Melchior Otto Voit von Salzburg
# Melchior Otto Voit von Salzburg

Melchior Otto Voit von Salzburg (1603–1653) 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 (judge) 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 (named after his patron saint, Otto of Bamberg), which later became the University of Bamberg.

He died on 4 January 1653.

