Diocese of Hildesheim, Germany

Present Prelates

Bishop (2018.04.06 – ...):

Bishop Heiner Wilmer, S.C.I. (63)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Hildesheim (Roman Rite)

Bishop Heiner Wilmer, S.C.I. (63)
(2018.04.06 – ...)

Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany)

Born:	1961.04.09 (Schapen, Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1987.05.31
Consecrated Bishop:	2018.09.01

Superior General of Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart (Dehonians) (2015.05.25 – 2018.04.06)

Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) (2018.04.06 – ...)

Bishop Norbert Trelle (82)
(2005.11.29 – 2017.09.09)

Bishop emeritus of Hildesheim (Germany)

Fundamentum est Christus Jesus

Born:	1942.09.05 (Kassel, Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1968.02.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1992.05.01

Priest of Köln (Germany) (1968.02.02 – 1992.03.25)

Titular Bishop of Egnatia (1992.03.25 – 2005.11.29)

Auxiliary Bishop of Köln (Germany) (1992.03.25 – 2005.11.29)

Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) (2005.11.29 – 2017.09.09)

Vice-President of German Episcopal Conference (2011.10.05 – 2017.09.26)

Bishop Josef Homeyer
(1983.08.25 – 2004.08.20)

In mundum universum

Born:	1929.08.01 (Harsewinkel, Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1958.02.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1983.11.13
Died:	2010.03.30 († 80)

Priest of Münster (Germany) (1958.02.11 – 1983.08.25)

General Secretary of German Episcopal Conference (1972 – 1983.08.25)

Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) (1983.08.25 – 2004.08.20)

President of Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Community (1993 – 2006.03)

Bishop Heinrich Maria Janssen
(1957.02.03 – 1983.08.25)

Ave spes nostra

Born:	1907.12.28 (Rindern, Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1934.07.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1957.05.14
Died:	1988.10.07 († 80)

Priest of Münster (Germany) (1934.07.29 – 1957.02.03)

Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) (1957.02.03 – 1983.08.25)

Archbishop Joseph Godehard Machens
(1934.06.22 – 1956.08.14)

Born:	1886.08.29 (Hildesheim, Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1911.03.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1934.07.25
Died:	1956.08.14 († 69)

Priest of Hildesheim (Germany) (1911.03.19 – 1934.06.22)

Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) (1934.06.22 – 1956.08.14)

Archbishop ad personam (1956.07.13 – 1956.08.14)

Bishop Nikolaus Bares
(1929.01.15 – 1933.12.21)

Veritas et pax

Born:	1871.01.24 (Hildesheim, Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1895.03.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1929.02.24
Died:	1935.03.01 († 64)

Priest of Trier (Germany) (1895.03.30 – 1929.01.15)

Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) (1929.01.15 – 1933.12.21)

Bishop of Berlin (Germany) ([1933.10.27] 1933.12.21 – 1935.03.01)

Bishop Joseph Ernst
(1915.05.26 – 1928.05.05)

Born:	1863.11.08 (Groß-Algermissen, Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1886.08.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1915.09.26
Died:	1928.05.05 († 64)

Priest of Hildesheim (Germany) (1886.08.02 – 1915.05.26)

Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) ([1915.02.10] 1915.05.26 – 1928.05.05)

Bishop Adolf Bertram (later Cardinal)
(1906.06.12 – 1914.05.27)

Veritati et caritati

Born:	1859.03.14 (Hildesheim, Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1881.07.31
Consecrated Bishop:	1906.08.15
Created Cardinal in pectore:	1916.12.04
Revealed as Cardinal:	1919.12.05
Died:	1945.07.06 (Jauernig, Czechia † 86)

Priest of Hildesheim (Germany) (1881.07.31 – 1906.06.12)

Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) ([1906.04.26] 1906.06.12 – 1914.05.27)

Bishop of Wrocław (Poland) (1914.05.27 – 1930.08.13)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Agnese fuori le mura (1919.12.18 – 1945.07.06)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Wrocław (Poland) (1930.08.13 – 1945.07.06)

