Catholic Diocese of Hildesheim

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The Diocese of Hildesheim is a diocese of the Catholic Church in Germany. Founded in 815 as a missionary diocese by King Louis the Pious, his son Louis the German appointed the famous former archbishop of Rheims, Ebbo, as bishop.

The Diocese of Hildesheim continues to exist; today, it covers those parts of the State of Lower Saxony that are east of the River Weser. The current bishop is Norbert Trelle who was appointed in 2006. The diocese is a suffragan to the Archdiocese of Hamburg.

[edit] Ordinaries

  • Dietmar † (20 Aug 1038 Ordained Bishop - 14 Nov 1044 Died)
  • Magnus Herzog von Sachsen-Lauenburg † (12 May 1424 Succeeded - 20 May 1452 Resigned)
  • Bernhard Herzog von Braunschweig-Lüneburg † (20 May 1452 Appointed - 1458 Resigned)
  • Ernst Graf von Schaumberg † ( 1458 Appointed - 22 Jul 1471 Died)
  • Henning von Haus † (29 Sep 1471 Appointed - Nov 1480 Resigned)
  • Berthold von Landsberg † ( 1481 Appointed - 4 May 1502 Died)
  • Erich Herzog von Sachsen-Lauenburg † (2 Dec 1502 Confirmed - 1504 Resigned)
  • Johann Herzog von Sachsen-Lauenburg † (12 Jul 1503 Appointed - 6 May 1527 Resigned)
  • Balthasar Merklin † (6 May 1527 Appointed - 28 May 1531 Died)
  • Otto Graf von Schaumberg † (28 Jul 1531 Appointed - 22 Dec 1576 Died)
  • Valentin von Tetleben † (30 Sep 1537 Appointed - 19 Apr 1551 Died)
  • Friedrich Herzog von Schleswig-Holstein † (3 Oct 1551 Appointed - 27 Oct 1556 Died)
  • Burchard Oberg † (31 Mar 1557 Appointed - 23 Feb 1573 Died)
  • Ernst Herzog von Bayern † (7 Mar 1573 Appointed - 17 Feb 1612 Died)
  • Ferdinand Herzog von Bayern † (17 Feb 1612 Succeeded - 13 Sep 1650 Died)
  • Max Heinrich Herzog von Bayern † (13 Sep 1650 Succeeded - 3 Jun 1688 Died)
  • Jobst Edmund Freiherr von Brabeck † (19 Jul 1688 Appointed - 13 Aug 1702 Died)
  • Joseph Clemens Kajetan Herzog von Bayern † ( 1714 Succeeded - 11 Dec 1723 Died)
  • Clemens August Maria Herzog von Bayern † (5 Feb 1724 Appointed - 6 Feb 1761 Died)
  • Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Westphalen † (7 Feb 1763 Appointed - 6 Jan 1789 Died)
  • Franz Egon Freiherr von Fürstenberg † (6 Jan 1789 Succeeded - 11 Aug 1825 Died)
  • Karl Klemens Reichsfreiherr von Gruben † (11 Aug 1825 Appointed - 4 Jul 1827 Died)
  • Godehard Joseph Osthaus † (26 Mar 1829 Appointed - 30 Dec 1835 Died)
  • Franz Ferdinand (Johann Franz) Fritz, O.S.B. † (10 Mar 1836 Appointed - 6 Sep 1840 Died)
  • Jakob Joseph Wandt † (9 Dec 1841 Appointed - 16 Oct 1849 Died)
  • Eduard Jakob Wedekin † (27 Nov 1849 Appointed - 25 Dec 1870 Died)
  • Daniel Wilhelm Sommerwerk (Jacobi) † (13 Apr 1871 Appointed - 18 Dec 1905 Died)
  • Adolf Bertram † (26 Apr 1906 Appointed - 25 May 1914 Appointed, Bishop of Wrocław)
  • Joseph Ernst † (10 Feb 1915 Appointed - 5 May 1928 Died)
  • Nikolaus Bares † (15 Jan 1929 Appointed - 27 Oct 1933 Appointed, Bishop of Berlin)
  • Joseph Godehard Machens † (22 Jun 1934 Appointed - 14 Aug 1956 Died)
  • Heinrich Maria Janssen † (3 Feb 1957 Appointed - 28 Dec 1983 Retired)
  • Josef Homeyer (25 Aug 1983 Appointed - 20 Aug 2004 Retired)
  • Norbert Trelle (29 Nov 2005 Appointed - )

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