This is a list of the auxiliary bishops (suffragan bishops) of the diocese of Passau, in Bavaria and then in western (upper) Austria. The diocese was extremely large, until the establishment of the diocese of Vienna in 1469. For the ecclesiastical history of the diocese, see Roman Catholic Diocese of Passau.
Auxiliary bishops
... Petrus Marchopolensis (attested 1363)Hansiz I, p. 479. For auxiliary bishops 1285–1300: Schrödl, pp. 260-261; and Conradus Eubel, Hierarchia catholica, second edition, Vol. I, p. 555. Ortolfus de Alzenbruck, O.P. (attested 1345) ... Simon of Vienna, O.E.S.A., Bishop of Kastoria (Greece) (attested 1380–1390)Hansiz I, p. 483. Eubel I, p. 172. ... Matthias de Krumpnau (attested 1430) Johannes (1441–1465) Sigismund Pirchan von Rosenberg, O. Cist. (1441–1472)"Bishop Sigismund Pirchan von Rosenberg, O. Cist." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 24, 2016. Benedikt Sibenhirter, O.S.B. (1452–1458)"Bishop Benedikt Sibenhirter, O.S.B." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 24, 2016. Wolfgang Püchler, O.F.M. (1465–1475)Hansiz I, p. 572. "Bishop Wolfgang Püchler, O.F.M." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 24, 2016. Albert Schönhofer (1473–1493)"Bishop Albert Schönhofer" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 24, 2016. Andreas Weinmair (1477–1491)"Bishop Andreas Weinmair" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 24, 2016. Nikolaus Kaps (1491–1499) Appointed, Auxiliary Bishop of Gurk Bernhard Meurl von Leombach (1496–1526)"Bishop Bernhard Meurl von Leombach" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 24, 2016. Heinrich Kurz (1526–1557)"Bishop Heinrich Kurz" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 24, 2016. Thomas Murner, O.F.M. (1530–1536)"Bishop Thomas Murner, O.F.M." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 24, 2016. Urban Sagstetter (1553–1556) Erasmus Pagendorfer (1557–1561)"Bishop Erasmus Pagendorfer" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 24, 2016. Michael Englmayr (1561–1568)"Bishop Michael Englmayr" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 24, 2016. Christian Krypper (1570–1573)"Bishop Christian Krypper" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 24, 2016. Hector Wegmann (1575–1589)"Bishop Hector Wegmann" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 24, 2016. Christoph Weilhamer (1589–1597)"Bishop Christoph Weilhamer" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 24, 2016. Andreas Hofmann (bishop) (1597–1604) Blasius Laubich (1604–1608)"Bishop Blasius Laubich" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 24, 2016. Šimun Bratulić, O.S.P.P.E. (1598–1601) Johannes Brenner (bishop) (1608–1629) Johannes Kaspar Stredele (1631–1642) Johannes Bartholomäus Kobolt von Tambach (1637–1645) Nikolaus Aliprandi de Thomasis (1642) Ulrich Grappler von Trappenburg (1646–1658) Martin Geiger (1658–1669) Jodok Brendt Hopner (1670–1682) Johannes Maximus Stainer von Pleinfelden (1682–1692)"Bishop Johannes Maximus Stainer von Pleinfelden" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 24, 2016. Johann Raymund Guidobald von Lamberg, O.F.M. Cap. (1701–1725) Franciscus Aloysius von Lamberg (1725–1732) Anton Joseph von Lamberg (1733–1747) Ermest Amadeus Thomas von Attems (1735–1742) Johannes Christoph Ludwig von Kuenburg (1747–1756) Philipp Wirich Lorenz von Daun zu Sassenheim und Callenborn (1757–1763) Joseph Adam Arco (1764–1773) Franz Karl Maria Cajetan von Firmian (1773–1776) Thomas Johann Kaspar von Thun und Hohenstein (1776–1795) Appointed, Bishop of Passau Leopold Maximilian von Firmian (Frimian) (1797–1800) Karl Kajetan von Gaisruck (Gaysruck) (1801–1818) Adalbert von Pechmann (1824–1860) Franz Xaver Eder (1977–1984) Appointed, Coadjutor Bishop of Passau; Bishop of Passau, 1984–2001.
See also Roman Catholic Diocese of Passau (main article)
Notes and references
Sources Hansiz, Marcus. Germaniae sacræ: Metropolis Lauriacensis cum Episcopatu Pataviensi. . Tomus I (1727). Augusta Vindelicorum (Augsburg): Happach & Schlüter. Schrödl, Karl (1879). Passavia sacra: Geschichte des Bisthums Passau bis zur Säkularisation des Fürstenthums Passau. Hauptband. 1. Passau: Waldbauer 1879.
External links
Cheney, David M. Catholic Hierarchy.org.; retrieved: 2 November 2023. Lins, Joseph (1911). "Passau, diocese of." In: The Catholic Encyclopedia. Ed. Charles Hebermann. Volume 11 New York: Appleton, 1911, PP. 519-521.