Bishop Daniel Wilhelm Sommerwerk
(1871.10.27 – 1905.12.18)

Born:	1821.04.21 (Minden, Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1846.09.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1871.12.31
Died:	1905.12.18 († 84)

Priest of Hildesheim (Germany) (1846.09.24 – 1871.10.27)

Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) ([1871.04.13] 1871.10.27 – 1905.12.18)

Bishop Eduard Jakob Wedekin
(1850.09.30 – 1870.12.25)

Born:	1796.12.30 (Groß-Düngen, Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1821.11.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1850.11.24
Died:	1870.12.25 († 73)

Priest of Hildesheim (Germany) (1821.11.11 – 1850.09.30)

Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) ([1849.11.27] 1850.09.30 – 1870.12.25)

Bishop Jakob Joseph Wandt
(1842.05.22 – 1849.10.16)

Born:	1780.08.16 (Dingelstädt, Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1805.03.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1842.08.14
Died:	1849.10.16 († 69)

Priest of Hildesheim (Germany) (1805.03.07 – 1842.05.22)

Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) ([1841.12.09] 1842.05.22 – 1849.10.16)

Bishop Franz Ferdinand Fritz
(1836.03.10 – 1840.09.06)

Born:	1772.04.01 (Hildesheim, Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1796.04.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1836.09.11
Died:	1840.09.06 († 68)

Priest of Benedictine Confederation of the Order of Saint Benedict (Benedictines) (1796.04.03 – 1803)

Priest of Hildesheim (Germany) (1803 – 1836.03.10)

Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) (1836.03.10 – 1840.09.06)

Bishop Godehard Joseph Osthaus
(1829.03.26 – 1835.12.30)

Born:	1768.02.28 (Hildesheim, Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1797.06.16
Consecrated Bishop:	1829.10.04
Died:	1835.12.30 († 67)

Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) (1829.03.26 – 1835.12.30)

Bishop Franz Egon von Fürstenberg
(1789.01.06 – 1825.08.11)

Born:	1737.05.10 (Herdringen Husten, Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1770.11.04
Consecrated Bishop:	1788.01.27
Died:	1825.08.11 († 88)

Priest of Osnabrück (Germany) (1770.11.04 – 1786.07.24)

Titular Bishop of Derbe (1786.07.24 – 1789.01.06)

Coadjutor Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) ([1786.03.07] 1786.07.24 – 1789.01.06)

Coadjutor Bishop of Paderborn (Germany) ([1786.06.12] 1786.07.24 – 1789.01.06)

Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) (1789.01.06 – 1825.08.11)

Bishop of Paderborn (Germany) (1789.01.06 – 1825.08.11)

Vicar Apostolic of Nordic Missions (Germany) (1789.05.29 – 1825.08.11)

Bishop Friedrich Wilhelm von Westphalen
(1763.05.16 – 1789.01.06)

Born:	1727.04.05 (Paderborn, Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1763.03.27
Consecrated Bishop:	1763.10.23
Died:	1789.01.06 († 61)

Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) ([1763.02.07] 1763.05.16 – 1789.01.06)

Coadjutor Bishop of Paderborn (Germany) ([1773.03.01] 1773.06.14 – 1782.12.26)

Vicar Apostolic of Nordic Missions (Germany) (1775 – 1789.01.06)

Bishop of Paderborn (Germany) (1782.12.26 – 1789.01.06)

Archbishop Clemens August von Bayern
(1724.08.03 – 1761.02.06)

Born:	1700.08.17 (Brussels, Belgium)
Ordained Priest:	1725.03.04
Consecrated Bishop:	1727.11.09
Died:	1761.02.06 († 60)

Bishop of Regensburg (Germany) ([1716.03.26] 1716.05.19 – 1719.04.26)

Bishop of Münster (Germany) ([1719.03.26] 1719.04.26 – 1761.02.06)

