Melchior Otto Voit von Salzburg (1603–1653) was the Prince-Bishop of Bamberg from 1642 to 1653.
Melchior Otto von Voit von Salzburg was born in Eichenhausen, which is today part of Wülfershausen, on June 19, 1603.[1]
He served as a Landrichter (judge) in Würzburg and later as cantor of Würzburg Cathedral.[2]
He was appointed Prince-Bishop of Bamberg on August 25, 1642, with Pope Urban VIII confirming his appointment on May 5, 1643.[3] He was never consecrated as a bishop, and died with the clerical rank of priest.[4]
As bishop-elect, he founded the Ottoniana Academia (named after his patron saint, Otto of Bamberg), which later became the University of Bamberg.[5]
He died on January 4, 1653.[6]
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| Preceded by Franz von Hatzfeld |
Prince-Bishop of Bamberg 1642–1653 |
Succeeded by Philipp Valentin Albrecht Voit von Rieneck |