Mainz (Diocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Bishop(s)

Karl Lehmann, Cardinal, Bishop
Ulrich Neymeyr, Auxiliary Bishop
Franziskus Eisenbach, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

General Information

Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
Elevated: 29 November 1801
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Freiburg im Breisgau
Rite: Latin (or Roman)
Country: Germany
Square Kilometers: 7,692 (2,971 Square Miles)
Official Web Site: http://www.bistum-mainz.de/
Mailing Address: Postfach 1560, D-55005 Mainz; Bischofsplatz 2, D-55116 Mainz, Bundesrepublik Deutschland
Telephone: (06131)2530
Fax: 25.34.01

Historical Details

Diocese of Mainz
- Latin Name: Moguntinus
- Erected: 4th Century
- Country: Germany
Archdiocese of Mainz
- Latin Name: Moguntinus
- Elevated: 747
- Metropolitan See
- Country: Germany

Past and Present Ordinaries

St. Boniface † ( 745 Appointed - 5 Jun 754 Died)
Johann von Nassau † (26 Jan 1397 Appointed - 23 Sep 1419 Died)
Dietrich Schenk von Erbach † (20 Oct 1434 Confirmed - 6 May 1459 Died)
Diether von Isenburg-Büdingen † (4 Jan 1460 Confirmed - 21 Aug 1461 Resigned)
Adolf von Nassau-Wiesbaden † (21 Aug 1461 Appointed - 6 Sep 1475 Died)
Diether von Isenburg-Büdingen † (5 Apr 1476 Confirmed - 7 May 1482 Died)
Adalbert zu Sachsen † (6 May 1482 Succeeded - 1 May 1484 Died)
Berthold von Henneberg-Römhild † (20 Sep 1484 Confirmed - 21 Dec 1504 Died)
Jakob von Liebenstein † (31 Mar 1505 Confirmed - 15 Sep 1508 Died)
Uriel von Gemmingen-Michelfeld † (21 Dec 1508 Confirmed - 9 Feb 1514 Died)
Albrecht von Brandenburg † (18 Aug 1514 Confirmed - 24 Sep 1545 Died)
Sebastian von Heusenstamm † (27 Jan 1546 Confirmed - 18 Mar 1555 Died)
Daniel Brendel von Homburg † (23 Aug 1555 Confirmed - 22 Mar 1582 Died)
Wolfgang Kämmerer von Dalberg † (3 Sep 1582 Confirmed - 5 Apr 1601 Died)
Johann Adam von Bicken † (27 Aug 1601 Confirmed - 11 Jan 1604 Died)
Johann Schweikard von Kronberg † (2 Aug 1604 Confirmed - 17 Sep 1626 Died)
Georg Friedrich Greiffenclau von Vollrads † (28 Apr 1627 Confirmed - 6 Jul 1629 Died)
Anselm Casimir Wambold von Umstadt † (28 Jan 1630 Confirmed - 9 Oct 1647 Died)
Johann Philipp von Schönborn † (23 Aug 1649 Confirmed - 12 Feb 1673 Died)
Lothar Friedrich von Metternich-Burscheid † (12 Feb 1673 Succeeded - 3 Jun 1675 Died)
Damian Hartard von Leyen-Hohengeroldseck † (24 Feb 1676 Confirmed - 6 Dec 1678 Died)
Karl Heinrich von Metternich-Winneburg † (4 Sep 1679 Confirmed - 26 Sep 1679 Died)
Anselm Franz von Ingelheim † (11 Mar 1680 Confirmed - 30 Mar 1695 Died)
Lothar Franz von Schönborn † (30 Mar 1695 Succeeded - 30 Jan 1729 Died)
Franz Ludwig am Rhein zu Neuburg † (30 Jan 1729 Succeeded - 18 Apr 1732 Died)
Philipp Karl von Eltz zu Kempenich † (3 Sep 1732 Confirmed - 21 Mar 1743 Died)
Johann Friedrich Karl von Ostein † (29 Jul 1743 Confirmed - 4 Jun 1763 Died)
Emmerich Joseph von Breidbach zu Bürresheim † (22 Oct 1763 Confirmed - 11 Jun 1774 Died)
Friedrich Karl Joseph von Erthal † (13 Mar 1775 Confirmed - 4 Jul 1802 Resigned)
Joseph Ludwig Colmar † (7 Aug 1802 Confirmed - 15 Dec 1818 Died)
Joseph Vitus Burg † (29 Sep 1829 Appointed - 22 May 1833 Died)
Johann Jakob Humann † (20 Jan 1834 Confirmed - 19 Aug 1834 Died)
Petrus Leopold Kaiser † (6 Apr 1835 Confirmed - 30 Dec 1848 Died)
Wilhelm Emmanuel von Ketteler † (20 May 1850 Appointed - 13 Jul 1877 Died)
Christoph Moufang † (13 Jul 1877 Appointed - 10 Jun 1886 Resigned)
Paul Leopold Haffner † (10 Jun 1886 Appointed - 2 Nov 1899 Died)
Heinrich Brück (Brueck) † (30 Mar 1900 Confirmed - 5 Nov 1903 Died)
Georg Heinrich Kirstein † (8 Feb 1904 Confirmed - 15 Apr 1921 Died)
Ludwig Maria Hugo † (15 Apr 1921 Succeeded - 30 Mar 1935 Died)
Albert Stohr † (17 Jul 1935 Confirmed - 3 Jun 1961 Died)
Hermann Volk † (25 Mar 1962 Confirmed - 27 Dec 1982 Retired)
Karl Lehmann (21 Jun 1983 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
Diocese of Mainz
4th Century	Erected		Diocese of Mainz (erected)
Archdiocese of Mainz
747	Elevated	Diocese of Mainz	Archdiocese of Mainz
Diocese of Mainz
29 November 1801	Elevated	Archdiocese of Mainz	Diocese of Mainz (Archdiocese to a Diocese)

