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His Excellency Anton Schlembach
95th Bishop of Speyer
Bishop Anton Schlembach
Archdiocese	Bamberg
Province	Bamberg
Diocese	Speyer
See	Speyer
Predecessor	Friedrich Wetter
Successor	Karl-Heinz Wiesemann
Personal details
Born	(1932-02-07)7 February 1932 Großwenkheim, Bavaria, Germany
Died	15 June 2020(2020-06-15) (aged 88) Speyer, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Denomination	Catholic
Alma mater	University of Würzburg

Anton Schlembach (7 February 1932 – 15 June 2020) was a German Roman Catholic clergyman who served as the 95th Bishop of Speyer. ^[1]

Anton Schlembach was born in Großwenkheim near Münnerstadt, Unterfranken in the archdiocese of Würzburg, the oldest of four children in a farmer's family. After graduating in 1950, from the Humanist Gymnasium in Miltenberg, he studied Catholic theology at the University of Würzburg and at the Papal University in Rome. He was ordained as a priest of Würzburg on 10 October 1956 ^[2] with Cardinal Franz König. In 1959 he was awarded doctorate of theology. In 1981 he became vicar general in Würzburg. ^[1]

On 25 August 1983 ^[2] Pope John Paul II named him the successor to bishop Friedrich Wetter. He ascended to the office on 16 October 1983 ^[2] in the Speyer cathedral, consecrated by his predecessor Friedrich Wetter, Archbishop of Munich. ^[1]

Pope Benedict XVI agreed to his retirement, effective 10 February 2007. ^{[1] [2]}

Schlembach died 15 June 2020, aged 88. ^[3]

• Anton Schlembach, Waltraud Herbstrith: Erinnere dich – vergiss es nicht: Edith Stein – christlich-jüdische Perspektiven; Plöger Medien, 1986; ISBN  3-89857-050-9
• Anton Schlembach, Karlheinz Debus: Robert Schuman. Lothringer – Europäer – Christ; Speyer: Pilger-Verlag, ISBN  3-87637-054-X.
• Anton Schlembach, Dienst unter sechs Päpsten; in: Bernhard Oswald (Hrsg.): Lebenswege. Miltenberger Abiturienten 1950; Miltenberg 2007; ISBN  978-3-00-020445-6
• Anton Schlembach: Zeugen des Glaubens. Predigten und Beiträge aus 24 Bischofsjahren. Festgabe zum 75. Geburtstag von Bischof Dr. Anton Schlembach; Speyer: Pilger-Verlag, 2007; ISBN  3-87637-082-5