List of the bishops of Schleswig

The list of bishops of Schleswig contains the chronological sequence of the bishops of Schleswig since the founding of the diocese of Schleswig in the years 947/948. At that time, organized Adaldag, Archbishop of Hamburg -Bremen, the bishoprics of Schleswig, Ripen and Aarhus. After the death of Ulrich von Denmark in 1624 to 1854, no bishops of Schleswig were more called, but ( general) Superintendent led as the supreme pastor of the Lutheran church in the Duchy of Schleswig.

Note the posts and areas

First, the bishoprics of Aarhus, Ribe ( Ribe ) and Schleswig were suffragans of the archbishopric of Hamburg -Bremen. 1104 they were assigned but the ecclesiastical province of the newly raised to the archbishopric of Lund.

Since 1542 Lutheran officiated as bishops of Schleswig, partly they were theologians, but rather Danish prince and prince sons, va should be supplied by the princely episcopal revenues. Therefore, the actual Lutheran pastoral care ( general) was incumbent superintendent. Most of the inhabitants of the Duchy of Schleswig occurred over the course of the Reformation, the Lutheran Church. Between 1854 and 1864 the senior Lutheran clergy led the then customary in Denmark titles a bishop and his office area called pin Schleswig.

1868, a year after the Prussian annexation of Holstein and Schleswig as a province of Schleswig -Holstein, the Lutheran congregations of the province in the new Evangelical Lutheran Church of Schleswig -Holstein were summarized, one of the recognized Protestant state churches in the Prussian state, which the sovereign government of the Church ( Summepiskopat ) held. The presiding minister then again led the official title of General Superintendent of Schleswig. 1920 North Schleswig was spun and slammed partly the Lutheran pin Ripen and other forms partly since the pin Hadersleben newly established. Due to the separation of state and religion, according to the Weimar Constitution went out the sovereign government of the Church.

The new church order of the State Church of Schleswig-Holstein from 1925 took this into account. Inter alia led the presiding minister now the official title of bishop of Schleswig, next to a bishop for Holstein. In 1933 the Bishop of Schleswig was deposed by a majority of the National Socialist German Christians in the Synod. By 1945, now was the office of a country bishop of Schleswig -Holstein. In 1947, the national church back to the old church order and a new bishop was appointed for Schleswig. 1977 merged the State Church of Schleswig-Holstein with three other Lutheran churches to the North Elbe Evangelical Lutheran Church, the ministry of the Bishop of Schleswig was retained. In 2008, the office of bishop of Schleswig was combined with the Bishop of Holstein.

The few remaining, immigrant or converted Catholics in the Duchy of Schleswig took from 1667, the Vicariate Apostolic of the Nordic missions, which included the whole of Scandinavia and large parts of northern Germany. 1709 the Vicariate has been reduced by most of his südelbischen areas and traded from now on as the Apostolic Vicariate of the North. 1868 Schleswig -Holstein was separated from the Vicariate and formed the Prefecture Apostolic of Schleswig -Holstein. As of 1920 stood Nordschleswig the Apostolic Vicariate of Denmark, which was collected on 29 April 1953 Catholic Diocese of Copenhagen. In the South Schleswig Schleswig-Holstein Prefecture persisted until 1929 the Diocese of Osnabrück affiliated. In 1994, Osnabrück from this zugewonnene diocesan territory to the newly founded Archdiocese of Hamburg.

Catholic bishops and Administrator

947 Hored ( Oredo, Hoerath )
948-968 Marco
995 Poppo
Folk Bert
999-1026 Ekkehard ( Ezico ) of Oldenburg
1026-1034 Rudolf ( Rodolphus )
1043-1085 Ratolf
1085 Sigvard
1106 Gunner
1120-1135 Adelbert
1135-1139 Rico ( Rike )
1140-1141 Hermann
1141-1145 Occo
1145-1161 Esbern
1161-1167 Occo
1167-1179 Friedrich
1179-1192 Waldemar (son of Knut V. (Denmark), house Estridsson )
1192-1233 Nicholas I.
1234-1238 Tuco ( Tyge )
1240-1244 John I.
1244-1255 Eskil
1255-1265 Nicholas II
1265-1282 Bonde ( sold in 1268 the episcopal castle Gottorp and made Schwabstedt his residence )
1282-1287 Jakob
1287-1307 Berthold (since 1307 Bishops German origin)
1308-1331 John II of Bokholt
1331-1342 Hellembert
1343-1351 Henry I of Warendorp
1351-1354 Dietrich Kagelwit
1354-1369 Nicholas III. Brun
1370-1374 Henry II ( Biscop )
1375-1421 Johann III. ( Skondelev ) (last bishop on the Danish side )
1421-1428 Heinrich III. from the lake
1429-1474 Nicholas IV ( Wulf )
1474-1488 Helrich (from wiping )
1488 Enevold Sövenbröder
1488-1499 Eggert ( Dürkop )
1499-1502 Sedisvakanz Apostolic Administrator John IV ( de Castro)

Lutheran bishops and superintendents

General Superintendent of Schleswig royal share

The General Superintendent of the Duchy of Schleswig royal share - often at the same time for the Duchy Holstein royal share responsibility - sat first in Flensburg, from 1693 but in Rendsburg. For the ducal portion of the duchies functioned own General Superintendent.

General Superintendent of Schleswig ducal share

1713, confirmed in 1720, withdrew from the Danish king as lord of the dukes of Gottorp in Schleswig, the co-regency. This took Theodor Dassov, previously only general superintendent for Schleswig royal share, the tasks in Schleswig ducal share. Muhlius officiated continue as General Superintendent for Holstein ducal share.

Lutheran Bishop and General Superintendent of Schleswig

Bishops of Schleswig of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Schleswig -Holstein

Bishops of the diocese of Schleswig Northelbian Evangelical Lutheran Church

Bishops of the diocese of Schleswig and Holstein to the North Elbe Evangelical Lutheran Church

In 2008, the ministry of the Bishop of the diocese of Schleswig was united with that of the Ward Holstein.

2008-2012 Gerhard Ulrich ( born March 9, 1951 in Hamburg)

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