Bishop of Paderborn (Germany) ([1719.03.27] 1719.04.30 – 1761.02.06)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Köln (Germany) ([1722.05.09] 1722.06.22 – 1723.12.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) (1723.12.11 – 1761.02.06)

Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) ([1724.02.05] 1724.08.03 – 1761.02.06)

Bishop of Osnabrück (Germany) ([1728.11.04] 1728.12.23 – 1761.02.06)

Archbishop Joseph Clemens von Bayern (Joseph-Clément de Bavière)
(1702.08.13 – 1723.12.11)

Candore et constantia

Born:	1671.12.05 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1706.12.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1707.05.01
Died:	1723.12.11 († 52)

Coadjutor Bishop of Regensburg (Germany) ([1683] 1683.07.09 – 1685.11.04)

Coadjutor Bishop of Freising (Germany) ([1684.11.27] 1685.10.06 – 1685.11.04)

Bishop of Freising (Germany) (1685.11.04 – 1694.09.29)

Bishop of Regensburg (Germany) (1685.11.04 – 1694.09.29)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) ([1688.07.19] 1688.09.20 – 1723.12.11)

Bishop of Liège (Belgium) (1694.04.04 – 1723.12.11)

Coadjutor Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) ([1694.01.18] 1694.06.01 – 1702.08.13)

Bishop of Regensburg (Germany) (1699.05.22 – 1716)

Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) (1702.08.13 – 1723.12.11)

Bishop Jobst Edmund von Brabeck
(1688.11.29 – 1702.08.13)

Born:	1619.11.11
Ordained Priest:	1667.07.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1689.07.02
Died:	1702.08.13 († 82)

Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) ([1688.07.19] 1688.11.29 – 1702.08.13)

Vicar Apostolic of Nordic Missions (Germany) (1697.05.10 – 1702.08.13)

Archbishop Maximilian Heinrich von Bayern (Maximilien-Henri de Bavière)
(1650.09.13 – 1688.06.03)

Born:	1621.10.08 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1651.09.27
Consecrated Bishop:	1651.10.08
Died:	1688.06.03 († 66)

Coadjutor Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) ([1633.01.18] 1633.11.23 – 1650.09.13)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Köln (Germany) ([1642.02.10] 1642.05.17 – 1650.09.13)

Coadjutor Bishop of Liège (Belgium) ([1649.10.19] 1650.07.09 – 1650.09.13)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) (1650.09.13 – 1688.06.03)

Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) (1650.09.13 – 1688.06.03)

Bishop of Liège (Belgium) (1650.09.13 – 1688.06.03)

Archbishop Ferdinand von Bayern (Ferdinand de Bavière)
(1612.02.17 – 1650.09.13 not possessed)

Born:	1577.10.07 (Germany)
Died:	1650.09.13 († 72)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Köln (Germany) ([1595.04.19] 1597.01.04 – 1612.02.17)

Coadjutor Bishop of Liège (Belgium) ([1601] 1602.04.29 – 1612.02.17)

Coadjutor Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) ([1611.01.02] 1611.05.18 – 1612.02.17)

Coadjutor Bishop of Münster (Germany) (1611.08.05 – 1612.02.18)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) (1612.02.17 – 1650.09.13)

Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) (1612.02.17 – 1650.09.13 not possessed)

Bishop of Liège (Belgium) (1612.02.17 – 1650.09.13)

Bishop of Münster (Germany) (1612.02.18 – 1650.09.13)

Coadjutor Bishop of Paderborn (Germany) ([1612.02.10] 1612.07.05 – 1618.12.13)

Bishop of Paderborn (Germany) (1618.12.13 – 1650.09.13)

Archbishop Ernst von Bayern (Ernest de Bavière)
(1573.10.04 – 1612.02.17)

Born:	1554.12.17 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1577.06.19
Died:	1612.02.17 († 57)

Bishop of Freising (Germany) ([1566.10.18] 1566.12.23 – 1612.02.17)

Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) ([1573.03.07] 1573.10.04 – 1612.02.17)

Bishop of Liège (Belgium) ([1581.01.30] 1581.04.03 – 1612.02.17)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) ([1583.06.02] 1583.10.07 – 1612.02.17)

Bishop of Münster (Germany) ([1585.05.18] 1585.11.27 – 1612.02.17)

Bishop Burchard von Oberg
(1557.03.31 – 1573.02.23)

Consecrated Bishop:	1567
Died:	1573.02.23

Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) (1557.03.31 – 1573.02.23)

Bishop Friedrich von Dänemark
(1554.07.06 – 1556.10.27)

Born:	1532.04.13
Died:	1556.10.27 († 24)

Bishop of Schleswig (Germany) (1551 – 1556.10.27)

Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) (1554.07.06 – 1556.10.27)

Bishop Valentin von Teutleben
(1538.01.11 – 1551.04.19)

Born:	1488.02.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1538.02.22
Died:	1551.04.19 († 63)

Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) (1538.01.11 – 1551.04.19)

Fr. Otto von Schauenburg
(1531.07.28 – 1537 not possessed)

Born:	1517
Died:	1576.12.21 († 58)

Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) (1531.07.28 – 1537 not possessed)

Bishop Balthasar Merklin
(1530.03.09 – 1531.05.28)

Born:	1479 (Germany)
Consecrated Bishop:	1530.07.03
Died:	1531.05.28 († 51)

Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) ([1527.05.06] 1530.03.09 – 1531.05.28)

Bishop of Konstanz (Germany) ([1527.09] 1530.03.09 – 1531.05.28)

Bishop Johannes von Sachsen-Lauenburg
(1504.07.13 – 1527.11.20)

Born:	1483
Consecrated Bishop:	1511.01.05
Died:	1527.11.20 († 43)

Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) (1504.07.13 – 1527.11.20)

Bishop-elect Erich von Sachsen-Lauenburg
(1502.05.21 – 1504)

Born:	1472
Consecrated Bishop:	1509
Died:	1522.10.10 († 49)

Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) (1502.05.21 – 1504)

Bishop of Münster (Germany) (1508.02.24 – 1522.10.10)

Bishop Berthold von Landsberg
(1480.09.25 – 1502.05.04)

Died:

1502.05.04

Bishop of Verden (Germany) (1470.05.19 – 1502.05.04)

Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) (1480.09.25 – 1502.05.04)

Bishop Henning von Haus
(1472.01.15 – 1481)

Consecrated Bishop:	1472.06.14
Died:	1488.04.10

Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) (1472.01.15 – 1481)

Bishop Ernst von Schauenburg
(1458.03.24 – 1471.07.23)

Ordained Priest:	1459.08.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1459.12.08
Died:	1471.07.23

Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) (1458.03.24 – 1471.07.23)

Bishop Bernhard von Braunschweig-Lüneburg
(1452.10.20 – 1458)

Died:

1464.02.09

Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) (1452.10.20 – 1458)

Bishop Magnus von Sachsen-Lauenburg
(1424.05.10 – 1452.09.21)

Born:	1390.07.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1410.09
Died:	1452.09.21 († 62)

Bishop of Kamień (Poland) (1410.03.14 – 1424.05.10)

Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) (1424.05.10 – 1452.09.21)

Bishop Johann von Hoya
(1399.02.14 – 1424.05.12)

Born:	1355
Died:	1424.05.12 († 68)

Bishop of Paderborn (Germany) (1394.09.07 – 1399.02.14)

Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) ([1398.11.30] 1399.02.14 – 1424.05.12)

Bishop Gerhard von Berg
(1365.08.20 – 1398.11.15)

Died:

1398.11.15

Bishop of Verden (Germany) (1364.05.27 – 1365.08.20)

Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) (1365.08.20 – 1398.11.15)

Bishop Johann Schadland, O.P.
(1363.03.22 – 1365.08.20)

