Hildesheim (Diocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy] (original) (raw)

Bishop(s) Heiner Wilmer, S.C.I., Bishop Norbert Trelle, Bishop Emeritus Heinz-G�nter Bongartz, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus Hans-Georg Koitz, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus Nikolaus Schwerdtfeger, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus General Information Type of Jurisdiction: DioceseErected: 800 Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Hamburg Rite: Latin (or Roman)Country: GermanySquare Kilometers: 29,021 (11,209 Square Miles)Official Web Site: http://www.bistum-hildesheim.de/ Mailing Address: Domhof 18/21, 31134 Hildesheim, Bundesrepublik DeutschlandTelephone: (05121)307.210Fax: 307.488

Past and Present Ordinaries

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 Osnabr�ck (Parts of Landkreise Holzminden, Hameln-Pyrmont, Verden; Landkreis Schaumburg-Lippe; Cuxhaven; the rest of Amt Ritzeb�ttel; islands of Neuwerk and Scharh�rn; and parts of Hameln and Nienburg) Diocese of Hildesheim
14 September 1966 Territory Lost Diocese of Hildesheim (Parts of Landkreis Grafschaft Hoya) Diocese of Osnabr�ck
8 November 1969 Territory Added Diocese of Osnabr�ck (Vegesack and St. Mary (in Bremerhaven)) Diocese of Hildesheim
8 November 1969 Territory Lost Diocese of Hildesheim (St. Joseph in Hemelingen) Diocese of Osnabr�ck
7 April 1994 Territory Added Apostolic Administration of Schwerin (Neuhaus along with Dellien, Haar, Kaarssen, Neuhaus (Elbe), Stapel, S�ckau, Sumte, Tripkau and parts of Neu Bleckede, Neu Wendischthun, and Stiepelse Teldau) Diocese of Hildesheim
24 October 1994 Territory Lost Diocese of HildesheimApostolic Administration of Schwerin Archdiocese of Hamburg
24 October 1994 Metropolitan Changed Diocese of Hildesheim (from Paderborn)

Statistics

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

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

Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

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