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Diocese of Hildesheim

Dioecesis Hildesiensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Heiner Wilmer, S.C.I., Bishop
  • Heinz-Günter Bongartz, Auxiliary Bishop
  • Norbert Trelle, Bishop Emeritus
  • Hans-Georg Koitz, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
  • Nikolaus Schwerdtfeger, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 800
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Hamburg
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Germany
  • Square Kilometers: 29,021 (11,209 Square Miles)
  • Official Web Site: http://www.bistum-hildesheim.de/
  • Mailing Address: Domhof 18/21, 31134 Hildesheim, Bundesrepublik Deutschland
  • Telephone: (05121)307.210
  • Fax: 307.488

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
800ErectedDiocese of Hildesheim (erected)
13 August 1930Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Hildesheim (from Immediately Subject)
14 March 1942Territory AddedArchdiocese of Paderborn (Hesslingen and Hehlingen) Diocese of Hildesheim
14 March 1942Territory LostDiocese of Hildesheim (Calvoerde) Archdiocese of Paderborn
14 September 1966Territory AddedDiocese of Osnabrück (Parts of Landkreise Holzminden, Hameln-Pyrmont, Verden; Landkreis Schaumburg-Lippe; Cuxhaven; the rest of Amt Ritzebüttel; islands of Neuwerk and Scharhörn; and parts of Hameln and Nienburg) Diocese of Hildesheim
14 September 1966Territory LostDiocese of Hildesheim (Parts of Landkreis Grafschaft Hoya) Diocese of Osnabrück
8 November 1969Territory AddedDiocese of Osnabrück (Vegesack and St. Mary (in Bremerhaven)) Diocese of Hildesheim
8 November 1969Territory LostDiocese of Hildesheim (St. Joseph in Hemelingen) Diocese of Osnabrück
7 April 1994Territory AddedApostolic Administration of Schwerin (Neuhaus along with Dellien, Haar, Kaarssen, Neuhaus (Elbe), Stapel, Sückau, Sumte, Tripkau and parts of Neu Bleckede, Neu Wendischthun, and Stiepelse Teldau) Diocese of Hildesheim
24 October 1994Territory LostDiocese of Hildesheim
Apostolic Administration of Schwerin
Archdiocese of Hamburg
24 October 1994Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Hildesheim (from Paderborn)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1950669,5324,875,46213.7%432314631,44651994324ap1951
1970738,9195,510,23813.4%4941256191,193150864427ap1971
1980765,5316,000,00012.8%4651125771,32618128625365ap1981
1990725,0006,000,00012.1%4561065621,29055125532361ap1991
1999682,1815,700,00012.0%388674551,4997583470279ap2000
2000685,6725,700,00012.0%383614441,5447977449279ap2001
2001669,2515,700,00011.7%377614381,5278172339279ap2002
2002681,7475,700,00012.0%367604271,5968370418279ap2003
2003633,0935,700,00011.1%363624251,4898071415349ap2004
2004659,5005,700,00011.6%360664261,5488175409348ap2005
2006652,4615,700,00011.4%348594071,6039169366313ap2007
2013616,2105,349,31811.5%290623521,750100228210170ap2014
2016611,0525,261,65811.6%272553271,86810164231119ap2017
2019601,3305,362,98811.2%256443002,00410253231119ap2020
2021602,6005,374,21511.2%258443021,9959552103119ap2022

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 276, and Page 277
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 165
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 210
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 203
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 221
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 236
  • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 281, to Page 282
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 23, Page 34, to Page 41
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 34, Page 202, and Page 203
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 58, Page 917, and Page 918
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 61, Page 799, and Page 800
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 86, Page 611, and Page 612
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 87, Page 228, to Page 230
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 87, Page 324

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