising, the bishops of Passau or the bishops of Augsburg. Religious center of Regensburg Cathedral.

With the adoption of coats of arms for noble families with stable family name after a family seat, was an individual coat of arms guidance for the prince-bishops. The coat of arms of the bishops are multiplied over the centuries, that is, they usually contain the original family coat of arms next to the coat of arms of the Diocese of Regensburg. The coat of arms of the diocese is based on Johann Siebmacher a silver slant bar right on a red background. Usual is a crossing with the two coats of arms in exchange. If the bishop was Bishop of additional bishoprics, was the coat of arms of other elements - in the image among other things achieved by a heart shield or more divisions. Today's bishop coat of arms revived this tradition. If the prince-bishop's personal coat of arms is not present in the image, recourse was had to the family coat of arms in Ingeram Codex, the early Scheibler Armorial from the 15th century and Johann Siebmachers armorial of 1605.

List of Bishops of Regensburg

The episcopal ordination by Cardinal Reinhard Marx took place in the Regensburg Cathedral on 26 January 2013 Co-consecrators were Curia Archbishop Gerhard Ludwig Müller and František Radkovský, Bishop of Pilsen. His episcopal motto is Christ in vobis spes gloriae ( " Christ in you - the hope of glory "). Voderholzer considered an expert on Henri de Lubac. Through his translation of " L' ecriture dans la tradition" ( German: " The Holy Scripture in the Tradition of the Church " ) and other essays he has essential parts of the four -volume work, de Lubac's " exegesis médiévale " ( German: " exegesis of the Middle Ages " ) in German with the title " typology. Allegory. Spiritual sense. Studies in the History of the Christian interpretation of Scripture " (Freiburg, 2nd edition 2007 ) published. He is a founding director of the company founded in 2008 " Institute Benedict XVI. " In Regensburg and editor of the collected theological writings of Pope Benedict XVI. Since October 30, 2010 Voderholzer is a full member of the Sudeten German Academy of Sciences and Arts ( Humanities class).