Bishopric of Hildesheim

The '''Diocese of Hildesheim''' ([[Latin language|Latin]]:''Dioecesis Hildesiensis'') is a [[diocese]] or ecclesiastical territory of the [[Latin Rite]] 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. Between 1235 and 1802, the bishop of Hildesheim was also [[Princes of the Holy Roman Empire|Prince of the Holy Roman Empire]]. His territory was the [[Bishopric of Hildesheim]]. 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]], northern neighbourhoods in [[Bremen]], and the city of [[Bremerhaven]]. The current bishop is [[Norbert Trelle]] who was appointed in 2006. The diocese is a [[suffragan]] to the [[Archdiocese of Hamburg]] since 1994. Originally Hildesheim was suffragan to [[Archdiocese of Mainz|Mainz]] until 1805. Then it was an [[Exemption (church)|exempt]] diocese until 1930, before it was subordinated to [[Archdiocese of Paderborn|Paderborn Archdiocese]] between 1930 and 1994. ==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) *[[John IV of Saxe-Lauenburg (prince-bishop)|John IV of Saxe-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, Archbishop of Breslau (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 - ) ==External links== * [http://www.bistum-hildesheim.de Official site] * [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dhild.html At Catholic-Hierarchy.org] {{Dioceses in Germany}} {{coord missing|Germany}}