Vicariate Apostolic of Upper and Lower Saxony (Hanover, Northern Germany)

Historical Details

• Vicariate Apostolic of Upper and Lower Saxony (Hanover, Northern Germany)
  • Type of Jurisdiction: Vicariate Apostolic
  • Erected: 6 April 1709
  • Vicariate
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Germany
  • Description: the North, and Upper and Lower Saxony

Past Ordinaries

• Ferdinand von Fürstenberg † (2 Sep 1680 Appointed - 26 Jun 1683 Died)
• Agostino Steffani † (6 Apr 1709 Appointed - 1723 Resigned)
• Agostino Steffani † (27 May 1726 Appointed - 12 Feb 1728 Died)
• Leopold Heinrich Wilhelm von Schorror † (10 Oct 1730 Appointed - 1 Dec 1745 Resigned)
• Johann Wilhelm von Twickel † (1 Dec 1745 Appointed - 10 Sep 1757 Died)
• Johann Ignace von Franken-Siersdorf † (17 Sep 1760 Appointed - 21 May 1779 Died)

Historical Summary

Affiliated Bishops, Living

• None

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• Johann Ignace von Franken-Siersdorf † (Vicar Apostolic: 17 Sep 1760 to 21 May 1779)
• Ferdinand von Fürstenberg † (Vicar Apostolic: 2 Sep 1680 to 26 Jun 1683)
• Leopold Heinrich Wilhelm von Schorror † (Vicar Apostolic: 10 Oct 1730 to 1 Dec 1745)
• Agostino Steffani † (Vicar Apostolic: 6 Apr 1709 to 1723)
• Johann Wilhelm von Twickel † (Vicar Apostolic: 1 Dec 1745 to 10 Sep 1757)