Franz Christoph von Hutten zum Stolzenberg, prince-bishop of Speyer
Incumbent: Karl-Heinz Wiesemann 19 December 2007
Location
Country
Germany
Information
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.
^"Diocese of Speyer" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
^"Diocese of Speyer" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
^"Bischöfe". Home page of the Diocese of Speyer (in German). Bistum Speyer. 2003. Archived from the original on 2006-03-29. Retrieved 2009-07-06.
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