Andreas Thiel (28 September 1826 – 17 July 1908) was a

Bishop of Ermland A bishop is an ordained member of the clergy who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance and administration of dioceses. The role ...

() in

East Prussia East Prussia was a Provinces of Prussia, province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1772 to 1829 and again from 1878 (with the Kingdom itself being part of the German Empire from 1871); following World War I it formed part of the Weimar Republic's ...

from 1885–1908. Thiel was born in Lokau ( Tłokowo, Gmina Jeziorany,

Olsztyn County __NOTOC__ Olsztyn County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, northern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in ...

) in the district of

Rößel Reszel (; Prussian language, Prussian: ''Resel'' or ''Resl'') is a town in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northeastern Poland. As of 2012 the population was 4,896. A small medieval town situated in the historical Warmia region, Reszel posse ...

(Reszel). After attending the local school of Lokau, Thiel visited the gymnasium in Rößel and

Braunsberg Braniewo () (, , Old Prussian: ''Brus''), is a town in northern Poland, in Warmia, in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, with a population of 16,907 as of June 2021. It is the capital of Braniewo County. Braniewo is the second biggest city of ...

(Braniewo), where he started to study

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divinity at the

Collegium Hosianum The Collegium Hosianum was the Jesuit collegium founded in 1565, 1566 by Polish Cardinal Stanislaus Hosius in Braunsberg (Braniewo), Kingdom of Poland. The town was then part of the Polish Prince-Bishopric of Warmia under rule of Cardinal Hos ...

. Thiel was ordained in 1849 and gained his doctorate in 1853. In 1855 he habilitated as a Professor of

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and ecclesiastical history. Thiel was one of the founders of the ''Historischer Verein für Ermland'' (historical association for Ermland) and published several treatises about the regional history. In 1870 he became capitular of the Frauenburg (Frombork) Cathedral and in 1871

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of the Ermland. In 1885 Thiel received the episcopal consecration. He died in Frauenburg.

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* 1826 births 1908 deaths People from Jeziorany People from East Prussia Bishops of Warmia 19th-century German Roman Catholic bishops 20th-century German Roman Catholic bishops 20th-century German Roman Catholic priests {{Germany-RC-bishop-stub