Melchior Otto Voit von Salzburg
Melchior Otto Voit von Salzburg 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 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, which later became the University of Bamberg.
He died on 4 January 1653.
