The Archbishopric of Salzburg was an ecclesiastical state of the Holy Roman Empire, consisting of roughly of the present-day state of Salzburg in Austria. After the secularization of the Archbishoprics of Bremen and Magdeburg, the Archbishop of Salzburg and the Archbishop of Besançon (whose territorial holdings were minuscule) were the only remaining Archbishops of the Holy Roman Empire who were not also electors.

The most famous Archbishop was probably the last with princely authority, Hieronymus von Colloredo, who was an early patron of Salzburg native Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

In 1803, the Archbishopric was secularized and made an Electorate for the former Grand Duke Ferdinand III of Tuscany (brother of Emperor Francis II), who had lost his throne. The territory was annexed to Austria in 1806, then to Bavaria in 1809, and finally returned to Austria at the Congress of Vienna in 1815.

The Archbishop of Salzburg also bears the title "Primas Germaniae" (which means "First [Bishop] of the Germans"). The powers of this title - which are in no way jurisdictional - are limited to being the pope's first correspondent in the German-speaking world.

Archbishops of Salzburg, 798-1803

• Arno 798-821
• Adalram 821-836
• Leutram 836-859
• Adalwin 859-873
• Adalbert I 873
• Dietmar I 873-907
• Pilgrim I 907-923
• Adalbert II 923-935
• Egilholf 935-939
• Herhold 939-958
• Friedrich I 958-991
• Hartwig 991-1023
• Günther 1024-1025
• Dietmar II 1025-1041
• Baldwin 1041-1060
• Gebhard 1060-1088
• Thimo 1090-1101
• Konrad I von Abensberg 1106-1147
• Eberhard I von Hilpolstein-Biburg 1147-1164
• Konrad II of Austria 1164-1168
• Adalbert III of Bohemia 1168-1177
• Konrad III von Wittelsbach 1177-1183
• Adalbert III of Bohemia (restored) 1183-1200
• Eberhard II von Truchsees 1200-1246
• Bernhard I von Ziegenhain 1247
• Philipp of Carinthia 1247-1256
• Ulrich von Sekau 1256-1265
• Ladislas of Silesia-Liegnitz 1265-1270
• Friedrich II von Walchen 1270-1284
• Rudolf von Hoheneck 1284-1290
• Konrad IV von Breitenfurt 1291-1312
• Weichard von Pollheim 1312-1315
• Friedrich III von Liebnitz 1315-1338
• Heinrich Pyrnbrunner 1338-1343
• Ordulf von Wiesseneck 1343-1365
• Pilgrim II von Pucheim 1365-1396
• Gregor Schenk von Osterwitz 1396-1403
• Eberhard III von Neuhaus 1403-1427
• Eberhard IV von Starhemberg 1427-1429
• Johann II von Reichensperg 1429-1441
• Friedrich IV Truchsees von Emmerberg 1441-1452
• Sigismund I von Volkersdorf 1452-1461
• Burchard von Weissbruch 1461-1466
• Bernhard II von Rohr 1466-1482
• Bernhard III Peckenschlager 1482-1489
• Friedrich V von Schallenburg 1489-1494
• Sigismund II 1494-1495
• Leonard von Keutschach 1495-1519
• Matthäus Lang von Wellenburg 1519-1540
• Ernest of Bavaria 1540-1554
• Michael von Khuenburg 1554-1560
• Johann Jakob Khun von Bellasy 1560-1586
• Georg von Khuenburg 1586-1587
• Wolfgang Dietrich von Rattenau 1587-1612
• Marcus Sittich von Hohenems 1612-1619
• Paris von Lobron 1619-1653
• Guidobald von Thun 1654-1668
• Maximilian Gandalf von Khuenburg 1668-1687
• Johann Ernst von Thun 1687-1709
• Franz Anton von Harrach 1709-1727
• Leopold Anton von Firmian 1727-1744
• Jakob Ernst von Liechtenstein-Castelcorno 1744-1747
• Adnreas Jakob von Dietrichstein 1747-1753
• Sigismund III von Schrattenbach 1753-1771
• Hieronymus von Colloredo 1772-1803

External link

• Catholic encyclopedia: Salzburg