Born:	1311
Died:	1373.04.01 († 61)

Bishop of Chełmno (Poland) (1360 – 1363.03.22)

Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) (1363.03.22 – 1365.08.20)

Bishop of Worms (Germany) (1365.08.20 – 1370)

Bishop of Augsburg (Germany) (1371.06.16 – 1372.04)

Bishop Enrico di Brunswick-Luneburg
(1331.08.28 – 1363.02.06)

Died:

1363.02.06

Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) (1331.08.28 – 1363.02.06)

Bishop Ottone di Woldenberg
(1319.05.23 – 1331.08.03)

Died:

1331.08.03

Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) (1319.05.23 – 1331.08.03)

Bishop Enrico di Woldenberg
(1310.09.06 – 1318.09.21)

Died:

1318.09.21

Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) (1310.09.06 – 1318.09.21)

Bishop Sigfrido di Querfurt
(1279.07.18 – 1310.04.27)

Died:

1310.04.27

Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) (1279.07.18 – 1310.04.27)

Bishop Ottone di Brunswick-Lüneburg
(1260.10.09 – 1279.07.04)

Died:

1279.07.04

Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) (1260.10.09 – 1279.07.04)

Bishop Giovanni di Brakel
(1257.09 – 1260.09.15)

Died:

1260.09.15

Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) (1257.09 – 1260.09.15)

Bishop Enrico di Wernigerode
(1246.02 – 1257.05.25)

Died:

1257.05.25

Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) (1246.02 – 1257.05.25)

Bishop Corrado di Riesenberg
(1221.09.03 – 1246)

Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) (1221.09.03 – 1246)

Bishop Sigfrido di Lichtenberg
(1216 – 1221.01.26)

Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) (1216 – 1221.01.26)

Bishop Hartbert
(1199 – 1216.03.21)

Died:

1216.03.21

Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) (1199 – 1216.03.21)

Bishop Konrad di Querfurt
(1194? – 1198.06)

Died:

1202.12.04

Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) (1194? – 1198.06)

Bishop of Würzburg (Germany) (1198.06 – 1202.12.04)

Bishop Bernone
(1190 – 1194.10.28)

Died:

1194.10.28

Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) (1190 – 1194.10.28)

Bishop Adelog
(1171.06 – 1190.09.20)

Died:

1190.09.20

Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) (1171.06 – 1190.09.20)

Bishop Ermanno
(1162 – 1170.07.10)

Died:

1170.07.10

Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) (1162 – 1170.07.10)

Bishop Brunone
(1153? – 1362.10.18)

Died:

1362.10.18

Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) (1153? – 1362.10.18)

Blessed Bishop Bernardo
(1130? – 1153)

Died:	1153
Feast:	07.20

Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) (1130? – 1153)

Bishop.

Bishop Bertoldo di Alvensleben
(1119.10.31 – 1130.03.14)

Died:

1130.03.14

Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) (1119.10.31 – 1130.03.14)

Bishop Udo di Gleichen-Rheinhausen
(1079 – 1114.10.19)

Died:

1114.10.19

Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) (1079 – 1114.10.19)

Bishop Hezilo
(1054 – 1079.08.05)

Died:

1079.08.05

Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) (1054 – 1079.08.05)

Bishop Azelin
(1044 – 1054.03.08)

Died:

1054.03.08

Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) (1044 – 1054.03.08)

Bishop Dithmar
(1038.08.20 – 1044.11.14)

Died:

1044.11.14

Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) (1038.08.20 – 1044.11.14)

Saint Bishop Gottardo
(1022.12.02 – 1038.05.05)

Died:	1038.05.05
Feast:	05.05

Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) (1022.12.02 – 1038.05.05)

Bishop.

Saint Bishop Bernward von Hildesheim
(993.01.15 – 1022.11.20)

Died:	1022.11.20
Feast:	11.20

Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) (993.01.15 – 1022.11.20)

Bishop.

