Passau (Diocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Bishop(s)

Stefan Oster, S.D.B., Bishop

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: Bischofliches Ordinariat, Domplatz 7, D-94032 Passau, Bundesrepublik Deutschland
Telephone: (0851)393.1101
Fax: 393.1109

Past and Present Ordinaries

Vivilo † ( 723 Appointed - 20 Feb 745 Died)
Christian † ( 991 Appointed - Sep 1013 Died)
Berengar † ( 1013 Appointed - 14 Jul 1045 Died)
Egilbert (Engelbert) † ( 1045 Appointed - 17 May 1065 Died)
St. Altmann † ( 1065 Appointed - 8 Aug 1091 Died)
Udalrich (Ulrich) † (16 May 1092 Appointed - 7 Aug 1121 Died)
Reginmar † ( 1121 Appointed - 30 Sep 1138 Died)
Reginbert von Hagenau † ( 1138 Appointed - 10 Nov 1147 Died)
Konrad von Babenberg † ( 1148 Appointed - 29 Jun 1164 Appointed, Archbishop of Salzburg)
Heinrich von Berg † (4 Aug 1169 Appointed - 1172 Resigned)
Diepold (Theobald) von Berg † (4 Sep 1172 Appointed - 3 Nov 1190 Died)
Wolfger von Erla † (11 Mar 1191 Appointed - 24 Jun 1204 Appointed, Patriarch of Aquileia)
Poppo † (15 Oct 1204 Appointed - 26 Dec 1205 Died)
Manegold von Berg † ( 1206 Appointed - 9 Jun 1215 Died)
Ulrich Andechs-Diessen † ( 1215 Appointed - 31 Oct 1221 Died)
Gebhard von Plain † (31 Oct 1222 Appointed - 10 Oct 1232 Resigned)
Rüdiger von Bergheim (Radeck) † (27 Jun 1233 Appointed - 20 Mar 1250 Resigned)
Berthold von Pietengau † (2 Oct 1250 Appointed - 10 Apr 1254 Died)
Otto von Lonsdorf † ( 1254 Appointed - 9 Apr 1265 Died)
Ladislao de Silesia-Liegnitz † (Nov 1265 Appointed - 10 Nov 1265 Appointed, Archbishop of Salzburg)
Petrus von Passau † (24 Nov 1265 Appointed - 1 May 1280 Died)
Wichard von Pohlheim † (5 May 1280 Ordained Bishop - 23 Nov 1282 Died)
Gottfried † (10 Feb 1283 Appointed - 26 Apr 1285 Died)
Bernhard von Prambach † (May 1285 Appointed - 27 Jul 1313 Died)
Henri de La Tour-du-Pin † (3 Jun 1317 Appointed - 4 May 1319 Appointed, Bishop of Metz)
Albert von Sachsen-Wittenberg † (14 Jun 1320 Appointed - 19 May 1342 Died)
Gottfried von Weißeneck † (26 Jan 1344 Appointed - 15 Sep 1362 Died)
Albert von Winkel † (29 Jan 1364 Appointed - Apr 1380 Died)
Johann von Scharffenberg † (Apr 1381 Appointed - 3 Feb 1387 Died)
Ruprecht von Berg † (11 May 1387 Appointed - 9 Nov 1389 Appointed, Bishop of Paderborn)
Georg von Hohenlohe † (18 Jun 1389 Confirmed - 3 Aug 1423 Died)
Leonhard von Laiming † (10 Jan 1424 Confirmed - 24 Jun 1451 Died)
Ulrich von Nußdorf (Nussdorfer) † (4 Nov 1454 Confirmed - 2 Sep 1479 Died)
Georg Heßler (Hessler) † (28 Jan 1480 Appointed - 21 Sep 1482 Died)
Friedrich Mauerkircher † (4 Nov 1482 Appointed - 22 Nov 1485 Died)
Friedrich von Öttingen † (15 Feb 1486 Confirmed - 3 Mar 1490 Died)
Christoph Schachner † (26 Jun 1490 Confirmed - 3 Jan 1500 Died)
Wiguläus Fröschl von Marzoll † (29 Apr 1500 Confirmed - 6 Nov 1517 Died)
Wolfgang von Salm † (18 Feb 1541 Confirmed - 5 Dec 1555 Died)
Wolfgang von Closen † (12 Jun 1556 Confirmed - 7 Aug 1561 Died)
Urban Trennbach † (19 Nov 1561 Confirmed - 9 Aug 1598 Died)
Leopold Ferdinand von Österreich † (25 Jul 1605 Succeeded - 19 Apr 1626 Resigned)
Leopold Wilhelm von Österreich † (1 Feb 1626 Confirmed - 21 Nov 1662 Died)
Karl Joseph von Österreich † (20 Nov 1662 Succeeded - 26 Jan 1664 Died)
