Johann Schlecht Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Johann Schlecht
Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg
Titular Bishop of Hierapolis in Phrygia
Church:Catholic Church
Diocese:Diocese of Regensburg
Term:1481–1500
Consecration:23 September 1481
Consecrated By:Šimun Vosić
Death Date:31 July 1500
Death Place:Regensburg, Germany

Johann Schlecht, O.S.A. (died 1500) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg (1481–1500) and Titular Bishop of Hierapolis in Phrygia. (1481–1500)[1] [2] [3] [4]

Biography

Johann Schlecht was ordained a priest in the Order of Saint Augustine. On 10 September 1481, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Sixtus IV as Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg and Titular Bishop of Hierapolis in Phrygia. On 23 September 1481, he was consecrated bishop by Šimun Vosić, Bishop of Capodistria, with Stefan Teglatije, Archbishop of Bar, and Orlando, Titular Bishop of Antarados, serving as co-consecrators.He served as Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg until his death on 31 July 1500.

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Gabriel von Eyb, Bishop of Eichstätt (1497), and Kaspar Tobritsch, Auxiliary Bishop of Eichstätt and Titular Bishop of Microcomien (1498).

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Eubel, Konrad. HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol II. 164. 1914. Libreria Regensbergiana. Münster. second. (in Latin)
  2. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bschlecht.html "Bishop Johann Schlecht, O.S.A."
  3. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/drege.html "Diocese of Regensburg"
  4. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/rege1.htm "Diocese of Regensburg"