Bishop of Chur
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The Bishop of Chur (German: Bischof von Chur) is the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Chur, Grisons, Switzerland (Latin: Dioecesis Curiensis).
[edit] History
A Bishop of Chur is first mentioned in 451/ 452 when its Bishop St. Asimo attended the Synod of Milan (Mansi, IV, 141), but probably existed a century earlier. The Rt. Rev. John Fidelis Battaglia, consecrated 1 March, 1889, is the ninety-sixth Bishop of Chur. The see was at first suffragan to the archbishop of Milan, but after the treaty of Verdun (843) it became suffragan to Mainz. In consequence of political changes it became, in 1803, immediately subject to the Holy See. According to local traditions, the first Bishop of Chur was St. Lucius, a reputed King of Britain, who is said to have died a martyr at Chur about the year 176, and whose relics are preserved in the cathedral. St. Lucius is venerated as the principal patron of the diocese. (See G. Mayer, "St. Luzi bei Chur", Lindau, 1876.) The country had to pass through very severe struggles for the Christian faith. Theodoric, King of the Ostrogoths, and the Lombards after him, attempted to introduce Arianism in the sixth and seventh centuries.
Prior to 1803, the Bishop was a Prince-Bishop of the Holy Roman Empire. The Bishop was part of the Austrian Circle of the Imperial Circle Estates.
[edit] List of Bishops of Chur
| 452-455 | Asimo |
| ca. 460 | Pruritius |
| ca. 470 | Claudian |
| ca. 485 | Ursicin I. |
| ca. 495 | Sidonius |
| ca. 520 | Eddo |
| 530-546 | Valentinianus |
| 548-? | Paulinus |
| ca. 590 | Theodore |
| ca. 614 | Viktor I. |
| ? | Verendarius ? |
| ?-681 | Ruthard |
| 681-696 | Paschalis |
| 696?-712 | Viktor II. |
| 712-735 | Vigilius |
| ca. 740 | Adalbert |
| 754-760 | Ursicin II. |
| 760-773 | Tello |
| 773-800? | Constantius |
| 800-820 | Remigius |
| 820-833 | Viktor III. |
| 833-844 | Verendarius |
| 844-849 | Gerbrach |
| 849-879 | Hesso |
| 879-887 | Rothar |
| 887-914 | Dietholf |
| 914-949 | Waldo I. |
| 949-968 | Hartbert |
| 969-995 | Hiltibold |
| 995-1002 | Waldo II. |
| 1002-1026 | Ulrich I. |
| 1026-1039 | Hartmann I. |
| 1039-1070 | Dietmar |
| 1070-1078 | Heinrich I. |
| 1079-1088 | Norbert |
| 1089-1095 | Ulrich II. von Tarasp |
| 1095-1122 | Guido |
| 1122-1142 | Konrad I. von Biberegg |
| 1142-1150 | Konrad II. |
| 1150-1160 | Adalgod |
| 1160-1170 | Egino von Ehrenfels |
| 1170-1179 | Ulrich III. von Tegernfeld |
| 1179-1180 | Bruno von Ehrenfels |
| 1180-1193 | Heinrich II. von Arbon |
| 1194?-1200 | Arnold I. von Matsch |
| 1200-1209 | Rainier |
| 1209 | Walter |
| 1209-1221 | Arnold II. von Matsch |
| 1221-1222 | Heinrich III. von Realta and/or Albrecht von Güttingen, Abbot of St. Gall |
| 1222-1226 | Rudolf I. von Güttingen |
| 1226-1233 | Berthold Graf von Helfenstein |
| 1233-1237 | Ulrich IV. Graf von Kyburg |
| 1237-1251 | Volkhard von Neuenburg |
| 1251-1272 | Heinrich IV. Graf von Montfort |
| 1272-1282 | Konrad III. von Belmont |
| 1282-1290 | Friedrich I. Graf von Montfort |
| 1290-1298 | Berthold II. Graf von Heiligenberg |
| 1298 | Hugo Graf von Montfort |
| 1298-1321 | Siegfried von Geilnhausen |
| 1321-1324 | Rudolf II. Graf von Montfort |
| 1324-1325 | Hermann von Eichenbach |
| 1325-1331 | Johann I. von Pfefferhart |
| 1331-1355 | Ulrich V. von Lenzburg |
| 1355-1368 | Peter Gelyto |
| 1368-1376 | Friedrich II. von Erdingen |
| 1376-1388 | Johann II. von Ehingen |
| 1388-1390 | Bartholomäus |
| 1390-1416 | Hartmann II. Graf von Werdenberg-Sargans |
| 1416-1417 | Johann III. Ambundi |
| 1417-1440 | Johann IV. Naso |
| 1440-1441 | Konrad IV. von Rechberg |
| 1441-1453 | Heinrich V. von Höwen, Bishop of Constance |
| 1453-1458 | Leonhard Wyssmayer |
| 1458-1491 | Ortlieb von Brandis |
| 1491-1503 | Heinrich VI. von Höwen |
| 1503-1541 | Paul Ziegler von Ziegelberg |
| 1541-1548 | Licius Iter |
| 1548-1565 | Thomas Planta |
| 1565-1581 | Beatus à Porta |
| 1581-1601 | Peter II. von Rascher |
| 1601-1627 | Giovanni V. Flugi de Aspremont |
| 1627-1635 | Joseph Mohr, von Zernez |
| 1636-1661 | Giovanni VI. Flugi de Aspremont |
| 1661-1692 | Ulrich VI. di Monte-Villa |
| 1692-1728 | Ulrich VII. Freiherr von Federspiel |
| 1728-1754 | Joseph Benedict Freiherr von Rost |
| 1755-1777 | Johann Anton Freiherr von Federspiel |
| 1777-1794 | Franz Dionysius Freiherr von Rost |
| 1794-1833 | Karl Rudolf Graf von Buol-Schauenstein, last prince-bishop (until 1803) |
| 1834-1844 | Johann Georg Bossi |
| 1844-1859 | Kaspar I. de Carl ab Hohenbalken |
| 1859-1876 | Nikolaus Franz Florentini |
| 1877-1879 | Kaspar II. Willi |
| 1879-1888 | Franz Konstantin Rampa |
| 1888-1908 | Johannes Fidelis Battaglia |
| 1908-1932 | Georg Schmid von Grüneck |
| 1932-1941 | Laurenz Matthias Vincenz |
| 1941-1962 | Cristiano Caminada |
| 1962-1990 | Johannes Vonderach |
| 1990-1997 | Wolfgang Haas |
| Since 1997 | Amédée Grab |
