Apostolic Vicariate of Nordens, Germany 🇩🇪

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Nordens (Deutsch) / Northern Germany (English) / Upper and Lower Saxony (English) / Germania Settentrionale (Italiano) / Hanover / Germaniæ Septentrionalis (Latin)

Suppressed

History

1709.04.06: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Nordens (Deutsch) / Northern Germany (English) / Upper and Lower Saxony (English) / Germania Settentrionale (Italiano) / Hanover / Germaniæ Septentrionalis (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Nordic Missions)
1780.02.11: Suppressed (to Apostolic Vicariate of Nordic Missions)

Past Ordinaries

Vicars Apostolic of Nordens (Roman Rite)

Bishop Johann Theodor von Franken-Siersdorf
(1760.09.17 – 1779.05.21)

Born:	1720.08.01 (Hildesheim, Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1742.03.05
Consecrated Bishop:	1762.11.21
Died:	1779.05.21 († 58)

Titular Bishop of Samosata (1760.09.17 – 1779.05.21)

Vicar Apostolic of Nordens (Germany) (1760.09.17 – 1779.05.21)

Bishop Johann Wilhelm Reichsfreiherr von Twickel
(1745.12.01 – 1757.09.10)

Born:	1682.07.19 (Havixbeck, Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1717.07.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1735.09.11
Died:	1757.09.10 († 75)

Titular Bishop of Arethusus (1735.06.27 – 1757.09.10)

Auxiliary Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) (1735.06.27 – 1757.09.10)

Vicar Apostolic of Nordens (Germany) (1745.12.01 – 1757.09.10)

Bishop Leopold Heinrich Wilhelm von Schorror
(1730.10.10 – 1745.12.01)

Born:	1701.11.15 (Bonn, Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1728.10.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1728.12.21
Died:	1753.09.09 († 51)

Titular Bishop of Helenopolis (1728.12.15 – 1753.09.09)

Vicar Apostolic of Nordens (Germany) (1730.10.10 – 1745.12.01)

Bishop Agostino Steffani
(1726.05.27 – 1728.02.12)

Born:	1654.07.25 (Castelfranco Veneto, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1680
Consecrated Bishop:	1707.01.02
Died:	1728.02.12 († 73)

Titular Bishop of Pegæ (1706.09.13 – 1728.02.12)

Vicar Apostolic of Nordens (Germany) (1709.04.06 – 1723)

Vicar Apostolic of Nordens (Germany) (1726.05.27 – 1728.02.12)

Bishop Agostino Steffani
(1709.04.06 – 1723)

(see above)

Bishop Ferdinand Reichsfreiherr von Fürstenberg
(1680.09.02 – 1683.06.26)

Born:	1626.10.21 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1659.12.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1661.06.06
Died:	1683.06.26 († 56)

Bishop of Paderborn (Germany) ([1661.04.20] 1661.05.30 – 1683.06.26)

Coadjutor Bishop of Münster (Germany) ([1667.07.19] 1668.04.20 – 1678.09.19)

Bishop of Münster (Germany) (1678.09.19 – 1683.06.26)

Vicar Apostolic of Nordens (Germany) (1680.09.02 – 1683.06.26)

Former Apostolic Vicariate of

Nordens

Germany

History

Past Ordinaries