Hildesheim (Diocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Past and Present Ordinaries

Ebbo † (1 Oct 847 Appointed - 20 Mar 851 Died)
St. Bernward † ( 993 Appointed - 20 Nov 1022 Died)
St. Godehard von Hildesheim, O.S.B. † (30 Nov 1022 Appointed - 5 May 1038 Died)
Dietmar von Hildesheim † ( 1038 Appointed - 14 Nov 1044 Died)
Azelin † ( 1044 Appointed - 8 Mar 1054 Died)
Hezilo von Hildesheim † ( 1054 Appointed - 5 Aug 1079 Died)
Udo von Gleichen-Reinhausen † ( 1079 Appointed - 19 Oct 1114 Died)
Bruning † ( 1115 Appointed - 1118 Resigned)
Berthold von Alvensleben † (31 Oct 1119 Appointed - 14 Mar 1130 Died)
Bernhard von Hildesheim † (12 Jun 1130 Appointed - 1153 Resigned)
Bruno von Hildesheim † (3 Jun 1153 Appointed - 18 Oct 1162 Died)
Hermann von Hildesheim † ( 1162 Appointed - 10 Jul 1170 Died)
Adelog von Hildesheim † ( 1170 Appointed - 20 Sep 1190 Died)
Berno von Hildesheim † ( 1190 Appointed - 28 Oct 1194 Died)
Konrad von Querfurt † ( 1194 Appointed - 1199 Resigned)
Hartbert von Hildesheim † ( 1199 Appointed - 21 Mar 1216 Died)
Siegfried von Lichtenberg † ( 1216 Appointed - 26 Jan 1221 Resigned)
Konrad von Riesenberg † (3 Sep 1221 Appointed - 1246 Resigned)
Heinrich von Rusteberg (Wernigerode) † (Feb 1246 Appointed - 25 May 1257 Died)
Johann von Brakel † (Sep 1257 Appointed - 15 Sep 1260 Died)
Otto von Braunschweig-Lüneburg † (9 Oct 1260 Appointed - 4 Jul 1279 Died)
Siegfried von Querfurt † (18 Jul 1279 Appointed - 27 Apr 1310 Died)
Heinrich von Woldenberg † (6 Sep 1310 Appointed - 21 Sep 1318 Died)
Otto von Woldenberg † (23 May 1319 Appointed - 1331 Resigned)
Heinrich von Braunschweig-Lüneburg † (28 Aug 1331 Appointed - 6 Feb 1363 Died)
Johann Schadland, O.P. † (22 Mar 1363 Appointed - 20 Aug 1365 Appointed, Bishop of Worms)
Gerhard von Berg † (20 Aug 1365 Appointed - 15 Nov 1398 Died)
Johann von Hoya † (28 Feb 1399 Appointed - May 1424 Resigned)
Magnus von Sachsen-Lauenburg † (12 May 1424 Succeeded - 20 May 1452 Resigned)
Bernhard von Braunschweig-Lüneburg † (20 Oct 1452 Confirmed - 1458 Resigned)
Ernst von Schaumberg † (24 Mar 1458 Confirmed - 22 Jul 1471 Died)
Henning von Haus † (15 Jan 1472 Confirmed - Nov 1480 Resigned)
Berthold von Landsberg † (25 Sep 1480 Appointed - 4 May 1502 Died)
Erich von Sachsen-Lauenburg † (2 Dec 1502 Confirmed - 1504 Resigned)
Johann von Sachsen-Lauenburg † (13 Jul 1504 Confirmed - 6 May 1527 Resigned)
Balthasar Maerklin † (9 Mar 1530 Confirmed - 28 May 1531 Died)
Otto von Schaumberg † (28 Jul 1531 Appointed - 22 Dec 1576 Died)
Valentin von Tetleben † (11 Jan 1538 Confirmed - 19 Apr 1551 Died)
Friedrich von Schleswig-Holstein † (6 Jul 1554 Confirmed - 27 Sep 1556 Died)
Burchard Oberg † (23 Jan 1559 Confirmed - 23 Feb 1573 Died)
Ernst von Bayern † (4 Oct 1573 Confirmed - 17 Feb 1612 Died)
Ferdinand von Bayern † (17 Feb 1612 Succeeded - 13 Sep 1650 Died)
Max Heinrich von Bayern † (13 Sep 1650 Succeeded - 3 Jun 1688 Died)
Jobst Edmund von Brabeck † (29 Nov 1688 Confirmed - 13 Aug 1702 Died)
Joseph Clemens von Bayern von Wittelsbach † (13 Aug 1702 Succeeded - 12 Nov 1723 Died)
Clemens August Maria von Bayern † (3 Aug 1724 Confirmed - 6 Feb 1761 Died)
Friedrich Wilhelm von Westphalen † (16 May 1763 Confirmed - 6 Jan 1789 Died)
Franz Egon von Fürstenberg † (6 Jan 1789 Succeeded - 11 Aug 1825 Died)
Godehard Joseph Osthaus † (27 Jul 1829 Confirmed - 30 Dec 1835 Died)
Franz Ferdinand (Johann Franz) Fritz, O.S.B. † (11 Jul 1836 Confirmed - 6 Sep 1840 Died)
Jakob Joseph Wandt † (23 May 1842 Confirmed - 16 Oct 1849 Died)
Eduard Jakob Wedekin † (30 Sep 1850 Confirmed - 25 Dec 1870 Died)
Daniel Wilhelm Sommerwerk (Jacobi) † (27 Oct 1871 Confirmed - 18 Dec 1905 Died)
Adolf Bertram † (12 Jun 1906 Confirmed - 8 Sep 1914 Confirmed, Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau))
Joseph Ernst † (1 Jun 1915 Confirmed - 5 May 1928 Died)
Nikolaus Bares † (15 Jan 1929 Appointed - 21 Dec 1933 Confirmed, Bishop of Berlin)
Joseph Godehard Machens † (22 Jun 1934 Appointed - 14 Aug 1956 Died)
Heinrich Maria Janssen † (3 Feb 1957 Appointed - 28 Dec 1983 Retired)
Josef Homeyer † (25 Aug 1983 Appointed - 20 Aug 2004 Retired)
Norbert Trelle (29 Nov 2005 Appointed - 9 Sep 2017 Retired)
Heiner Wilmer, S.C.I. (6 Apr 2018 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
800	Erected		Diocese of Hildesheim (erected)
13 August 1930	Metropolitan Changed		Diocese of Hildesheim (from Immediately Subject)
14 March 1942	Territory Added	Archdiocese of Paderborn (Hesslingen and Hehlingen)	Diocese of Hildesheim
14 March 1942	Territory Lost	Diocese of Hildesheim (Calvoerde)	Archdiocese of Paderborn
14 September 1966	Territory Added	Diocese 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 1966	Territory Lost	Diocese of Hildesheim (Parts of Landkreis Grafschaft Hoya)	Diocese of Osnabrück
8 November 1969	Territory Added	Diocese of Osnabrück (Vegesack and St. Mary (in Bremerhaven))	Diocese of Hildesheim
8 November 1969	Territory Lost	Diocese of Hildesheim (St. Joseph in Hemelingen)	Diocese of Osnabrück
7 April 1994	Territory Added	Apostolic 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 1994	Territory Lost	Diocese of Hildesheim Apostolic Administration of Schwerin	Archdiocese of Hamburg
24 October 1994	Metropolitan Changed		Diocese of Hildesheim (from Paderborn)