Year Catholics Total Population Percent Catholic Diocesan Priests Religious Priests Total Priests Catholics Per Priest Permanent Deacons Male Religious Female Religious Parishes Source

Diocese of Mainz

1950 631,100 1,794,600 35.2% 437 79 516 1,223 128 1,907 284 ap1951

1970 893,357 2,344,970 38.1% 533 124 657 1,359 201 1,622 1,037 ap1971

1980 939,372 2,637,000 35.6% 564 94 658 1,427 40 136 1,145 346 ap1981

1990 856,461 2,300,000 37.2% 538 107 645 1,327 76 132 796 344 ap1991

1999 825,309 2,746,000 30.1% 477 104 581 1,420 104 142 657 344 ap2000

2000 820,932 2,770,000 29.6% 475 92 567 1,447 106 130 616 344 ap2001

2001 814,205 2,770,000 29.4% 464 89 553 1,472 111 119 458 344 ap2002

2002 809,223 2,770,000 29.2% 456 93 549 1,473 113 123 423 344 ap2003

2003 803,923 2,807,896 28.6% 476 94 570 1,410 115 121 423 344 ap2004

2004 796,562 2,807,896 28.4% 442 94 536 1,486 122 135 411 344 ap2005

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
Diocese of Mainz
1950	631,100	1,794,600	35.2%	437	79	516	1,223		128	1,907	284	ap1951
1970	893,357	2,344,970	38.1%	533	124	657	1,359		201	1,622	1,037	ap1971
1980	939,372	2,637,000	35.6%	564	94	658	1,427	40	136	1,145	346	ap1981
1990	856,461	2,300,000	37.2%	538	107	645	1,327	76	132	796	344	ap1991
1999	825,309	2,746,000	30.1%	477	104	581	1,420	104	142	657	344	ap2000
2000	820,932	2,770,000	29.6%	475	92	567	1,447	106	130	616	344	ap2001
2001	814,205	2,770,000	29.4%	464	89	553	1,472	111	119	458	344	ap2002
2002	809,223	2,770,000	29.2%	456	93	549	1,473	113	123	423	344	ap2003
2003	803,923	2,807,896	28.6%	476	94	570	1,410	115	121	423	344	ap2004
2004	796,562	2,807,896	28.4%	442	94	536	1,486	122	135	411	344	ap2005

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.

