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bishop-elect

In the Catholic Church, a title given to those who, who have been appointed bishop, both diocesan and titular, have not yet received episcopal ordination and are used "in order to distinguish him from the bishop already consecrated"

  • Also called nominated Bischof, Bishop, appointed Bishop

Everyone recorded as holding it

Its tenures overlap throughout — a roll of holders, not a line.

  • 10 holders
  • 3 overlapping pairs
  • 4 undated
  1. 1240 CE Philip I, Count of Savoy Count of Savoy (1207-1285)
  2. 20 May 1452 CE – 1458 CE Bernard II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg Prince-Bishop of Hildesheim; Prince of Luneburg
  3. 23 April 1553 CE – 1 February 1554 CE Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg Prince of Wolfenbüttel and Calenberg (1528-1589)
  4. from 28 April 1574 CE John William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg
  5. from 14 July 1579 CE Philipp of Bavaria Roman Catholic Cardinal (1576-1598)
  6. 20 February 1716 CE – 3 March 1729 CE Count Palatine Francis Louis of Neuburg Archbishop and Prince-Elector of Mainz and Trier, Prince-Bishop of Worms and Wrocław, Hochmeister of the Teutonic Order

No dates recorded 4

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