Deutsche Bischofskonferenz

Conference of Bishops

Also known as: German Episcopal Conference (English)

Country: Germany

Address: Kaiserstr. 161, D-53113 Bonn, Germany

Phone: (0228) 103.214

Websites:

1966: Established as Deutsche Bischofskonferenz (Deutsch) / German Episcopal Conference (English)

President (2026.02.24 – ...):	Bishop Heiner Wilmer, S.C.I. (65) Bishop of Münster (Germany)
Vice-President (2023.09.26 – ...):	Bishop Michael Gerber (56) Bishop of Fulda (Germany)
General Secretary (2021.07.01 – ...):	Ms. Beate Gilles (56)

President: Bishop Georg Bätzing (65) (2020.03.03 – 2026.02.24)
President: Cardinal Reinhard Marx (72) (2014.03.12 – 2020.03.03)
President: Archbishop Robert Zollitsch (88) (2008.02.18 – 2014.03.12)
President: Cardinal Karl Lehmann (1987 – 2008.02.18)
President: Cardinal Joseph Höffner (1976 – 1987.10.16)
President: Cardinal Julius Döpfner (1966 – 1976)
President: Cardinal Joseph Frings (1958 – 1966)
Vice-President: Bishop Franz-Josef Hermann Bode (75) (2017.09.26 – 2023.03.25)
Vice-President: Bishop Norbert Trelle (83) (2011.10.05 – 2017.09.26)
Vice-President: Bishop Heinrich Mussinghoff (85) (1999.09.21 – 2011.10.05)
Vice-President: Bishop Karl Lehmann (later Cardinal) (1985 – 1987)
General Secretary: Fr. Hans Langendörfer, S.J. (1996.02.27 – 2021.07.01)
General Secretary: Fr. Wilhelm Schätzler (1983 – 1996)
General Secretary: Msgr. Josef Homeyer (later Bishop) (1972 – 1983.08.25)
General Secretary: Msgr. Karl Forster (1966 – 1971)

Last updated on 2026.09.04