Affiliated Bishops, Living

Franziskus Eisenbach (Priest: 30 Jul 1967; Auxiliary Bishop: 17 Mar 1988 to 16 Apr 2002)
Karl Lehmann (Bishop: 21 Jun 1983 - )
Gerhard Ludwig Müller (Priest: 11 Feb 1978 to 1 Oct 2002)
Ulrich Neymeyr (Priest: 12 Jun 1982; Auxiliary Bishop: 20 Feb 2003)
Karl-Josef Rauber (Priest: 28 Feb 1959 to 18 Dec 1982)

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

Ludwig Philipp Behelm † (Priest: 10 Sep 1737; Auxiliary Bishop: 11 Sep 1769 to 22 Jun 1777)
Johann Adam von Bicken † (Archbishop: 27 Aug 1601 to 11 Jan 1604)
Johannes Bonemilch † (Auxiliary Bishop: 4 Dec 1497 to Apr 1508)
Jakob Brand † (Priest: 6 Jul 1802 to 21 May 1827)
Albrecht von Brandenburg † (Archbishop: 18 Aug 1514 to 24 Sep 1545)
Johannes Brassert † (Auxiliary Bishop: 10 Mar 1674 to 1676)
Emmerich Joseph von Breidbach zu Bürresheim † (Priest: 5 Oct 1758; Archbishop: 22 Oct 1763 to 11 Jun 1774)
Daniel Brendel von Homburg † (Archbishop: 23 Aug 1555 to 22 Mar 1582)
Heinrich Brück (Brueck) † (Bishop: 30 Mar 1900 to 5 Nov 1903)
Joseph Vitus Burg † (Bishop: 29 Sep 1829 to 22 May 1833)
Matthäus Georg von Chandelle † (Priest: 6 Jun 1769 to 25 May 1818)
Joseph Ludwig Colmar † (Bishop: 7 Aug 1802 to 15 Dec 1818)
Johann Georg Joseph von Eckart † (Priest: 4 Jun 1746; Auxiliary Bishop: 11 Sep 1769 to 17 Jun 1791)
Nikolaus Elgard † (Auxiliary Bishop: 3 Jun 1577 to 11 Aug 1587)
Philipp Karl von Eltz zu Kempenich † (Priest: 3 Jun 1731; Archbishop: 3 Sep 1732 to 21 Mar 1743)
Matthias Emich, O. Carm. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 16 Aug 1476 to 24 May 1480)
Friedrich Karl Joseph von Erthal † (Priest: 11 Sep 1774; Archbishop: 13 Mar 1775 to 4 Jul 1802)
Georg Fabri, O.P. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 15 Jan 1490 to 1498)
Balthasar Fannemann (Waneman) † (Auxiliary Bishop: 23 Sep 1551 to 8 Oct 1561)
Georg Karl Ignaz von Fechenbach zu Laudenbach † (Priest: 18 Feb 1779 to 1 Jun 1795)
Johann Philipp Anton von Franckenstein † (Priest: 22 Sep 1736 to 19 Dec 1746)
Maximilian Gereon von Galen † (Priest: 26 Jul 1856 to 16 Jul 1895)
Johann Edmund Gedult von Jungenfeld † (Priest: 9 Dec 1675; Auxiliary Bishop: 12 Feb 1703 to 31 Jul 1727)
Hermann von Gehrden, O.P. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 26 Mar 1432 to 9 Nov 1471)
Uriel von Gemmingen-Michelfeld † (Archbishop: 21 Dec 1508 to 9 Feb 1514)
Cornelius Gobelius † (Auxiliary Bishop: 14 Dec 1609 to 7 Jun 1611)
Johann Philipp von Greifenclau zu Vollraths † (Priest: 13 Apr 1687 to 1 Jun 1699)
Georg Friedrich Greiffenclau von Vollrads † (Archbishop: 28 Apr 1627 to 6 Jul 1629)
Werner Guballa † (Priest: 10 Oct 1970; Auxiliary Bishop: 20 Feb 2003 to 27 Feb 2012)
Christoph Ignaz von Gudenus † (Priest: 1 Aug 1700; Auxiliary Bishop: 20 Mar 1726 to 11 Dec 1747)
Johann Daniel von Gudenus † (Priest: 15 Jun 1647; Auxiliary Bishop: 29 Apr 1680 to 11 Feb 1694)
Johann Leopold von Gudenus † (Priest: 16 Aug 1705 to 19 Oct 1711)
Paul Leopold Haffner † (Priest: 1864; Bishop: 10 Jun 1886 to 2 Nov 1899)
