Thomas Ruscher
Bishop
Honorific-prefixMost Reverend
TitleAuxiliary Bishop of Mainz
Titular Bishop of Venecompensis
ChurchCatholic Church
DioceseDiocese of Mainz
Term1502–1510
Consecration19 Mar 1503
Consecrated byBerthold von Henneberg
Birth date1449
Birth placeSchwäbisch Gmünd, Germany
Death date8 Aug 1510 (age 61)
Death placeMainz, Germany
NationalityGerman

Thomas Ruscher (1449–1510) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz (1502–1510).

Biography

Ruscher was born in 1449 in Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany.[1] On 19 Dec 1502, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Alexander VI as Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz and Titular Bishop of Venecompensis.[1][2][3] On 19 Mar 1503, he was consecrated bishop by Berthold von Henneberg, Archbishop of Mainz.[1] He served as Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz until his death on 8 Aug 1510.[1] While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of Jakob von Liebenstein, Archbishop of Mainz (1505).[1][2][3]

References

  1. ^ Cheney, David M. "Bishop Thomas Ruscher". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved February 14, 2019. [self-published]
  2. ^ Eubel, Konrad (1914). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. II. second ed. Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 264. (in Latin)
  3. ^ Eubel, Konrad (1923). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. III. second ed. Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 332. (in Latin)