Diocese of Gurk

DIOCESE OF GURK (Dioecesis Gurcensis); In practice also Diocese of Gurk-Klagenfurt

Country: Austria
Denomination: Roman Catholic

Established: 1071
Seat moved to Klagenfurt 1787, name not officially changed

Official blazon

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The arms in 1581

The arms in a 17th century manuscript

Arms of Bishops

Konrad von Enslingen (1337-1344)
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Johann von Töckheim (1364-1376)
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Johann von Mayrhofen (1376-1402)
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Konrad von Hebenstreit (1402-1411)
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Ernst Auer von Herrenkirchen (1411-1432)
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Johann Schallermann (1433-1453)
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Ulrich Sonnenberger (1453-1469)
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Sixtus von Tannberg (1470-1474)
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Lorenz von Freiberg (1472-1487)
Raymond Pérault (1491-1505)
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Matthäus Lang von Wellenburg (1505-1522)
Hieronymus Balbi (1522-1526)
Antonius Salamanca-Hoyos (1526-1551)
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Johann von Schönburg (1552-1555)
Urban Sagstetter (1556-1573)
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Christoph Andreas von Spaur (1574-1601)
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Johann Jakob von Lamberg (1603-1630)
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Sebastian von Lodron (1630-1643)
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Franz von Lodron (1643-1652)
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Sigismund Franz von Österreich-Tirol (1653-1665)
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Wenzeslaus von Thun (1665-1673)
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Polykarp von Kienburg (1673-1675)
Johann von Goëss (1675-1696)
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Otto II. de la Bourde (1697-1708)
Jakob Maximilian von Thun (1709-1741)
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Joseph I. Maria Graf von Thun (1741-1761)
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Hieronymus von Colloredo (1761-1772)
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Joseph Franz Anton von Auersperg (1772-1783)
Franz Xaver von Salm-Reifferscheidt (1783-1822)
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Jakob Peregrin Paulitsch (1824-1827)
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Georg Mayer (1827-1840)
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Franz Anton Gindl (1841)
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Adalbert Lidmansky (1842-1858)
Valentin Wiery (1858-1880)
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Peter Funder (1881-1886)
Josef Kahn (1887-1910)
Balthasar Kaltner (1910-1914)
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Adam Hefter (1914-1939)
Joseph Köstner (1945-1981)
Egon Kapellari (1982-2001)
Alois Schwarz (2001-2018)
Josef Marketz (2019-present)

Arms of Auxiliary Bishops

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Andreas Rohracher (1933-1943)

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