Diocese of Passau

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Bishop(s) Wilhelm Schraml, Bishop Franz Xaver Eder, Bishop Emeritus

General Information Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese Erected: 737 Metropolitan: Archdiocese of München und Freising {Munich} Rite: Latin (or Roman) Country: Germany Square Kilometers: 5,442 (2,101 Square Miles) Official Web Site: http://www.bistum-passau.de/ Mailing Address: Residenzplatz 8, Postfach 151, D-94032 Passau, Bundesrepublik Deutschland Telephone: (0851)3930 Fax: 39.38.30

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Past and Present Ordinaries

• Leonhard von Laiming † (Jul 1423 Appointed - 24 Jun 1451 Died)
• Ulrich von Nußdorf † (10 Jul 1451 Appointed - 2 Sep 1479 Died)
• Georg Heßler † (28 Jan 1480 Appointed - 21 Sep 1482 Died)
• Friedrich Mauerkircher † (30 Oct 1482 Appointed - 22 Nov 1485 Died)
• Friedrich Graf von Öttingen † (2 Dec 1485 Appointed - 3 Mar 1490 Died)
• Christoph Schachner † (11 Mar 1490 Appointed - 4 Jan 1500 Died)
• Wiguläus Fröschl von Marzoll † (14 Jan 1500 Appointed - 6 Nov 1517 Died)
• Wolfgang Graf von Salm † (11 Nov 1540 Appointed - 5 Dec 1555 Died)
• Wolfgang von Closen † (20 Dec 1555 Appointed - 7 Aug 1561 Died)
• Urban Trennbach † (18 Aug 1561 Appointed - 9 Aug 1589 Died)
• Leopold Erzherzog von Österreich † (25 Jul 1605 Succeeded - 19 Apr 1626 Resigned)
• Leopold Wilhelm Erzherzog von Österreich † (8 Nov 1625 Appointed - 2 Nov 1662 Died)
• Karl Joseph Erzherzog von Österreich † (20 Nov 1662 Succeeded - 27 Jan 1664 Died)
• Wenzeslaus Reichsgraf von Thun † (27 Mar 1664 Appointed - 8 Jan 1673 Died)
• Sebastian Graf von Pötting-Persing † (11 Mar 1673 Appointed - 16 Mar 1689 Died)
• Johann Philipp von Lamberg † (24 May 1689 Appointed - 30 Oct 1712 Died)
• Raymund Ferdinand Graf von Rabatta † (18 Jan 1713 Appointed - 25 Oct 1722 Died)
• Joseph Dominikus Franz Kilian von Lamberg † (2 Jan 1723 Appointed - 30 Aug 1761 Died)
• Josef Maria Reichsgraf von Thun und Hohenstein † (19 Nov 1761 Appointed - 15 Jun 1763 Died)
• Leopold Ernst von Firmian † (1 Sep 1763 Appointed - 13 Mar 1783 Died)
• Joseph Franz Anton Reichsgraf von Auersperg † (19 May 1783 Appointed - 21 Aug 1795 Died)
• Thomas Johann Kaspar Reichsgraf von Thun und Hohenstein † (4 Nov 1795 Appointed - 7 Oct 1796 Died)
• Leopold Leonhard Reichsgraf von Thun † (13 Dec 1796 Appointed - 22 Oct 1826 Died)
• Karl Joseph Freiherr von Riccabona † (25 Dec 1826 Appointed - 25 May 1839 Died)
• Heinrich von Hofstätter † (6 Jul 1839 Appointed - 12 May 1875 Died)
• Joseph Franz von Weckert † (4 Oct 1875 Appointed - 13 Mar 1889 Died)
• Antonius von Thoma † (24 Mar 1889 Appointed - 23 Oct 1889 Appointed, Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich})
• Michael von Rampf † (8 Dec 1889 Appointed - 29 Mar 1901 Died)
• Antonius von Henle † (3 Apr 1901 Appointed - 18 Oct 1906 Appointed, Bishop of Regensburg)
• Sigismund Felix Freiherr von Ow-Felldorf † (18 Oct 1906 Appointed - 11 May 1936 Died)
• Simon Konrad (Josef) Landersdorfer, O.S.B. † (11 Sep 1936 Appointed - 27 Oct 1968 Retired)
• Antonius Hofmann † (27 Oct 1968 Succeeded - 15 Oct 1984 Retired)
• Franz Xaver Eder (15 Oct 1984 Succeeded - 8 Jan 2001 Retired)
• Wilhelm Schraml (13 Dec 2001 Appointed - )

