Bishopric of Worms

Prince-Bishopric of Worms Fürstbistum Worms
State of the Holy Roman Empire
← 861–1801 →
Coat of arms
Capital	Worms until 1400; thereafter Ladenburg
Language(s)	Ripuarian Franconian
Government	Principality
Historical era	Middle Ages
- Bishopric founded	614
- Gained Reichsfreiheit	861
- Occupied by France	1789–1816
- Secularised to     Hesse-Darmstadt	1801 1801

The Bishopric of Worms was an ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire. Located on both banks of the Rhine around Worms just north of the union of that river with the Neckar, it was largely surrounded by the Palatinate. Worms had been the seat of a bishop from Roman times. From the High Middle Ages on, the Bishopric's secular jurisdiction notably did not include the city of Worms, which was an Imperial Free City.

In 1795 Worms itself, as well as the entire territory of the bishopric on the left bank of the Rhine, was occupied and annexed by the French. In the wake of the territorial reorganizations that followed, the remaining territory of the bishopric, along with that of most of the other ecclesiastical principalities, was secularized in 1801. In this case, it was annexed by the Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt.

Bishops of Worms, 770-1801

• Erembert 770-803
• Bernhar 803-823
• Volkwin 823-841
• Samuel 841-859
• Gunzo 859-872
• Adelhelm 873-890
• Dietlach 890-914
• Richowo 914-950
• Hanno 950-978
• Hildebold 978-998
• Franco from Hesse 998-999
• Erfo 999
• Razo 999
• Burchard I 1000-1025
• Azecho 1025-1044
• Adalgar 1044
• Arnold I 1044-1065
• Adalbert I von Rheinfelden 1065-1070
• Adalbert II of Saxony 1070-1107
• Erzo 1107-115
• Arnold II 1110-1131
• Burchard II von Asorn 1120-1149
• Konrad I von Steinach 1150-1171
• Konrad II von Sternberg 1171-1192
• Henryk I van Maastricht 1192-1195
• Luitpold von Schonfeld 1196-1217
• Heinrich II of Saarbrücken 1217-1234
• Landolf von Hoheneck 1234-1247
• Konrad III von Durkheim 1247
• Richard of Dhaun 1247-1257
• Eberhard I of Baumberg 1257-1277
• Friedrich of Baumberg 1277-1283
• Simon von Schoneck 1283-1291
• Eberhard II von Strahlenberg 1291-1293
• Emicho of Baumberg 1294-1299
• Eberwin von Kronenberg 1300-1308
• sede vacante 1309–1310
  • Baldwin of Luxembourg 1309–1310, as diocesan administrator
• Emeric von Schoneck 1310-1318
• Heinrich III of Dhaun 1318-1319
• Konrad IV von Schoneck 1319-1329
• Gerlach von Erbach 1329-1332
• Salomon Waldbott, 1332–1350
• Dietrich I Bayer von Boppard 1350-1365
• Johann Schadland 1365-1370
• Echard von Dersch 1370-1405
• Matthaeus 1405-1410
• Johann II von Fleckenstein 1410-1426
• Eberhard III von Sternberg 1426-1427
• Friedrich II von Domneck 1427-1445
• Ludwig von Ast 1445
• Reinhard I von Sackingen 1445-1482
• Johann III von Dalberg 1482-1503
• Reinhard II von Rippur 1503-1523
• Heinrich IV of the Palatinate 1523-1552
• Dietrich II von Rothenstein 1552-1580
• Georg von Schönburg 1580-1595
• Philipp I von Rothenstein 1595-1604
• Philipp II Kraft von Scharsenstein 1604
• Wilhelm von Essern 1604-1616
• Georg Friedrich von Greiffenklau 1616-1629
• Georg Anton von Rothenstein 1629-1652
• Hugo Eberhard Kratz von Scharsenstein 1654-1663
• Johann Philipp von Schönborn 1663-1673
• Lothar Friedrich von Metternich 1673-1675
• Damian Hartard von der Leyen 1675-1678
• Karl Heinrich von Metternich 1679
• Franz Emeric Caspar Waldbott von Bassenheim 1679-1683
• Johann Karl von Frankenstein 1683-1691
• Ludwig Anton of Pfalz-Neuburg 1691-1694
• Franz Ludwig von Pfalz-Neuburg 1694-1732
• Franz Georg von Schönborn-Buchheim 1732-1756
• Johann Friedrich Karl von Ostein 1756-1763
• Johann Philipp II von Walderdorf 1763-1768
• Emmerich Joseph von Breidbach-Bürresheim 1768-1774
• Friedrich Karl Josef von Erthal 1774-1801
• Karl Theodor von Dalberg 1802-1803