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Heinrich von Lichtenau

Bishop of Augsburg from 1505 to 1517

Field	Value
name	Heinrich von Lichtenau
title	Prince-Bishop of Augsburg
predecessor	Friedrich von Hohenzollern
successor	Christoph von Stadion
diocese	Augsburg
term	1 April 1505 – 12 April 1517
religion	Roman Catholic
birth_name	Heinrich von Lichtenau
birth_date	1444
birth_place	Mindelheim
death_date	12 April 1517

Heinrich von Lichtenau (1444 – 12 April 1517) was Prince-Bishop of Augsburg from 1505 to 1517.

Biography

Heinrich von Lichtenau was born in Mindelheim in 1444. He was ordained as a priest in Augsburg in 1484.

The cathedral chapter of Augsburg Cathedral elected him Prince-Bishop of Augsburg on 1 April 1505. Pope Julius II confirmed his appointment on 7 May 1505, and he was consecrated as a bishop by Gabriel von Eyb, Bishop of Eichstätt, on 27 July 1505.

He died on 12 April 1517.

References

[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/blich.html Profile from catholic-hierarchy.org]

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