Conference of the German Bishops

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The German Bishops' Conference assembles the bishops of all Roman Catholic dioceses in Germany. Members include diocesan bishops, coadjutors, diocesan administrators and auxiliary bishops.

The first meeting of the German bishops took place in Würzburg in 1848, and in 1867 the Fulda Bishops’ Conference was established, which reorganized as German Bishops' Conference in 1966. The annual conference of the German bishops still takes place in Fulda.

1 Chairmen
- 1.1 Fulda Bishops' Conference
- 1.2 German Bishops' Conference
2 External links

[edit] Chairmen

[edit] Fulda Bishops' Conference

Johannes von Geissel, Cardinal Archbishop of Cologne (1848)
Paulus Melchers, Cardinal Archbishop of Cologne (1867-1883)
Philipp Krementz, Cardinal Archbishop of Cologne (1884-1896)
Georg von Kopp, Cardinal Prince-Bishop of Breslau (1897-1913)
Felix von Hartmann, Cardinal Archbishop of Cologne (1914-1919)
Adolf Bertram, Cardinal Prince-Archbishop of Breslau (1920-1945)
Joseph Frings, Cardinal Archbishop of Cologne (1945-1965)

[edit] German Bishops' Conference

Julius Döpfner, Cardinal Archbishop of Munich-Freising (1965-1976)
Joseph Höffner, Cardinal Archbishop of Cologne (1976-1987)
Karl Lehmann, Cardinal Bishop of Mainz (since 1987)


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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Roman Catholic archdioceses and dioceses in Germany
(Archdioceses in bold) Aachen \| Augsburg \| Bamberg \| Berlin \| Cologne \| Dresden-Meissen \| Eichstätt \| Erfurt \| Essen \| Freiburg \| Fulda \| Görlitz \| Hamburg \| Hildesheim \| Limburg \| Magdeburg \| Mainz \| Munich and Freising \| Münster \| Osnabrück \| Paderborn \| Passau \| Regensburg \| Rottenburg-Stuttgart \| Speyer \| Trier \| Würzburg