Johann Joachim Hahn † (Priest: 23 Dec 1690; Auxiliary Bishop: 5 Dec 1718 to 12 Apr 1725)
Johann Maximilian von Haunold † (Priest: 28 Aug 1761; Auxiliary Bishop: 18 Jun 1792 to 20 Jan 1807)
Johann Valentin Heimes † (Priest: 22 Sep 1764 to 20 Mar 1780; Auxiliary Bishop: 1783 to 23 Jul 1806)
Michael Helding † (Priest: 1533; Auxiliary Bishop: 6 Feb 1538 to 16 Apr 1550)
Berthold von Henneberg-Römhild † (Archbishop: 20 Sep 1484 to 21 Dec 1504)
Sebastian von Heusenstamm † (Priest: 6 Oct 1531; Archbishop: 27 Jan 1546 to 18 Mar 1555)
Friedrich von Hohenzollern † (Priest: 1478 to 21 Jun 1486)
Heinrich Hopfgarten, O.S.A. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 21 Nov 1455 to 24 Mar 1460)
Ludwig Maria Hugo † (Coadjutor Bishop: 7 Mar 1921; Bishop: 15 Apr 1921 to 30 Mar 1935)
Johann Jakob Humann † (Priest: 21 May 1796; Bishop: 20 Jan 1834 to 19 Aug 1834)
Paul Huthen † (Auxiliary Bishop: 19 Jan 1509 to 28 Apr 1532)
Anselm Franz von Ingelheim † (Priest: 15 May 1660; Archbishop: 11 Mar 1680 to 30 Mar 1695)
Diether von Isenburg-Büdingen † (Archbishop: 4 Jan 1460 to 21 Aug 1461)
Petrus Leopold Kaiser † (Priest: 1821; Bishop: 6 Apr 1835 to 30 Dec 1848)
Wolfgang Kämmerer von Dalberg † (Archbishop: 3 Sep 1582; Priest: 1583; Archbishop: 20 May 1584 to 5 Apr 1601)
Wilhelm Emmanuel von Ketteler † (Bishop: 20 May 1850 to 13 Jul 1877)
Georg Heinrich Kirstein † (Priest: 14 Nov 1880; Bishop: 8 Feb 1904 to 15 Apr 1921)
Joseph Hieronymus Karl von Kolborn † (Priest: 14 Mar 1767 to 17 Nov 1806)
Johann Friedrich von Lasser † (Priest: 11 Jul 1734; Auxiliary Bishop: 16 Sep 1748 to 14 Apr 1769)
Damian Hartard von Leyen-Hohengeroldseck † (Priest: 1654; Archbishop: 24 Feb 1676 to 6 Dec 1678)
Jakob von Liebenstein † (Archbishop: 31 Mar 1505 to 15 Sep 1508)
Johann Martin Manl † (Priest: 28 Mar 1789 to 9 Apr 1827)
Lothar Friedrich von Metternich-Burscheid † (Coadjutor Archbishop: 16 Nov 1671; Archbishop: 12 Feb 1673 to 3 Jun 1675)
Karl Heinrich von Metternich-Winneburg † (Priest: 1665; Archbishop: 4 Sep 1679 to 26 Sep 1679)
Valentin Mohr, O.S.B. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 31 Jul 1606 to 21 Oct 1608)
Christoph Moufang † (Priest: 19 Dec 1839; Vicar Apostolic: 13 Jul 1877 to 10 Jun 1886)
Johannes Münster † (Auxiliary Bishop: 9 Jul 1511 to 3 Nov 1537)
Johann von Nassau † (Archbishop: 26 Jan 1397 to 23 Sep 1419)
Adolf von Nassau-Wiesbaden † (Archbishop: 21 Aug 1461 to 6 Sep 1475)
Christoph Nebel † (Priest: 23 Sep 1713; Auxiliary Bishop: 18 Dec 1733 to 23 May 1769)
Georg Neumann † (Auxiliary Bishop: 4 Jul 1550 to 3 Feb 1551)
Berthold Nihus † (Auxiliary Bishop: 21 Apr 1655 to 10 Mar 1657)
Heinrich Joseph von Nitschke † (Priest: 14 Jun 1740 to 16 Dec 1748)
Berthold von Oberg, O.P. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 13 May 1468 to 1489)
Johann Friedrich Karl von Ostein † (Priest: 5 May 1743; Archbishop: 29 Jul 1743 to 4 Jun 1763)
Dionysius (Denys) Part, O.P. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 1474 to 3 Nov 1475)
Sigfried Piscator, O.P. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 7 Mar 1446 to Sep 1455)
