Bishop of Aachen

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[edit] List of the Bishops of the Diocese of Aachen, Germany

Tenure Incumbent Notes
9 May 1802 to 13 August 1809 Marc Antoine Berdolet Installed 25 July 1802; died in office
1825 Diocese abolished  
1931 Diocese re-established  
30 January 1931 to 5 October 1937 Joseph Vogt Ordained 19 March 1931; installed 25 March 1931; died in office
7 September 1943 to 19 May 1954 Johannes Joseph van der Velden Priest of Köln Cologne; ordained 10 October 1943; died in office
30 August 1954 to 13 December 1974 Johannes Pohlschneider Priest of Münster; ordained 18 November 1954; retired
9 September 1975 to 23 January 1994 Klaus Hemmerle Priest of Freiburg im Breisgau; Ordained 8 November 1975; died in office
12 December 1994 to present Heinrich Mussinghoff Priest of Münster; Ordained 11 February 1995

[edit] Auxiliary bishops

Tenure Incumbent Notes
2006 to present Johannes Bündgens Ordained May 20, 2006
2003 to present Karl Borsch Ordained 17 January 2004
1987 to 2006 Karl Reger Ordained 7 February 1987, retired 15 March 2006
1981 to 1986 Augustus Peters Ordained 6 April 1981, died 3 May 1986
1978 to 1980 Maximilian Goffart Ordained 18 February 1978, died 17 July 1980
1970 to 2003 Ernst Franz Gerd Werner Dicke Ordained 11 April 1970, retired 21 November 2003
1961 to 1979 Joseph Ludwig Buchkremer Ordained 21 December 1961, retired 4 October 1979
1938 to 1969 Friedrich Hünermann Ordained 3 December 1938, died 15 February 1969
1931 to 1943 Hermann Joseph Sträter Ordained 16 October 1931, became Apostolic Administrator 15 May 1938, died 16 March 1943


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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