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Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
737	Erected		Diocese of Passau (erected)
18 January 1469	Territory Lost	Diocese of Passau	Diocese of Wien (erected)
28 January 1785	Territory Lost	Diocese of Passau	Diocese of Linz (erected)
28 January 1785	Territory Lost	Diocese of Passau	Diocese of Sankt Pölten (erected)
28 January 1785	Territory Lost	Diocese of Passau Archdiocese of Salzburg	Diocese of Leoben (erected)

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Statistics

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
1950	500,623	560,830	89.3%	580	155	735	681		386	2,137	293	ap1951
1970	517,264	551,337	93.8%	287	184	471	1,098		327	1,841	283	ap1971
1980	530,135	571,550	92.8%	432	183	615	862		282	1,564	286	ap1981
1990	529,136	570,000	92.8%	357	136	493	1,073	3	269	1,210	286	ap1991
1999	541,780	585,422	92.5%	318	152	470	1,152	8	194	931	286	ap2000
2000	540,567	588,372	91.9%	314	144	458	1,180	11	182	875	286	ap2001
2001	519,861	589,990	88.1%	309	136	445	1,168	13	171	799	286	ap2002
2002	519,721	588,872	88.3%	303	132	435	1,194	15	163	748	286	ap2003
2003	517,476	592,331	87.4%	302	128	430	1,203	15	157	724	286	ap2004
2004	515,852	591,205	87.3%	291	111	402	1,283	17	138	684	286	ap2005

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

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Affiliated Bishops, Living

• Franz Xaver Eder (Priest: 29 Jun 1954; Auxiliary Bishop: 6 May 1977; Coadjutor Bishop: 26 Jan 1984; Bishop: 15 Oct 1984 to 8 Jan 2001)
• Wilhelm Schraml (Bishop: 13 Dec 2001 - )

