Georg Michael Wittman
German bishop
The Vatican record
- 28 November 2019 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2019)
Who they were
Georg Michael Wittmann, born near Pleistein in Bavaria in 1760, was ordained in 1782 and after parish work taught at the seminary of Ratisbon from 1788, becoming its rector in 1802.
In forty-five years he prepared more than fifteen hundred men for the priesthood. By his zeal, charity and exemplary life he won the love of all. Auxiliary bishop from 1829 and named Bishop of Ratisbon in 1832, he died on 8 March 1833 before taking office.
The miracles
The Catholic Encyclopedia does not describe his cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
A seminary rector who formed a generation of priests by his example.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
- Catholic Encyclopedia (1913), via New Advent - Georg Michael Wittmann
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints — promulgated decrees (causesanti.va), summarised in our own words
- Wikidata Q1505404 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Georg Michael Wittman (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 21 September 2026. Corrections welcome.