Melchior Otto Voit of Salzburg
Prince Bishop of Bamberg
About Melchior Otto Voit of Salzburg
Lived 1603 – 1653 (aged 49). Melchior Otto Voit of Salzburg was a German catholic priest, ecclesiastical prince and bishop.
Melchior Otto Voit von Salzburg (1603–1653) was the Prince-Bishop of Bamberg from 1642 to 1653.
Biography
Melchior Otto von Voit von Salzburg was born in Eichenhausen, which is today part of Wülfershausen, on 19 June 1603.
He served as a Landrichter (judge) in Würzburg and later as cantor of Würzburg Cathedral.
He was appointed Prince-Bishop of Bamberg on 25 August 1642, with Pope Urban VIII confirming his appointment on 5 May 1643. He was never consecrated as a bishop, and died with the clerical rank of priest.
As bishop-elect, he founded the Ottoniana Academia (named after his patron saint, Otto of Bamberg), which later became the University of Bamberg.
He died on 4 January 1653.
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Prince Bishop of Bamberg
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Melchior Otto Voit of Salzburg was born on 19 June 1603 in Wülfershausen.
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Melchior Otto Voit of Salzburg died on 4 January 1653 in Forchheim.
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Melchior Otto Voit of Salzburg was a catholic priest, ecclesiastical prince and bishop.
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Melchior Otto Voit of Salzburg was German.
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