- Bishopric of Pomesania
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Situation of the Bishopric (abbrev. P.) within the Prussian Deutschordensland of 1410
The Bishopric of Pomesania (German: Bistum Pomesanien; Polish: Diecezja pomezańska) was a diocese in the Prussian regions of Pomesania and Pogesania. It was founded as a Roman Catholic diocese in 1243 by the papal legate William of Modena. The bishops, whose seat was Riesenburg (Prabuty), possessed one-third of the bishopric's territory. The diocesan cathedral chapter met in the fortified cathedral of Marienwerder (Kwidzyn).
Beginning in 1523 during the Protestant Reformation, the diocese was administered by Lutheran bishops. In 1587, the diocese was secularized by the regent of Ducal Prussia, George Frederick. The remaining Catholic areas joined the Bishopric of Culm.
Catholic bishops
- Ernst (1248/49–1259)
- Albert (1259–1286)
- Heinrich (1277/78–1292) (Counter bishop)
- Heinrich (1286–1303)
- Christian (1303–1308/9)
- Ludeko (1309–1321)
- Rudolf (1321–1331)
- Bertold von Riesenburg (1331–1346)
- Arnold (1347–1360)
- Nikolaus von Radam (1360–1376)
- Johannes Mönch (1376–1409)
- Johannes Rymann (1409–1417)
- Gerhard Stolpmann (1417–1427)
- Johannes von Mewe (1427–1440)
- Kaspar Linke (1440–1463)
- Nikolaus (1464–1466)
- Vincent Kielbasa (1467–1478) (administrator)
- Johannes Christiani von Lessen (ca. 1480–1501)
- Hiob von Dobeneck (1501–1521)
- George of Polentz (1521–1523)
Lutheran bishops
- George of Polentz (de:Georg von Polenz) (from 1523 first Lutheran Bishop)
- Erhard of Queis (1523–1525)
- Paul Speratus (1530–1551)
- Georg von Venediger (1567–1574)
- Johannes Wigand (1575–1587)
External links
Categories:- 1243 establishments
- Dioceses established in the 13th century
- 1587 disestablishments
- Defunct Roman Catholic dioceses
- History of Prussia
- Religious organizations established in the 1240s
- European Roman Catholic diocese stubs
- German history stubs
- Polish history stubs
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