Maternus Pistor † (Auxiliary Bishop: 19 Jan 1534 to 5 Sep 1534)
Andreas (André) Räß (Raess) † (Priest: 31 Aug 1816 to 14 Dec 1840)
Erhard von Redwitz, O. Cist. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 14 Feb 1494 to 30 Sep 1502)
Joseph Maria Reuß (Reuss) † (Priest: 6 Apr 1930; Auxiliary Bishop: 19 Nov 1954 to 3 Jul 1978)
Franz Ludwig am Rhein zu Neuburg † (Coadjutor Archbishop: 5 Oct 1712; Archbishop: 30 Jan 1729 to 18 Apr 1732)
Ludwig Anton von Rhein zu Neuburg † (Coadjutor Bishop: 3 Oct 1691 to 4 May 1694)
Johann Adam Rieger † (Priest: 19 Dec 1778 to 23 Jun 1828)
Wolfgang Rolly † (Priest: 28 Feb 1953; Auxiliary Bishop: 5 Jun 1972 to 20 Feb 2003)
Heinrich von Rübenach, O.P. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 9 Jul 1457 to 13 Oct 1493)
Thomas Ruscher † (Auxiliary Bishop: 19 Dec 1502 to 8 Aug 1510)
Adalbert zu Sachsen † (Coadjutor Archbishop: 12 Jan 1481; Archbishop: 6 May 1482 to 1 May 1484)
Franz Anton Xaver von Scheben † (Priest: 11 Jun 1734 to 22 Apr 1765)
Dietrich Schenk von Erbach † (Archbishop: 20 Oct 1434 to 6 May 1459)
Caspar Adolph Schnernauer † (Priest: 1691; Auxiliary Bishop: 10 May 1728 to 20 Jun 1733)
Johann Philipp von Schönborn † (Archbishop: 23 Aug 1649 to 12 Feb 1673)
Lothar Franz von Schönborn † (Coadjutor Archbishop: 11 Oct 1694; Archbishop: 30 Mar 1695 to 30 Jan 1729)
Johannes Schulte, O.S.A. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 23 Oct 1466 to 15 Jun 1489)
Johann Schweikard von Kronberg † (Archbishop: 2 Aug 1604 to 17 Sep 1626)
Ambrosius Seibaeus (Seybeus) † (Priest: 1597; Auxiliary Bishop: 22 May 1623 to 20 Nov 1644)
Johann Jakob Senfft † (Priest: 10 Feb 1669; Auxiliary Bishop: 14 Nov 1695 to 1718)
Matthias Starck † (Priest: 19 Mar 1655; Auxiliary Bishop: 2 Jun 1681 to 1703)
Albert Stohr † (Priest: 19 Oct 1913; Bishop: 17 Jul 1935 to 3 Jun 1961)
August Franz von Strauß (Strauss) † (Priest: 1 Mar 1761; Auxiliary Bishop: 1 Jun 1778 to 26 Sep 1782)
Wolther Heinrich von Strevesdorff † (Priest: 1611; Auxiliary Bishop: 1 Oct 1634 to 7 May 1674)
Hermann Volk † (Priest: 2 Apr 1927; Bishop: 25 Mar 1962 to 27 Dec 1982)
Adolph Gottfried Volusius † (Priest: 1642; Auxiliary Bishop: 22 Jun 1676 to 17 Mar 1679)
Wilderich von Walderdorff † (Priest: 1659 to 19 Aug 1669)
Peter Walenburch † (Auxiliary Bishop: 28 Jan 1658 to 1670)
Johann Anton Wallreuther † (Priest: 15 Mar 1698 to 5 Mar 1731)
Anselm Casimir Wambold von Umstadt † (Archbishop: 28 Jan 1630 to 9 Oct 1647)
Christoph Weber † (Auxiliary Bishop: 8 Feb 1615 to 21 May 1633)
Stephan Weber † (Priest: 1561; Auxiliary Bishop: 28 Feb 1570 to 7 Aug 1622)
Wolfgang Westermeyer † (Auxiliary Bishop: 5 Oct 1551 to 31 May 1568)
Stephan Alexander Würdtwein † (Priest: 18 Dec 1745 to 18 Jul 1783)
Leonhard Zittardus, O.P. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 17 Mar 1563 to 1569)
St. Boniface † (Archbishop: 745 to 5 Jun 754)
Hermann , O.F.M. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 6 Mar 1405 to 8 Sep 1450)

Diocese of Mainz

Dioecesis Moguntinus