| Titleoverride: | Bishop of |
| Bishopric: | Speyer |
| Border: | catholic |
| Incumbent: | Karl-Heinz Wiesemann |
| Incumbent Note: | 19 December 2007 |
| Country: | Germany |
| Established: | 1802 |
| Archdiocese: | Bamberg |
| Diocese: | Speyer |
The Bishop of Speyer is the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Speyer, which is a suffragan see of the Archdiocese of Bamberg.[1] [2] The diocese covers an area of 5,893 km². The current bishop is Karl-Heinz Wiesemann.[3]
Listed here are the bishops of the diocese and auxiliary bishops.
At some point, the bishops of Speyer acquired imperial fiefs.
| Name | From | Until |
|---|---|---|
| Jesse of Speir | circa 346 | |
| Hildericus episcopus | circa 613 | |
| Atanasius | 610 | 650 |
| Principius | 650 | 659 |
| Dragobodo | 659 | 700 |
| Otto | 700 | 709 |
| 709 | 725 | |
| 725 | 743 | |
| 743 | 760 | |
| Basinus | 760 | 775 |
| 775 | 802 | |
| 802 | 810 | |
| 810 | 814 | |
| 814 | 828 or 830 | |
| Bertin, also Hertinus | 828 or 830 | 845 or 846 |
| Gebhard I | 845 or 847 | 880 |
| 881 | 895 or 898 | |
| Einhard, also Eginhard | 895 or 898 | 913 |
| Bernhard | 914 | 922 |
| 913 or 923 | 943 | |
| Reginwalt I, also Reginhard | 943 or 944 | 950 |
| 950 | 960 | |
| 960 | 970 | |
| 970 | 987 | |
| 987 | 1004 | |
| 1004 | 1031 | |
| 1031 | 1032 | |
| Reinher, also Reginher | 1032 | 1033 |
| Reginhard II of Dillingen,[4] also Reginbald | 1033 | 1039 |
| Sigbodo I, also Siegbodo | 1039 | 1051 |
| 1051 | 1056 | |
| 1056 | 1060 | |
| Eginhard II of Katzenelnbogen | 1060 | 1067 |
| Heinrich of Scharfenberg | 1067 | 1075 |
| Rüdiger Huzmann (Huozmann, Hutzmann) | 1075 | 1090 |
| 1090 | 1104 | |
| 1105 | 1107 († 1110) | |
| Bruno, Count of Saarbrücken (Count of Saargau) | 1107 | 1123 |
| 1124 | 1126 | |
| 1127 | 1146 | |
| 1146 | 1161 | |
| 1161 | 1163 | |
| 1164 | 1167 | |
| 1167 | 1176 | |
| 1176 | 1178 | |
| 1178 | 1187 | |
| 1187 | 1200 | |
| Conrad III of Scharfenberg | 1200 | 1224 |
| 1224 | 1232 | |
| 1233 | 1236 | |
| 1237 | 1245 | |
| 1245 | 1272 | |
| 1272 | 1302 | |
| Sigibodo II of Lichtenberg, also Siegbodo | 1302 | 1314 |
| Emich, Count of Leiningen, also Emicho | 1314 | 1328 |
| 1328 | 1328 | |
| 1328 | 1336 | |
| Baldwin, Archbishop of Trier (Administrator) | 1332 | 1336 |
| 1336 | 1363 | |
| Lambert of Born (Brunn?) | 1364 | 1371 |
| 1371 | 1388 | |
| 1388 | 1396 | |
| Raban of Helmstatt | 1396 | 1438 |
| 1438 | 1456 | |
| 1456 | 1459 | |
| Johann II Nix of Hoheneck, aka Enzenberger | 1459 | 1464 |
| 1464 | 1478 | |
| 1478 | 1504 | |
| 1504 | 1513 | |
| 1513 | 1529 | |
| 1529 | 1552 | |
| 1552 | 1560 | |
| 1560 | 1581 | |
| 1581 | 1610 | |
| 1610 | 1652 | |
| 1652 | 1675 | |
| 1675 | 1711 | |
| 1711 | 1719 | |
| Hugo Damian of Schönborn[5] | 1719 | 1743 |
| 1743 | 1770 | |
| 1770 | 1797 | |
| 1801 | 1802 († 1810) | |
| Sede vacante | 1802 | 1818 |
| Secularization and division of the diocese[6] | 1803 |
| Tenure | Incumbent | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1802 to 5 February 1818 | Sede vacante | Secularization and division of the bishopric of Speyer | |
| 5 February 1818 to 30 June 1826 | Matthäus Georg von Chandelle | Priest of Mainz; ordained 9 December 1821; died in office | |
| 22 July 1826 to 25 March 1835 | Johann Martin Manl | Priest of Mainz; confirmed 9 April 1827; ordained 25 April 1827; appointed Bishop of Eichstätt | |
| 23 March 1835 to 20 September 1836 | Johann Peter von Richarz | Priest of Würzburg; confirmed 24 July 1835; ordained 1 November 1835; Appointed Bishop of Augsburg | |
| 20 September 1836 to 23 May 1842 | Johannes von Geissel | Priest of Speyer; confirmed 19 May 1837; ordained 13 August 1837; Appointed Bishop of Cologne | |
| 5 March 1842 to 13 December 1869 | Nicolaus von Weis | Priest of Speyer; confirmed 23 May 1842; ordained 10 July 1842; died in office | |
| 6 May 1870 to 4 April 1871 | Konrad Reither | Priest of Speyer; confirmed 27 June 1870; ordained 18 September 1870; died in office | |
| 23 May 1872 to 31 May 1876 | Bonifatius von Haneberg, OSB | Priest of the Order of Saint Benedict; confirmed 29 July 1872; ordained 25 August 1872; died in office | |
| 9 June 1878 to 18 March 1905 | Joseph Georg von Ehrler | Priest of Würzburg; confirmed 9 June 1878; ordained 15 July 1878; died in office | |
| 21 March 1905 to 9 September 1910 | Konrad von Busch | Priest of Speyer; confirmed 30 May 1905; ordained 16 July 1905; died in office | |
| 4 November 1910 to 26 May 1917 | Michael von Faulhaber | Priest of Speyer; confirmed 7 January 1911; ordained 19 February 1911; appointed Archbishop of München und Freising | |
| 28 May 1917 to 20 May 1943 | Ludwig Sebastian | Priest of Bamberg; confirmed 31 July 1917; ordained 23 September 1917; died in office | |
| 20 May 1943 to 9 August 1952 | Joseph Wendel | Coadjutor Bishop of Speyer; installed 4 June 1943; Appointed Archbishop of München und Freising | |
| 22 December 1952 to 10 February 1968 | Isidor Markus Emanuel | Priest of Speyer; ordained 1 February 1953; resigned | |
| 28 May 1968 to 28 October 1982 | Friedrich Wetter | Priest of Speyer; ordained 29 June 1968; Appointed Archbishop of München und Freising | |
| 25 August 1983 to 10 February 2007 | Anton Schlembach | Priest of Würzburg; ordained 16 October 1983 | |
| 19 December 2007 to present | Karl-Heinz Wiesemann | Auxiliary bishop of Paderborn; ordained 2 March 2008 |