Former Apostolic Vicariate of

Nordic Missions

Germany Germany

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Continent: West Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Apostolic Vicariate Apostolic Vicariate

Name: Nordic Missions (English) / Lower Saxony (English)

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History

Past Ordinaries

Vicars Apostolic of Nordic Missions (Roman Rite)

Bishop Franz Egon von Fürstenberg
(1789.05.29 – 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
(1775 – 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)

Bishop Franz Josef Graf von Gondola, O.S.B.
(1761 – 1774.03.05)

Born:1711.12.16 (Austria)
Ordained Priest:1735.06.01
Consecrated Bishop:1752.07.02
Died:1774.03.05 († 62)

Titular Bishop of Tempe (1752.01.15 – 1774.03.05)

Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn (Germany) (1752.01.15 – 1774.03.05)

Vicar Apostolic of Nordic Missions (Germany) (1761 – 1774.03.05)

Bishop Johann Friedrich Adolf von Hörde zu Schönholthausen
(1722.12.15 – 1761.08.03)

Born:1688.12.05 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:1714.03.14
Consecrated Bishop:1723.07.04
Died:1761.08.03 († 72)

Vicar Apostolic of Nordic Missions (Germany) (1722.12.15 – 1761.08.03)

Auxiliary Bishop of Osnabrück (Germany) (1723 – 1761.08.03)

Titular Bishop of Flavias (1723.03.15 – 1761.08.03)

Bishop Hyacinth Petit, O. Carm.
(1718.02.11 – 1719.07.26)

Born:1680.01.24
Ordained Priest:1704.03.08
Consecrated Bishop:1718.02.12
Died:1719.07.26 († 39)

Titular Bishop of Heliopolis in Augustamnica (1718.02.11 – 1719.07.26)

Auxiliary Bishop of Osnabrück (Germany) (1718.02.11 – 1719.07.26)

Vicar Apostolic of Nordic Missions (Germany) (1718.02.11 – 1719.07.26)

Bishop Johann Hugo von Gärtz
(1715.02.15 – 1716.12.25)

Born:1684.08.15 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:1709.02.23
Consecrated Bishop:1715.03.31
Died:1716.12.25 († 32)

Titular Bishop of Dorylæum (1715.02.07 – 1716.12.25)

Auxiliary Bishop of Osnabrück (Germany) (1715.02.07 – 1716.12.25)

Vicar Apostolic of Nordic Missions (Germany) (1715.02.15 – 1716.12.25)

Bishop Otto Wilhelm Reichsgraf von Bronckhorst zu Gronsfeld, S.J.
(1702.10.13 – 1713.04.05)

Born:1640.06.12 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:1671
Consecrated Bishop:1693.04.24
Died:1713.04.05 († 72)

Titular Bishop of Columbica (1693.01.02 – 1713.04.05)

Auxiliary Bishop of Osnabrück (Germany) (1693.01.02 – 1713.04.05)

Vicar Apostolic of Nordic Missions (Germany) (1702.10.13 – 1713.04.05)

Bishop Jobst Edmund von Brabeck
(1697.05.10 – 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)

Bishop Friedrich von Tietzen
(1687.08.04 – 1696.11.04)

Born:1626 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:1669
Died:1696.11.04 († 69)

Titular Bishop of Ioppe (1677.12.12 – 1696.11.04)

Auxiliary Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) (1677.12.12 – 1696.11.04)

Vicar Apostolic of Nordic Missions (Germany) (1687.08.04 – 1696.11.04)

Blessed Bishop Niels Stensen
(1677.08.21 – 1686.12.05)

Deo et animis servire

Born:1638.01.11 (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Ordained Priest:1675.04.13
Consecrated Bishop:1677.09.19
Died:1686.12.05 (Schwerin, Germany † 48)
Beatified:1988.10.23
Feast:12.05

Titular Bishop of Titopolis (1677.08.21 – 1686.12.05)

Vicar Apostolic of Nordic Missions (Germany) (1677.08.21 – 1686.12.05)

Auxiliary Bishop of Münster (Germany) (1680 – 1683)

Bishop.

Bishop Valerio Maccioni
(1667.04.28 – 1676.09.05)

Born:1622 (San Marino)
Consecrated Bishop:1669.04.21
Died:1676.09.05 († 53)

Vicar Apostolic of Nordic Missions (Germany) (1667.04.28 – 1676.09.05)

Titular Bishop of Marocco (1668.09.17 – 1676.09.05)

Vicars Apostolic of Bremen (Roman Rite)

Cardinal Franz Wilhelm von Wartenberg
(1645.05.04 – 1661.12.01)

Born:1593.03.01 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:1636.11.29
Consecrated Bishop:1636.12.08
Created Cardinal:1660.04.05
Died:1661.12.01 († 68)

