Diocese of

Aachen

Germany Germany

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Continent: West Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Aachen (Deutsch) / Aix-la-Chappelle (français) / Aquisgrana (Italiano) / Aquisgranen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Köln

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Aufnahme Mariens in den Himmel (August 15)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: July 17

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

Contact Info

Address: Klosterplatz 7, 52062 Aachen, Germany

Phone: (0241) 452-0

Present Prelates

Bishop (2016.09.23 – ...):Bishop Helmut Karl Dieser (62)Bishop Helmut Karl Dieser (62)
Auxiliary Bishop (2003.11.21 – ...):Bishop Karl Borsch (65)Bishop Karl Borsch (65)

Titular Bishop of Crepedula

Ordinaries

Bishops of Aachen (Roman Rite)

Bishop Helmut Karl Dieser (62)Bishop Helmut Karl Dieser (62)
(2016.09.23 – ...)

Bishop of Aachen (Germany)

Pax Dei omnem sensum exsuperat

Born:1962.05.15 (Neuwied, Germany)
Ordained Priest:1989.07.08
Consecrated Bishop:2011.06.05

Priest of Trier (Germany) (1989.07.08 – 2011.02.24)

Titular Bishop of Narona (2011.02.24 – 2016.09.23)

Auxiliary Bishop of Trier (Germany) (2011.02.24 – 2016.09.23)

Bishop of Aachen (Germany) (2016.09.23 – ...)

Bishop Karl Borsch (65)Bishop Karl Borsch (65)
(Apostolic Administrator 2015.12.08 – 2016.09.23)

Bishop Heinrich Mussinghoff (83)Bishop Heinrich Mussinghoff (83)
(1994.12.12 – 2015.12.08)

Bishop emeritus of Aachen (Germany)

Parate viam Domini

Born:1940.10.29 (Osterwick, Germany)
Ordained Priest:1968.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:1995.02.11

Priest of Münster (Germany) (1968.06.29 – 1994.12.12)

Bishop of Aachen (Germany) (1994.12.12 – 2015.12.08)

Vice-President of German Episcopal Conference (1999.09.21 – 2011.10.05)

Bishop Klaus Hemmerle
(1975.09.09 – 1994.01.23)

Omnes unum ut mundus credat

Born:1929.04.03 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:1952.05.25
Consecrated Bishop:1975.11.08
Died:1994.01.23 († 64)

Bishop of Aachen (Germany) (1975.09.09 – 1994.01.23)

Bishop Johannes Pohlschneider
(1954.08.30 – 1974.12.13)

Christus pax nostra

Born:1899.04.18 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:1924.04.19
Consecrated Bishop:1954.11.18
Died:1981.03.07 († 81)

Bishop of Aachen (Germany) (1954.08.30 – 1974.12.13)

Bishop Johannes Joseph van der Velden
(1943.09.07 – 1954.05.19)

In cruce salus

Born:1891.08.07 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:1915.06.24
Consecrated Bishop:1943.10.10
Died:1954.05.19 († 62)

Bishop of Aachen (Germany) (1943.09.07 – 1954.05.19)

Bishop Hermann Joseph Sträter
(Apostolic Administrator 1938.05.15 – 1943.03.16)

Bishop Joseph Vogt
(1931.01.30 – 1937.10.05)

Caritas urget

Born:1865.09.08 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:1888.08.19
Consecrated Bishop:1931.03.19
Died:1937.10.05 († 72)

Bishop of Aachen (Germany) ([1930.12.10] 1931.01.30 – 1937.10.05)

Bishop Marc-Antoine Berdolet
(1802 – 1809.08.13)

Born:1740.09.13 (France)
Ordained Priest:1767.04.09
Consecrated Bishop:1796.08.15
Died:1809.08.13 († 68)

Bishop of Aachen (Germany) (1802 – 1809.08.13)

Former Prelates

Special Churches

Liège (←), Roermond (↖), Münster (↑), Essen (↗), Köln (→), Trier (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 4,020 km²

Population: 1,032,000 Catholics (50.7% of 2,034,474 total)

Pastoral Centres: 326 parishes, 8 missions

Personnel: 349 priests (307 diocesan, 42 religious), 77 deacons, 532 religious (54 brothers, 478 sisters), 9 seminarians

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