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• Joseph Adam Graf Arco † (Auxiliary Bishop: 9 Apr 1764 to 15 Jul 1776)
• Ermest Amadeus Thomas Reichsgraf von Attems † (Auxiliary Bishop: 2 Dec 1735 to 6 Oct 1742)
• Joseph Franz Anton Reichsgraf von Auersperg † (Priest: 1757 to 31 Jan 1763; Bishop: 19 May 1783 to 21 Aug 1795)
• Ernst Herzog von Bayern † (Apostolic Administrator: 28 Jan 1517 to 7 Dec 1560)
• Simon Bratulich † (Auxiliary Bishop: 1598 to 1603)
• Jodok Brendt † (Priest: 1658; Auxiliary Bishop: 19 May 1670 to 1682)
• Johannes Brenner † (Priest: 1603; Auxiliary Bishop: 10 Dec 1608 to 13 Sep 1629)
• Wolfgang von Closen † (Bishop: 20 Dec 1555 to 7 Aug 1561)
• Philipp Wirich Lorenz Graf von Daun zu Sassenheim und Callenborn † (Priest: 10 Aug 1755; Auxiliary Bishop: 3 Jan 1757 to 20 Nov 1763)
• Michael Englmayr † (Auxiliary Bishop: 24 Mar 1561 to 13 Jul 1569)
• Alexander Franz Joseph Graf Engl von und zu Wagrain † (Priest: 1743 to 20 Nov 1783)
• Franz Karl Maria Cajetan Reichsgraf von Firmian † (Priest: 2 Apr 1768; Auxiliary Bishop: 20 Dec 1773 to 17 Aug 1776)
• Leopold Ernst von Firmian † (Priest: 25 Sep 1729 to 13 Feb 1739; Bishop: 1 Sep 1763 to 13 Mar 1783)
• Leopold Maximilian Graf von Firmian (Frimian) † (Auxiliary Bishop: 24 Jul 1797 to 23 Nov 1800)
• Josef Freundorfer † (Priest: 29 Jun 1920 to 9 Jul 1949)
• Wiguläus Fröschl von Marzoll † (Bishop: 14 Jan 1500 to 6 Nov 1517)
• Karl Kajetan Graf von Gaisruck (Gaysruck) † (Priest: 15 Sep 1788; Auxiliary Bishop: 20 Jul 1801 to 1 Mar 1818)
• Martin Geiger † (Auxiliary Bishop: 6 May 1668 to 2 Jul 1669)
• Ulrich Grappler von Trappenburg † (Priest: 29 May 1627; Auxiliary Bishop: 23 Apr 1646 to 9 Jan 1658)
• Georg Heßler † (Bishop: 28 Jan 1480 to 21 Sep 1482)
• Antonius von Henle † (Bishop: 3 Apr 1901 to 18 Oct 1906)
• Andreas Hofmann † (Priest: 1587; Auxiliary Bishop: 1597 to 24 May 1604)
• Antonius Hofmann † (Priest: 13 Apr 1936; Coadjutor Bishop: 20 Sep 1961; Bishop: 27 Oct 1968 to 15 Oct 1984)
• Heinrich von Hofstätter † (Bishop: 6 Jul 1839 to 12 May 1875)
• Johannes † (Auxiliary Bishop: 1441 to 25 Aug 1465)
• Nikolaus Kaps † (Auxiliary Bishop: 14 Mar 1490 to 28 Sep 1499)
• Johannes Bartholomäus Kobolt von Tambach † (Auxiliary Bishop: 14 Dec 1637 to 5 Feb 1645)
• Christian Krypper † (Auxiliary Bishop: 8 Nov 1570 to 12 Nov 1573)
• Johannes Christoph Ludwig Reichsgraf von Kuenburg † (Priest: 13 Oct 1726; Auxiliary Bishop: 3 Jul 1747 to 18 Aug 1776)
• Heinrich Kurz † (Auxiliary Bishop: 14 Mar 1526 to 21 Jul 1557)
• Leonhard von Laiming † (Priest: 1414; Bishop: Jul 1423 to 24 Jun 1451)
• Johann Philipp von Lamberg † (Bishop: 24 May 1689; Priest: 14 May 1690 to 30 Oct 1712)
• Johann Raymund Guidobald Reichsgraf von Lamberg, O.F.M. Cap. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 9 May 1701 to 6 Apr 1725)
• Joseph Dominikus Franz Kilian von Lamberg † (Priest: 21 Sep 1703 to 13 Mar 1712; Bishop: 2 Jan 1723 to 30 Aug 1761)
• Simon Konrad (Josef) Landersdorfer, O.S.B. † (Bishop: 11 Sep 1936 to 27 Oct 1968)