Bishop of Osnabrück (Germany) ([1625.10.27] 1627.01.27 – 1661.12.01)

Bishop of Verden (Germany) (1630.06.26 – 1631)

Bishop of Minden (Germany) (1633 – 1648)

Coadjutor Bishop of Regensburg (Germany) ([1642.11.09] 1642.12.15 – 1649.04.12)

Vicar Apostolic of Bremen (Germany) (1645.05.04 – 1661.12.01)

Bishop of Regensburg (Germany) (1649.04.12 – 1661.12.01)

Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned (1660.04.05 – 1661.12.01)

Bishops of Bremen (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Adalberto di Brema
(1043.07.15 – 1072.03.16)

Died:1072.03.16

Metropolitan Archbishop of Hamburg–Bremen (Germany) (1043.07.15 – 1072.03.16)

Bishop of Bremen (Germany) (1043.07.15 – 1072.03.16)

Archbishop Adalbrand
(1035.12.21 – 1043.04.15)

Died:1043.04.15

Metropolitan Archbishop of Hamburg (Germany) (1035.12.21 – 1043.04.15)

Bishop of Bremen (Germany) (1035.12.21 – 1043.04.15)

Archbishop Hermann
(1032.09.28 – 1035.09.19)

Died:1035.09.19

Metropolitan Archbishop of Hamburg (Germany) (1032.09.28 – 1035.09.19)

Bishop of Bremen (Germany) (1032.09.28 – 1035.09.19)

Archbishop Libentius
(1029 – 1032.08.25)

Died:1032.08.25

Metropolitan Archbishop of Hamburg (Germany) (1029 – 1032.08.25)

Bishop of Bremen (Germany) (1029 – 1032.08.25)

Archbishop Unwan
(1013 – 1029.01.28)

Died:1029.01.28

Metropolitan Archbishop of Hamburg (Germany) (1013 – 1029.01.28)

Bishop of Bremen (Germany) (1013 – 1029.01.28)

Archbishop Libentius
(988 – 1013.02.14)

Died:1013.02.14

Metropolitan Archbishop of Hamburg (Germany) (988 – 1013.02.14)

Bishop of Bremen (Germany) (988 – 1013.02.14)

Saint Archbishop Adaldago, O.S.B.
(936 – 988.04.28)

Died:988.04.28

Metropolitan Archbishop of Hamburg (Germany) (936 – 988.04.28)

Bishop of Bremen (Germany) (936 – 988.04.28)

Archbishop and religious of Benedictine Confederation of the Order of Saint Benedict (Benedictines).

Archbishop Unni
(917 – 936.09.17)

Died:936.09.17

Metropolitan Archbishop of Hamburg (Germany) (917 – 936.09.17)

Bishop of Bremen (Germany) (917 – 936.09.17)

Archbishop Reginwart
(915? – 917.10.01)

Died:917.10.01

Metropolitan Archbishop of Hamburg (Germany) (915? – 917.10.01)

Bishop of Bremen (Germany) (915? – 917.10.01)

Archbishop Hoger
(909 – 915.12.20)

Died:915.12.20

Metropolitan Archbishop of Hamburg (Germany) (909 – 915.12.20)

Bishop of Bremen (Germany) (909 – 915.12.20)

Saint Archbishop Adalgar
(888 – 909.05.09)

Died:909.05.09

Metropolitan Archbishop of Hamburg (Germany) (888 – 909.05.09)

Bishop of Bremen (Germany) (888 – 909.05.09)

Archbishop.

Saint Archbishop Rimberto
(865 – 888.06.11)

Died:888.06.11
Feast:06.11

Metropolitan Archbishop of Hamburg (Germany) (865 – 888.06.11)

Bishop of Bremen (Germany) (865 – 888.06.11)

Archbishop.

Saint Archbishop Ansgario (Ansgar), O.S.B.
(848 – 865.02.03)

Born:801.09.08 (Corbie, France)
Died:865.02.03 (Bremen, Germany † 63)
Feast:02.03

Metropolitan Archbishop of Hamburg (Germany) (834 – 865.02.03)

Bishop of Bremen (Germany) (848 – 865.02.03)

Archbishop and religious of Benedictine Confederation of the Order of Saint Benedict (Benedictines).

Bishop Leuderich
(837 – 845.08.24)

Died:845.08.24

Bishop of Bremen (Germany) (837 – 845.08.24)

Saint Bishop Willerich
(789 – 837.05.04)

Died:837.05.04

Bishop of Bremen (Germany) (789 – 837.05.04)

Bishop.

Saint Bishop Willehad
(788.07.14 – 789.11.08)

Born:735? (Northumbria, England)
Died:789.11.08 (Blexen, Germany † 53)
Feast:11.08

Bishop of Bremen (Germany) (788.07.14 – 789.11.08)

Bishop.

Former Prelates

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