Background
Veit von Würzburg was born in Rothenkirchen, now incorporated into Pressig, on 15 June 1519.
Veit von Würzburg was born in Rothenkirchen, now incorporated into Pressig, on 15 June 1519.
He was elected Prince-Bishop of Bamberg on 22 April 1561, with Pope Pius IV confirming the appointment on 19 November 1561. He was ordained as a priest in 1566. Friedrich Lichtenauer, auxiliary bishop of Bamberg, consecrated him as a bishop on 28 June 1562.
He died on 8 July 1577 and is buried in Michaelsberg Abbey, Bamberg.