Wenzeslaus von Thun † (20 Apr 1664 Ordained Bishop - 6 Jan 1673 Died)
Sebastian von Pötting-Persing † (25 Sep 1673 Confirmed - 16 Mar 1689 Died)
Johann Philipp von Lamberg † (11 Jan 1690 Confirmed - 21 Oct 1712 Died)
Raymund Ferdinand von Rabatta † (18 Sep 1713 Confirmed - 26 Oct 1722 Died)
Joseph Dominikus Franz Kilian von Lamberg † (15 Mar 1723 Confirmed - 30 Aug 1761 Died)
Josef Maria von Thun und Hohenstein † (29 Mar 1762 Confirmed - 15 Jun 1763 Died)
Leopold Ernst von Firmian † (26 Sep 1763 Confirmed - 13 Mar 1783 Died)
Joseph Franz Anton von Auersperg † (25 Jun 1784 Confirmed - 21 Aug 1795 Died)
Thomas Johann Kaspar von Thun und Hohenstein † (18 Dec 1795 Confirmed - 7 Oct 1796 Died)
Leopold Leonhard von Thun † (24 Jul 1797 Confirmed - 22 Oct 1826 Died)
Karl Joseph von Riccabona (Reichenfels) † (9 Apr 1827 Confirmed - 25 May 1839 Died)
Heinrich von Hofstätter † (23 Dec 1839 Confirmed - 12 May 1875 Died)
Joseph Franz von Weckert † (28 Jan 1876 Confirmed - 13 Mar 1889 Died)
Anton von Thoma † (27 May 1889 Confirmed - 30 Dec 1889 Confirmed, Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich})
Michael von Rampf † (30 Dec 1889 Confirmed - 29 Mar 1901 Died)
Franz Anton von Henle † (18 Apr 1901 Confirmed - 6 Dec 1906 Confirmed, Bishop of Regensburg)
Sigismund Felix von Ow-Felldorf † (6 Dec 1906 Confirmed - 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 - 1 Oct 2012 Retired)
Stefan Oster, S.D.B. (4 Apr 2014 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
737	Erected		Diocese of Passau (erected)
10th Century	Territory Lost	Diocese of Nitra Diocese of Passau Diocese of Regensburg	Archdiocese of Esztergom (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) Diocese of Sankt Pölten (erected)
29 December 1910	Territory Lost	Diocese of Passau (Obernhuber in Forstlehen, Angermeier and Wiehhauser in Binderberg, Geishauser in Bach, Hagl in Foerster, and Maier in Furth)	Diocese of Regensburg
29 December 1910	Territory Added	Diocese of Regensburg (Geier in Stauern, Nussbaumer in Steinoed, Falter, Zauner and Nussbaumer in Schmalzgrub, Neumayer in Schmauss, Freilinger in Freiling, and Schmauss in Fuchsgrub)	Diocese of Passau
6 April 1922	Territory Added	Diocese of Regensburg (Ereiung, Zaining, and Voeglsberg)	Diocese of Passau
31 December 1927	Territory Added	Archdiocese of München und Freising {Munich} (Loding)	Diocese of Passau
9 April 1938	Territory Lost	Diocese of Passau (Lands belonging to the Schmid and Scham families (in Aresing); and Estates of Gasberg and Stöffling)	Archdiocese of München und Freising {Munich}

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

2013 483,650 544,220 88.9% 309 92 401 1,206 37 121 443 285 ap2014

2016 473,784 610,000 77.7% 284 105 389 1,217 40 154 401 285 ap2017

2019 462,788 625,000 74.0% 289 88 377 1,227 42 117 312 285 ap2020

2021 466,750 630,353 74.0% 275 65 340 1,372 46 91 276 285 ap2022

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
2013	483,650	544,220	88.9%	309	92	401	1,206	37	121	443	285	ap2014
2016	473,784	610,000	77.7%	284	105	389	1,217	40	154	401	285	ap2017
2019	462,788	625,000	74.0%	289	88	377	1,227	42	117	312	285	ap2020
2021	466,750	630,353	74.0%	275	65	340	1,372	46	91	276	285	ap2022