Bishop Gerdag
(990.01.19 – 992.12.07)

Died:

992.12.07

Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) (990.01.19 – 992.12.07)

Bishop Osdag
(985 – 989.11.08)

Died:

989.11.08

Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) (985 – 989.11.08)

Bishop Otwin
(954 – 984.12.01)

Died:

984.12.01

Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) (954 – 984.12.01)

Bishop Diethard
(928 – 954.09.13)

Died:

954.09.13

Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) (928 – 954.09.13)

Bishop Sehard
(919 – 928.10.10)

Died:

928.10.10

Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) (919 – 928.10.10)

Bishop Valdberto
(909? – 919.11.03)

Died:

919.11.03

Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) (909? – 919.11.03)

Bishop Wigbert
(880 – 903.11.01)

Died:

903.11.01

Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) (880 – 903.11.01)

Bishop Marquard
(874.11 – 880.02.02)

Died:

880.02.02

Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) (874.11 – 880.02.02)

Saint Bishop Alfredo (Altfrido)
(851 – 874.08.15)

Died:	874.08.15
Feast:	08.15

Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) (851 – 874.08.15)

Bishop.

Bishop Ebbone
(847 – 851.03.20)

Died:

851.03.20

Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) (847 – 851.03.20)

Bishop Rimberto
(834 – 835.02.12)

Died:

835.02.12

Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) (834 – 835.02.12)

Bishop Guntari
(815 – 834.07.05)

Died:

834.07.05

Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) (815 – 834.07.05)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Franz Egon von Fürstenberg (1786.07.24 – 1789.01.06)
Coadjutor Bishop: Archbishop-elect Joseph Clemens von Bayern (Joseph-Clément de Bavière) (1694.06.01 – 1702.08.13)
Coadjutor Bishop: Archbishop-elect Maximilian Heinrich von Bayern (Maximilien-Henri de Bavière) (1633.11.23 – 1650.09.13)
Coadjutor Bishop: Archbishop Ferdinand von Bayern (Ferdinand de Bavière) (1611.05.18 – 1612.02.17)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Balthasar von Mecklenburg (1471 – 1474.04.18)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Heinz-Günter Bongartz (69) (2010.12.04 – 2024.09.11)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Nikolaus Schwerdtfeger (76) (1995.06.19 – 2023.10.02)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Hans-Georg Koitz (89) (1992.08.24 – 2010.12.04)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Heinrich Machens (1976.03.24 – 1994.02.11)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Adolf Kindermann (1966.07.11 – 1974.10.23)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Heinrich Pachowiak (1958.05.27 – 1992.08.24)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Johannes Bydolek (1949.09.10 – 1957.10.18)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Karl Friedrich von Wendt (1784.06.25 – 1825.01.21)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Ludwig Hatteisen, O.S.B. (1758.10.02 – 1771.04.03)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Johann Wilhelm Reichsfreiherr von Twickel (1735.06.27 – 1757.09.10)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Ernst Friedrich von Twickel (1724.09.27 – 1734.01.17)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Maximilian Heinrich von Weichs zu Rösberg (1703.10.01 – 1723.09.20)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Friedrich von Tietzen (1677.12.12 – 1696.11.04)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Johann Heinrich von Anethan (1665.07.06 – 1676.11.13)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Adam Adami, O.S.B. (1652.12.16 – 1663.02.19)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Johannes Pelking, O.F.M. Conv. (1619.12.16 – 1642.12.28)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Nikolaus Arresdorf, O.F.M. Conv. (1592.11.23 – 1620.03.28)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Balthasar Fannemann (1540.08.26 – 1561.10.08)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Ludwig von Siegen, O.F.M. (1502.05.20 – 1508.02.13)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Johannes Tideln, O.P. (1477.02.07 – 1501.07.28)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop-elect Johann Anguli Wilkelmann, O.F.M. (1436.11.28 – ?)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Johanns Christiani von Schleppegrell, O.E.S.A. (1428.06.07 – 1468.10.08)

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