Bishop of Rottenburg-Stuttgart
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The German Catholic Diocese of Rottenburg, established by Pope
Pope
The Pope is the Bishop of Rome, a position that makes him the leader of the worldwide Catholic Church . In the Catholic Church, the Pope is regarded as the successor of Saint Peter, the Apostle...

 Pius VII on August 16, 1821, was renamed the Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart
Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart
The Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in Germany. The diocese is located in the Württemberg part of the German State of Baden-Württemberg.-History:...

on January 18, 1978 under Pope Paul VI. The following men have served as Bishop of the diocese:
Johann Baptist von Keller
Johann Baptist von Keller
Johann Baptist von Keller was a German Catholic priest from Salem. He served as the first Bishop of Rottenburg....

 
January 28, 1828 - October 17, 1845
Josef von Lipp  June 14, 1847 - May 3, 1869
Karl Joseph von Hefele  June 17, 1869 - June 5, 1893
Wilhelm von Reiser  June 5, 1893 - May 11, 1898
Franz Xaver von Linsenmann
Franz Xaver von Linsenmann
Franz Xaver von Linsenmann was an important Catholic moral theologian and the Bishop of Rottenburg.Born in Rottweil, Linsenmann was unanimously elected Bishop of Rottenburg on July 20, 1898, and was proclaimed on September 5. However, he died before his consecration during a curative stay in the...

 
July 20, 1898 - September 21, 1898
Paul Wilhelm Keppler  November 11, 1898 - July 16, 1926
Johannes Baptista Sproll
Johannes Baptista Sproll
Johannes Baptista Sproll was a German Bishop and prominent opponent of the Nazi regime.Sproll was born in Schweinhausen, near Biberach, the son of a street mender, Josef Sproll, and his wife, Anna Maria née Freuer. He attended the Latin school in Biberach and the Gymnasium Ehingen...

 
March 29, 1927 - March 4, 1949
Carl Joseph Leiprecht
Carl Joseph Leiprecht
Karl Joseph Leiprecht was the Bishop of Rottenburg.Born in the town of Hauerz in the Allgäu, Leiprecht studied philosophy and theology at the University of Tübingen from 1923 to 1927. On March 24, 1928, he was ordained a priest by Bishop Johannes Baptista Sproll at the Rottenburg Cathedral...

 
July 4, 1949 - June 4, 1974
Georg Moser
Georg Moser
Georg Moser was the Bishop of Rottenburg-Stuttgart.Moser was born in Leutkirch in the Allgäu. After studying theology at the University of Tübingen from 1942 to 1947, he entered the priesthood in 1948. Moser earned his doctorate at the same university in 1962...

 
March 12, 1975 - May 9, 1988
Walter Kasper  April 17, 1989 - May 31, 1999
Gebhard Fürst
Gebhard Fürst
Gebhard Fürst is the Bishop of Rottenburg-Stuttgart.Fürst began his career attending the Collegium Ambrosianum in Stuttgart, where he studied Greek and Hebrew, in 1969. He then studied theology at the Faculty of Catholic Theology at the University of Tübingen and at the University of Vienna...

July 7, 2000 - incumbent
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