Apostolic Prefecture of Lausitz

The Apostolic Prefecture of Lausitz (Lusatia) was a missionary pre-diocesan Latin Catholic jurisdiction in Lusatia (in German Lausitz}, today in the northeastern German states of Saxony and Brandenburg and in western Poland).

History

Established in 1559 as Apostolic Prefecture of Lausitz on territories within the Holy Roman Empire, split off from the Diocese of Meißen (Meissen). In 1581 it gained territory from its suppressed mother Diocese of Meißen

On 1921.06.24 it was suppressed, its territory being reassigned to re-establish a Diocese of Meißen.

Ordinaries

(all Latin Church)

Prefects Apostolic of Lausitz

Father Johann Leisentrit (1559.08.22 – death 1586.11.24)
Gregor Leisentrit (1586.12.13 – death 1594.05.23)
Christoph Blöbel (1594.08.15 – death 1609.02.04)
August Wiederin von Ottersbach (1609.02.25 – death 1620.06.27)
Gregor Kathmann von Maurugk (1620.07.09 – death 1644.05.03)
Johann Hasius von Lichenfeld (1644.09.13 – death 1650.02.28)
Martin Saudrius von Sternfeld (1650.04.02 – retired 1655)
Bernhard von Schrattenbach, Cistercians (O. Cist.) (1655 – death 1660.02.26)
Christophorus Johannes Reinheld von Reichenau (1660.05.11 – death 1665.04.25)
Peter Franz Longinus von Kieferberg (1665.07.04 – death 1675.11.11)
Martin Ferdinand Brückner von Brückenstein (1676.05.06 – death 1700.02.01)
Matthäus Joseph Ignaz Vitzki (1700.12.02 – death 1713.06.23)
Martin Bernhard Just von Friedenfeld (1714.02.07 – death 1721.06.09)
Johann Joseph Ignaz Freyschlag von Schmidenthal (1721.11.04 – death 1743.03.02)
Jakob Johann Joseph Wosky von Bärenstamm (1743.04.04 – death 1771.12.03), Titular Bishop of Pergamus (1753.04.09 – 1771.12.03)
Carl Laurenz Cardona (1772.01.27 – death 1773.08.25)
Martin Nugk von Lichtenhoff (1774.01.17 – death 1780.06.21), Titular Bishop of Cisamus (1775.11.15 – 1780.06.21)
Johann Joseph Schüller von Ehrenthal (1780.10.09 – death 1794.09.14), Titular Bishop of Danaba-orum (1783.07.10 – 1794.09.14)
Wenzel Kobaltz (1795.05.15 – death 1796.05.02)
Georg Franz Lock (1801.05.22 – death 1831.09.07), Titular Bishop of Antigonea (1801.05.22 – 1831.09.07)
Ignaz Bernhard Mauermann (1831 – death 1841.09.14), Titular Bishop of Pella (1819.01.31 – 1841.09.14), while Apostolic Vicar of Saxony (Germany) (1819.01.31 – 1841.09.14)
Joseph Dittrich (1846.04.20 – death 1853.10.05), Titular Bishop of Corycus (1846.04.20 – 1853.10.05), while Apostolic Vicar of Saxony (Germany) (1846.04.20 – 1853.10.05)
Ludwig Forwerk (1854.07.11 – death 1875.01.08), Titular Bishop of Leontopolis in Bithynia (1854.07.11 – 1875.01.08), while Apostolic Vicar of Saxony (Germany) (1854.07.11 – 1875.01.08)
Franz Bernert (1876.01.28 – death 1890.03.18), Titular Bishop of Azotus (1876.01.28 – 1890.03.18), while Apostolic Vicar of Saxony (Germany) (1876.01.28 – 1890.03.18)
Ludwig Wahl (1890.07.11 – retired 1900), Titular Bishop of Cocussus (1890.07.11 – 1905.06.06), while Apostolic Vicar of Saxony (Germany) (1890.07.11 – 1900)
Georg Wuschanski (1904.02.13 – death 1905.12.28), Titular Bishop of Samos (1904.02.13 – 1905.12.28)
Aloys Schaefer (1906.04.04 – death 1914.09.05), Titular Bishop of Abila (1906.04.04 – 1914.09.05), while Apostolic Vicar of Saxony (Germany) (1906.04.04 – 1914.09.05)
Franz Löbmann (1915.01.30 – death 1920.12.04), Titular Bishop of Priene (1915.01.30 – 1920.12.04), while Apostolic Vicar of Saxony (Germany) (1915.01.30 – 1920.12.04)