• Blasius Laubich † (Auxiliary Bishop: 24 Nov 1604 to 5 Feb 1608)
• Friedrich Mauerkircher † (Bishop: 30 Oct 1482 to 22 Nov 1485)
• Bernhard Meurl von Leombach † (Auxiliary Bishop: 4 May 1496 to 27 Jan 1526)
• Thomas Murner, O.F.M. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 1530 to 1536)
• Ulrich von Nußdorf † (Bishop: 10 Jul 1451 to 2 Sep 1479)
• Karl Joseph Erzherzog von Österreich † (Coadjutor Bishop: 13 Apr 1662; Bishop: 20 Nov 1662 to 27 Jan 1664)
• Leopold Erzherzog von Österreich † (Coadjutor Bishop: 14 Nov 1597; Bishop: 25 Jul 1605 to 19 Apr 1626)
• Leopold Wilhelm Erzherzog von Österreich † (Bishop: 8 Nov 1625 to 2 Nov 1662)
• Friedrich Graf von Öttingen † (Bishop: 2 Dec 1485 to 3 Mar 1490)
• Sigismund Felix Freiherr von Ow-Felldorf † (Bishop: 18 Oct 1906 to 11 May 1936)
• Erasmus Pagendorfer † (Auxiliary Bishop: 24 Mar 1557 to 15 Jul 1561)
• Adalbert Freiherr von Pechmann † (Auxiliary Bishop: 24 May 1824 to 9 Mar 1860)
• Sigismund Pirchan von Rosenberg, O. Cist. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 1441 to 15 Jun 1472)
• Sebastian Graf von Pötting-Persing † (Bishop: 11 Mar 1673 to 16 Mar 1689)
• Wolfgang Püchler, O.F.M. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 1465 to 23 Jul 1475)
• Raymund Ferdinand Graf von Rabatta † (Priest: 5 Jun 1700; Bishop: 18 Jan 1713 to 25 Oct 1722)
• Michael von Rampf † (Bishop: 8 Dec 1889 to 29 Mar 1901)
• Karl Joseph Freiherr von Riccabona † (Bishop: 25 Dec 1826 to 25 May 1839)
• Urban Sagstetter † (Auxiliary Bishop: 17 Apr 1553 to 3 Jul 1556)
• Wolfgang Graf von Salm † (Bishop: 11 Nov 1540 to 5 Dec 1555)
• Christoph Schachner † (Bishop: 11 Mar 1490 to 4 Jan 1500)
• Johann Schlecht, O.S.A. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 10 Sep 1481 to 31 Jul 1500)
• Albert Schönhofer † (Auxiliary Bishop: 17 May 1473 to 7 Jul 1493)
• Franz Xaver von Schwäbl † (Priest: 30 Aug 1801 to 17 Mar 1833)
• Benedikt Sibenhirter, O.S.B. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 20 Nov 1452 to 10 May 1458)
• Johannes Maximus Stainer von Pleinfelden † (Auxiliary Bishop: 7 Dec 1682 to 15 Oct 1692)
• Johannes Kaspar Stredele † (Auxiliary Bishop: 15 Dec 1631 to 28 Dec 1642)
• Antonius von Thoma † (Bishop: 24 Mar 1889 to 23 Oct 1889)
• Nikolaus Aliprandi von Thomasis † (Priest: 1625; Auxiliary Bishop: 1638 to 29 May 1642)
• Leopold Leonhard Reichsgraf von Thun † (Priest: 10 Sep 1771; Bishop: 13 Dec 1796 to 22 Oct 1826)
• Wenzeslaus Reichsgraf von Thun † (Priest: 1655; Bishop: 27 Mar 1664 to 8 Jan 1673)
• Josef Maria Reichsgraf von Thun und Hohenstein † (Bishop: 19 Nov 1761 to 15 Jun 1763)
• Thomas Johann Kaspar Reichsgraf von Thun und Hohenstein † (Priest: 21 May 1771; Auxiliary Bishop: 16 Dec 1776; Bishop: 4 Nov 1795 to 7 Oct 1796)
• Urban Trennbach † (Bishop: 18 Aug 1561 to 9 Aug 1589)
• Joseph Franz von Weckert † (Bishop: 4 Oct 1875 to 13 Mar 1889)
• Hector Wegmann † (Auxiliary Bishop: 4 Jul 1575 to 31 Jan 1589)
• Christoph Weilhamer † (Priest: 1578; Auxiliary Bishop: 9 Oct 1589 to 26 May 1597)
• Andreas Weinmair † (Auxiliary Bishop: 1477 to 1491)