Christian Würtz

Christian Würtz (born 31 May 1971) is a German Roman Catholic prelate who has served as bishop of the Diocese of Eichstätt since July 2026. He previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Freiburg from 2019 to 2026. At the time of his episcopal consecration in 2019, he was the youngest Catholic bishop in Germany.

Early life and education Würtz was born in Karlsruhe. After graduating from high school in 1990, he studied law at the University of Heidelberg from 1991 to 1996 and passed his first state examination in law.

From 1995 to 2004, he worked as a research assistant at Freiburg University's Institute for History of Law and Legal History, earning a doctorate in law (Dr. iur.) in 2002.

Priesthood Würtz entered the Collegium Borromaeum Seminary in Freiburg in 2004. He was ordained a deacon in December 2005 and ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Freiburg on 14 May 2006 by Archbishop Robert Zollitsch. He received his episcopal consecration on 30 June 2019 from Archbishop Stephan Burger in Freiburg Minster. Unlike German dioceses where the Cathedral Chapter chooses the bishop, the Pope freely appoints the Bishop of Eichstätt.