Roman Catholic Diocese of Kammin

Infobox Former Country
native_name = "Bistum Kammin"
conventional_long_name = Bishopric of Kammin
common_name = Kammin
continent = Europe
region = Central Europe
country = Germany
era = Middle Ages
status = Vassal
empire = Holy Roman Empire
government_type = Theocracy
year_start = 1140
year_end = 1544
event_start = Bishopric founded
date_start =
event1 = Joined Upper Saxon Circle
date_event1 = 1512
event2 = lost "Reichsfreiheit"
date_event2 = 1544
event_end = Secularized
date_end = 1648
p1 = Pomerania
image_p1 =
s1 = Farther Pomerania
image_s1 =






image_map_caption =
capital = Wolin until 1176,
then Kamień
footnotes = The former German Catholic diocese of Kammin [Cammin, occasionally Camin, Kamień after Polish.] (Kamień) existed in Pomerania, from the twelfth century to 1544 [ [http://www.gcatholic.com/dioceses/diocese/kamm0.htm Diocese of Kammin, Germany ] ] . In 1549 Martin Weiher was consecrated by the pope, although he was Lutheran. There were Protestant bishops to 1648, (last year of the 30 Years War). It was suppressed, and shortly afterwards its territory was secularised.

History

Otto of Bamberg around 1130 subdued the area, then the bishopric of Wolin, for the Archbishopric of Bamberg [Norman Davies, "God's Playground: A History of Poland : in Two Volumes" (2005 edition), p. 69.] . Otto appointed his disciple Boniface bishop of Julin, creating the first Catholic Pomeranian diocese [ [http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Boleslaus_III Boleslaus III - LoveToKnow 1911 ] ] .

Pope Innocent II, by a papal bull of 14 October, 1140, made the church of St. Adalbert at Julin on the Island of Wolin the see of the diocese [ [http://www.kirche-mv.de/History-PEK.607.0.html History PEK: Mecklenburgische und Pommersche Evangelische Kirche online ] ] , and Adalbert was consecrated bishop at Rome. There was a conflict between the Archdiocese of Magdeburg and Archdiocese of Gniezno on jurisdiction [André Vauchez, Richard Barrie Dobson, Michael Lapidge, "Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages", p. 1061.] . The difficulty as to which archdiocese was to be the metropolitan of the new bishopric was in the end evaded by placing it directly under the papal see.

Before 1176 the see was transferred to Kammin (Kamień), where a cathedral chapter was founded for the Cathedral of St. John. [ [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12225a.htm "Catholic Encyclopedia", article "Pomerania"] ]

Catholic bishops

* Adalbert von Pommern 1140–1162
* Konrad I. von Salzwedel 1163–1186
* Siegfried I. 1186–1202
* Siegwin 1202–1219
* Konrad II. von Demmin 1219–1223
* Konrad III. Graf von Gützkow 1223–1245
* Wilhelm 1245–1252
* Hermann Graf von Gleichen 1252–1288
* Jaromar Prinz von Rügen 1288–1298 (son of Wizlaw II)
* Peter 1298
* Heinrich von Wachholz 1299–1317?
* Konrad IV. 1317?–1324
* Wilhelm II. 1324–1329
** Otto 1324–1326 (counter-bishop)
** Arnold von Eltz 1326–1329 (counter-bishop)
* Friedrich von Eickstedt 1329–1343
* Johann I. von Sachsen-Lauenburg 1344–1372
* Philipp von Rehberg 1372–1385
* Johann II. Wilken von Kosselyn 1386–1394
** Bogislaw VIII, Duke of Pomerania-Stargard 1377–1417 (administrator 1386–1392), † 1417
* Johann III. Kropidlo, Duke of Silesia-Opole(Oppeln)-Strelitz 1382–1421, 1394–1398, † 1421
* Nikolaus Bock 1398–1410
* Magnus von Sachsen-Lauenburg 1410–1424
* Siegfried II. von Bock 1424–1449
* Henning Iwen 1449–1469
* "Vacant"
* Henning Kessebogen 1471
* Ludwig Graf von Eberstein-Naugard 1471–1479
* Nikolaus von Tüngen 1479, 1467-1489 Prince Bishop of Warmia (Ermland )
* Marinus Freganus 1479–1482
* Angelo Geraldini 1482–1485 (also Bishop of Sessa Aurunca 1462–1486)
* Benedikt von Waldstein 1486–1498
** Nikolaus Westphal 1486–1488 (Administrator)
* Martin Karith 1499–1521
* Erasmus von Manteuffel-Arnhausen 1521–1544

Post-Reformation Protestant Bishops

From 1558 Superintendents:
* Bartholomäus Swawe 1544–1549
* Martin Weiher von Leba 1549–1556 ( [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_von_Weiher Martin von Weiher in German] )
* Georg Venetus 1558–1567 (the title Bishop was held by the dukes)
* Petrus Edeling 1568–1602
* Adam Hamel 1605–1620
* Immanuel König 1622–1645

Prince Bishops

* Johann Friedrich, Duke of Pomerania-Wolgast 1557–1574, † 1600
* Kasimir IX., Duke of Pomerania-Wolgast 1574–1602, † 1605
* Franz, Duke of Pomerania-Barth 1602–1618, † 1620
* Ulrich, Duke of Pomerania-Barth 1618–1623
* Bogislaw XIV, Prince of Pomerania-Barth 1623–1637
* Ernst Bogislaw von Croy, Prince of Croy 1637–1650, † 1684

Notes

External links

* [http://starnarcosis.net/obsidian/eccles3.html#Kammin Bishop list]