Year Catholics Total Population Percent Catholic Diocesan Priests Religious Priests Total Priests Catholics Per Priest Permanent Deacons Male Religious Female Religious Parishes Source

1950 669,532 4,875,462 13.7% 432 31 463 1,446 51 994 324 ap1951

1970 738,919 5,510,238 13.4% 494 125 619 1,193 150 864 427 ap1971

1980 765,531 6,000,000 12.8% 465 112 577 1,326 18 128 625 365 ap1981

1990 725,000 6,000,000 12.1% 456 106 562 1,290 55 125 532 361 ap1991

1999 682,181 5,700,000 12.0% 388 67 455 1,499 75 83 470 279 ap2000

2000 685,672 5,700,000 12.0% 383 61 444 1,544 79 77 449 279 ap2001

2001 669,251 5,700,000 11.7% 377 61 438 1,527 81 72 339 279 ap2002

2002 681,747 5,700,000 12.0% 367 60 427 1,596 83 70 418 279 ap2003

2003 633,093 5,700,000 11.1% 363 62 425 1,489 80 71 415 349 ap2004

2004 659,500 5,700,000 11.6% 360 66 426 1,548 81 75 409 348 ap2005

2006 652,461 5,700,000 11.4% 348 59 407 1,603 91 69 366 313 ap2007

2013 616,210 5,349,318 11.5% 290 62 352 1,750 100 228 210 170 ap2014

2016 611,052 5,261,658 11.6% 272 55 327 1,868 101 64 231 119 ap2017

2019 601,330 5,362,988 11.2% 256 44 300 2,004 102 53 231 119 ap2020

2021 602,600 5,374,215 11.2% 258 44 302 1,995 95 52 103 119 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	669,532	4,875,462	13.7%	432	31	463	1,446		51	994	324	ap1951
1970	738,919	5,510,238	13.4%	494	125	619	1,193		150	864	427	ap1971
1980	765,531	6,000,000	12.8%	465	112	577	1,326	18	128	625	365	ap1981
1990	725,000	6,000,000	12.1%	456	106	562	1,290	55	125	532	361	ap1991
1999	682,181	5,700,000	12.0%	388	67	455	1,499	75	83	470	279	ap2000
2000	685,672	5,700,000	12.0%	383	61	444	1,544	79	77	449	279	ap2001
2001	669,251	5,700,000	11.7%	377	61	438	1,527	81	72	339	279	ap2002
2002	681,747	5,700,000	12.0%	367	60	427	1,596	83	70	418	279	ap2003
2003	633,093	5,700,000	11.1%	363	62	425	1,489	80	71	415	349	ap2004
2004	659,500	5,700,000	11.6%	360	66	426	1,548	81	75	409	348	ap2005
2006	652,461	5,700,000	11.4%	348	59	407	1,603	91	69	366	313	ap2007
2013	616,210	5,349,318	11.5%	290	62	352	1,750	100	228	210	170	ap2014
2016	611,052	5,261,658	11.6%	272	55	327	1,868	101	64	231	119	ap2017
2019	601,330	5,362,988	11.2%	256	44	300	2,004	102	53	231	119	ap2020
2021	602,600	5,374,215	11.2%	258	44	302	1,995	95	52	103	119	ap2022