Bishop of Passau

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The Bishop of Passau is the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Passau in the Archdiocese of München und Freising .

The diocese covers an area of 5,442 km². The current bishop is Wilhelm Schraml.

[edit] List of the Bishops of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Passau, Germany

Tenure Incumbent Notes
13 December 1796 to 22 October 1826 Leopold Leonhard Reichsgraf von Thun Priest of Passau; confirmed 24 July 1797; ordained 27 August 1797; died in office
25 December 1826 to 25 May 1839 Karl Joseph Freiherr von Riccabona Priest of Regensburg; confirmed 9 April 1827; ordained 25 April 1827; died in office
6 July 1839 to 12 May 1875 Heinrich von Hofstätter Priest of München und Freising; confirmed 23 December 1839; ordained 25 February 1840; died in office
4 October 1875 to 13 March 1889 Joseph Franz von Weckert Priest of Augsburg; confirmed 28 January 1876; ordained 24 April 1876 ; died in office
24 March 1889 to 23 October 1889 Antonius von Thoma Priest of München und Freising; confirmed 27 May 1889; ordained 28 July 1889, Appointed Archbishop of München und Freising / Munich
8 December 1889 to 29 March 1901 Michael von Rampf Priest of München und Freising; confirmed 30 December 1889; ordained 11 May 1890; died in office
3 April 1901 to 18 October 1906 Antonius von Henle confirmed 13 April 1901; ordained 16 June 1901; Appointed Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
18 October 1906 to 11 May 1936 Sigismund Felix Freiherr von Ow-Felldorf Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg, Germany; confirmed 6 December 1906; installed 6 March 1907; died in office
11 September 1936 to 27 October 1968 Simon Konrad Josef Landersdorfer, OSB Priest of the Order of Saint Benedict; ordained 28 October 1936; retired
27 October 1968 to 15 October 1984 Antonius Hofmann Auxiliary Bishop of Passau; retired
15 October 1984 to 8 January 2001 Franz Xaver Eder Auxiliary Bishop of Passau; retired
13 December 2001 to present Wilhelm Schraml Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg; installed 23 February 2002


Roman Catholic Hierarchy in Germany
    Archdioceses Dioceses
    Bamberg Eichstätt | Speyer | Würzburg
    Berlin Dresden-Meissen | Görlitz
    Freiburg im Breisgau Mainz | Rottenburg-Stuttgart
    Hamburg Hildesheim | Osnabrück
    Cologne Aachen | Essen | Limburg | Münster | Trier
    Munich & Freising Augsburg | Passau | Regensburg
    Paderborn Erfurt | Fulda | Magdeburg
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