Type: | Bishop |
Church: | Roman Catholic |
Bishop of Freising | |
Death Date: | 8 April 1559 |
Consecrated By: | Oswald Arnsperger |
Consecration: | 12 June 1552 |
Predecessor: | Henry of the Palatinate |
Successor: | Moritz von Sandizell |
Term: | 1552–1559 |
Birth Place: | Hilgertshausen, Dachau, Duchy of Bavaria |
Leo Lösch von Hilkertshausen (died 8 April 1559)[1] was the 49th Bishop of Freising in 1552 to 1559.[2] [3]
Leo came from Hilgertshausen, near Dachau as a member of a noble family. He encouraged, supported by the Bavarian Duke Albrecht V, the Counter-Reformation in his diocese. During his tenure, the Peace of Augsburg was established.