North German Missions {Germania Settentrionale} (Vicariate Apostolic) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Historical Details

Vicariate Apostolic of North German Missions {Germania Settentrionale}
- Type of Jurisdiction: Vicariate Apostolic
- Name Changed: 7 August 1868
- Vicariate
- Rite: Latin (or Roman)
- Country: Germany
Vicariate Apostolic of Calenberg, Göttingen and Grubenhagen
- Erected: 28 April 1667
- Vicariate
- Country: Germany
Vicariate Apostolic of Calenberg, Göttingen, Grubenhagen and Halberstadt
- Name Changed: 1669
- Vicariate
- Country: Germany
Vicariate Apostolic of Nordic Missions
- Name Changed: 1670
- Vicariate
- Country: Germany
- Description: Bremen, Magdeburg, the Magdeburg Lands, Altona, Glückstadt, Calenberg, Göttingen, Grubenhagen and Halberstadt

Past Ordinaries

Valerio Maccioni † (28 Apr 1667 Appointed - 5 Sep 1676 Died)
Bl. Niels Stensen † (21 Aug 1677 Appointed - 5 Dec 1686 Died)
Friedrich von Tietzen-Schlütter † (4 Aug 1687 Appointed - 4 Nov 1696 Died)
Jobst Edmund von Brabeck † (10 May 1697 Appointed - 13 Aug 1702 Died)
Otto Wilhelm von Bronckhorst zu Gronsfeld, S.J. † (13 Oct 1702 Appointed - 5 Apr 1713 Died)
Johann Hugo von Gäertz † (15 Feb 1715 Appointed - 31 Dec 1716 Died)
Hyacinth Petit, O. Carm. † (11 Feb 1718 Appointed - 26 Jul 1719 Died)
Johann Friedrich Adolf von Hörde zu Schönholthausen † (15 Dec 1722 Appointed - 3 Aug 1761 Died)
Franz Josef von Gondola, O.S.B. † (5 Oct 1761 Appointed - 5 Mar 1774 Died)
Friedrich Wilhelm von Westphalen † ( 1775 Appointed - 6 Jan 1789 Died)
Franz Egon von Fürstenberg † (29 May 1789 Appointed - 11 Aug 1825 Died)
Johann Theodor Laurent † (17 Sep 1839 Appointed - 25 Feb 1842 Appointed, Vicar Apostolic of Luxembourg)
Johann Bernard Höting † (10 Feb 1882 Appointed - 21 Oct 1898 Died)
Heinrich Hubert Aloysius Voß (Voss) † (30 Aug 1899 Appointed - 3 Mar 1914 Died)
Hermann Wilhelm Berning † (15 Sep 1914 Appointed - 13 Aug 1930 Resigned)

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
Vicariate Apostolic of Calenberg, Göttingen and Grubenhagen
28 April 1667	Erected		Vicariate Apostolic of Calenberg, Göttingen and Grubenhagen (erected) (territory of Minden)
Vicariate Apostolic of Calenberg, Göttingen, Grubenhagen and Halberstadt
1669	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Calenberg, Göttingen and Grubenhagen	Vicariate Apostolic of Calenberg, Göttingen, Grubenhagen and Halberstadt (added territory of Halberstadt and Verden)
Vicariate Apostolic of Nordic Missions
1670	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Calenberg, Göttingen, Grubenhagen and Halberstadt	Vicariate Apostolic of Nordic Missions (added Provinces of Bremen and Magdeburg)
4 May 1688	Territory Added		Vicariate Apostolic of Nordic Missions (territory of Denmark and Sweden)
6 April 1709	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Nordic Missions	Vicariate Apostolic of Upper and Lower Saxony (Hanover, Northern Germany) (erected) (territory of Minden, Verden, Halberstadt, Magdeburg, Havelberg, Brandenburg, Merseburg and Naumburg)
1743	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Nordic Missions	Vicariate Apostolic of Saxonia (Saxony) (erected)
11 February 1780	Territory Added	Vicariate Apostolic of Upper and Lower Saxony (Hanover, Northern Germany) (suppressed)	Vicariate Apostolic of Nordic Missions
1781	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Nordic Missions	Prefecture Apostolic of Sweden (erected)
16 August 1821	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Nordic Missions	Diocese of Osnabrück Diocese of Paderborn Diocese of Wrocław (Breslau)
1834	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Nordic Missions	Vicariate Apostolic of Anhalt (erected)
29 July 1868	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Nordic Missions	Prefecture Apostolic of Schlewig-Holstein (erected)
7 August 1868	Territory Lost	Vicariate Apostolic of Nordic Missions	Prefecture Apostolic of Denmark (erected)
7 August 1868	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic of Arctic Pole (suppressed) Vicariate Apostolic of Nordic Missions Vicariate Apostolic of Sweden	Mission "Sui Iuris" of Norvegia (Norway) (unknown) (erected)
Vicariate Apostolic of North German Missions {Germania Settentrionale}
7 August 1868	Name Changed	Vicariate Apostolic of Nordic Missions	Vicariate Apostolic of North German Missions {Germania Settentrionale}
13 August 1930	Suppressed	Vicariate Apostolic of North German Missions {Germania Settentrionale} (suppressed)	Diocese of Osnabrück Archdiocese of Paderborn

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

Hermann Wilhelm Berning † (Pro-Vicar Apostolic: 15 Sep 1914; Vicar Apostolic: 22 Nov 1921 to 13 Aug 1930)
Jobst Edmund von Brabeck † (Vicar Apostolic: 10 May 1697 to 13 Aug 1702)
Otto Wilhelm von Bronckhorst zu Gronsfeld, S.J. † (Vicar Apostolic: 13 Oct 1702 to 5 Apr 1713)
Franz Egon von Fürstenberg † (Vicar Apostolic: 29 May 1789 to 11 Aug 1825)
Johann Hugo von Gäertz † (Vicar Apostolic: 15 Feb 1715 to 31 Dec 1716)
Franz Josef von Gondola, O.S.B. † (Vicar Apostolic: 5 Oct 1761 to 5 Mar 1774)
Johann Friedrich Adolf von Hörde zu Schönholthausen † (Vicar Apostolic: 15 Dec 1722 to 3 Aug 1761)
Johann Bernard Höting † (Pro-Vicar Apostolic: 10 Feb 1882 to 21 Oct 1898)
Johann Theodor Laurent † (Vicar Apostolic: 17 Sep 1839 to 25 Feb 1842)
Valerio Maccioni † (Vicar Apostolic: 28 Apr 1667 to 5 Sep 1676)
Hyacinth Petit, O. Carm. † (Vicar Apostolic: 11 Feb 1718 to 26 Jul 1719)
Moritz Adolf Karl von Sachsen-Zeitz (Saský) † (Priest: 1725 to 8 Feb 1730)
Bl. Niels Stensen † (Vicar Apostolic: 21 Aug 1677 to 5 Dec 1686)
Friedrich von Tietzen-Schlütter † (Vicar Apostolic: 4 Aug 1687 to 4 Nov 1696)
Heinrich Hubert Aloysius Voß (Voss) † (Pro-Vicar Apostolic: 30 Aug 1899 to 3 Mar 1914)
Friedrich Wilhelm von Westphalen † (Vicar Apostolic: 1775 to 6 Jan 1789)

Vicariate Apostolic of North German Missions {Germania Settentrionale}

Vicariatus Apostolicus Germaniae Septentrionalis

Suppressed

To: Diocese of Osnabrück and Archdiocese of Paderborn

Historical Details

Past Ordinaries

Historical Summary

Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

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