List of the bishops of Rottenburg-Stuttgart
The diocese of Rottenburg , established by Pope Pius VII on August 16, 1821, was founded on January 18, 1978 under Pope Paul VI. renamed the Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart . The following people were bishops in the diocese:
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| 1 | Johann Baptist von Keller | 1828 | 1845 | * May 16, 1774 in Salem , ordained a priest on June 10, 1797, appointed titular bishop of Evara on June 15, 1816 and consecrated on August 4, 1816. Enthroned as Bishop of Rottenburg on May 20, 1828, † October 17 1845 in Bartenstein . |
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| 2 | Josef von Lipp | 1847 | 1869 | * March 24, 1795 in Holzhausen , ordained a priest on September 18, 1819, appointed Bishop of Rottenburg on June 14, 1847, consecrated on March 12, 1848, † May 3, 1869 |
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| 3 | Karl Joseph von Hefele | 1869 | 1893 | * March 16, 1809 in Unterkochen , ordained a priest on August 15, 1833, appointed Bishop of Rottenburg on June 17, 1869, consecrated. on December 29, 1869, † June 5, 1893 |
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| 4th | Wilhelm von Reiser | 1893 | 1898 | * May 13, 1835 in Egesheim , ordained a priest on August 10, 1859, appointed coadjutor bishop of Rottenburg and titular bishop of Aenus on August 31, 1886 , consecrated. November 14, 1886, Bishop of Rottenburg on June 5, 1893, install. on July 11, 1893, † May 11, 1898 |
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| 5 | Franz Xaver von Linsenmann | 1898 | 1898 | * November 28, 1835 in Rottweil , ordained a priest on August 10, 1859, appointed Bishop of Rottenburg on July 20, 1898, confirmed on September 5, 1898 and died before the episcopal ordination on September 21, 1898 |
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| 6th | Paul Wilhelm von Keppler | 1898 | 1926 | * September 28, 1852 in Schwäbisch Gmünd , ordained a priest on August 2, 1874, appointed Bishop of Rottenburg on November 11, 1898, consecrated. January 18, 1899, † July 16, 1926 |
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| 7th | Joannes Baptista Sproll | 1927 | 1949 | * 20 October 1870 in Schweinhausen consecrated on 16 July 1895 priest auxiliary bishop in Rottenburg and titular bishop of the November 25, 1915 Thebes Phthiotides (Halmiros) appointed konsekr. Bishop of Rottenburg on June 18, 1916, March 2, 1927, † March 4, 1949 |
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| 8th | Carl Joseph Leiprecht | 1949 | 1974 | * September 11, 1903 in Hauerz , ordained a priest on March 24, 1928, appointed auxiliary bishop in Rottenburg and titular bishop of Scyrus on October 7, 1948 , consecrated. on November 30, 1948, on June 21, 1949 Bishop of Rottenburg, retired on June 4, 1974, † October 29, 1981 |
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| 9 | Georg Moser | 1975 | 1988 | * June 10, 1923 in Leutkirch , ordained a priest on March 19, 1948, appointed auxiliary bishop in Rottenburg and titular bishop of Thiges on October 12, 1970 , episcopal ordination on November 14, 1970, bishop of Rottenburg on March 12, 1975, † 9 May 1988 | ||
| 10 | Walter Kasper | 1989 | 1999 | * March 5, 1933 in Heidenheim an der Brenz , ordained a priest on April 6, 1957, appointed Bishop of Rottenburg-Stuttgart on April 17, 1989, ordained bishop on June 17, 1989, on March 16, 1999 as Secretary of the Pontifical Council Appointed for Christian unity, resigned as Bishop of Rottenburg-Stuttgart on May 31, 1999, appointed cardinal on February 21, 2001, appointed President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity on March 3, 2001 |
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| 11 | Gebhard Fürst | 2000 | * December 2, 1948 in Bietigheim , ordained a priest on March 27, 1977, appointed Bishop of Rottenburg-Stuttgart on July 7, 2000, ordained bishop on September 17, 2000 |
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See also
- List of auxiliary bishops in Rottenburg-Stuttgart
- Rottenburg Cathedral of St. Martin
- St. Eberhard Cathedral (Stuttgart)