Bishops of Germany
by Liturgical Precedence
Bishops of Germanyby Liturgical Precedence | |
| Date of Consecration  | Bishop Ordinaries of Germany (106) |
| 1968.06.29 (1985.05.25) |  Cardinal Friedrich Wetter (96), Cardinal-Priest of S. Stefano al Monte Celio and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of München und Freising (Germany) |
| 1989.06.17 (2001.02.21) | Cardinal Walter Kasper (91), Cardinal-Priest of Ognissanti in Via Appia Nuova pro hac vice Title, Bishop emeritus of Rottenburg–Stuttgart (Germany), President emeritus of Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity and President emeritus of Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews |
| 1996.09.21 (2010.11.20) |  Cardinal Reinhard Marx (71), Cardinal-Priest of S. Corbiniano, Metropolitan Archbishop of München und Freising (Germany) and Coordinator of Council for the Economy |
| 2010.11.13 (2010.11.20) |  Cardinal Walter Brandmüller (95), Cardinal-Priest of S. Giuliano dei Fiamminghi pro hac vice Title and President emeritus of Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences |
| 2003.03.30 (2012.02.18) | Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki (68), Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni Maria Vianney and Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) |
| 2002.11.24 (2014.02.22) | Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller (76), Cardinal-Priest of S. Agnese in Agone pro hac vice Title, Bishop emeritus of Regensburg (Germany), Prefect emeritus of Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, President emeritus of Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei”, President emeritus of Pontifical Biblical Commission and former President of International Theological Commission |
| 1984.06.16 (1995.03.25) |  Archbishop Karl Heinrich Braun (93), Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Bamberg (Germany) |
| 1998.07.12 (2002.06.28) | Archbishop Ludwig Schick (75), Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Bamberg (Germany) |
| 1999.05.24 (2002.11.22) | Archbishop Werner Thissen (86), Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Hamburg (Germany) |
| 2003.07.20 (2003.06.16) | Archbishop Robert Zollitsch (86), Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany) |
| 2000.01.23 (2003.07.03) | Archbishop Hans-Josef Becker (76), Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Paderborn (Germany) |
| 2008.11.16 (2008.09.08) |  Archbishop Martin Krebs (68), Titular Archbishop of Taborenta, Apostolic Nuncio to Monaco, Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland and Apostolic Nuncio to Liechtenstein |
| 2013.01.06 (2012.12.07) | Archbishop Georg Gänswein (68), Titular Archbishop of Urbisaglia, Apostolic Nuncio to Lithuania, Apostolic Nuncio to Latvia and Apostolic Nuncio to Estonia |
| 2014.06.29 (2014.05.30) | Archbishop Stephan Burger (62), Metropolitan Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany) |
| 2015.03.14 (2015.01.26) | Archbishop Stefan Heße (58), Metropolitan Archbishop of Hamburg (Germany) |
| 2006.05.07 (2015.06.08) | Archbishop Heiner Koch (70), Metropolitan Archbishop of Berlin (Germany) |
| 2014.03.15 (2023.12.09) | Archbishop Herwig Gössl (57), Metropolitan Archbishop of Bamberg (Germany) |
| 2015.09.20 (2023.12.09) | Archbishop Udo Markus Bentz (57), Metropolitan Archbishop of Paderborn (Germany) |
| 1970.04.11 |  Bishop Ernst Franz Gerd Werner Dicke (96), Titular Bishop of Iria Flavia and Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Aachen (Germany) |
| 1977.10.23 | Bishop Gerhard Pieschl (90), Titular Bishop of Miseno and Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Limburg (Germany) |
| 1979.02.18 | Bishop Theodor Kettmann (86), Titular Bishop of Busiris and Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Osnabrück (Germany) |
| 1980.11.26 |  Bishop Joachim Wanke (83), Bishop emeritus of Erfurt (Germany) |
| 1981.07.05 | Bishop Paul Friedrich Wehrle (84), Titular Bishop of Nova Germania and Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany) |
| 1983.04.27 | Bishop Bernhard Franz Kühnel Langer, M.S.C. (97), Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Caravelí (Peru) |
| 1988.02.20 | Bishop Joachim Friedrich Reinelt (88), Bishop emeritus of Dresden–Meißen (Germany) |
| 1990.03.24 | Bishop Leopold Nowak (95), Bishop emeritus of Magdeburg (Germany) |
| 1991.08.31 | Bishop Johannes Kreidler (78), Titular Bishop of Edistiana and Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Rottenburg–Stuttgart (Germany) |
| 1991.09.01 | Bishop Franz-Josef Hermann Bode (73), Bishop emeritus of Osnabrück (Germany) and former Vice-President of German Episcopal Conference |
| 1992.05.01 | Bishop Norbert Trelle (82), Bishop emeritus of Hildesheim (Germany) |
| 1992.09.13 | Bishop Friedhelm Hofmann (82), Bishop emeritus of Würzburg (Germany) |
| 1992.10.25 | Bishop Hans-Georg Koitz (89), Titular Bishop of Cantanus and Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Hildesheim (Germany) |
| 1994.06.29 | Bishop Bernhard Haßlberger (78), Titular Bishop of Octaba and Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of München und Freising (Germany) |
| 1995.02.11 | Bishop Heinrich Mussinghoff (84), Bishop emeritus of Aachen (Germany) |
| 1995.03.18 | Bishop Josef Grünwald (88), Titular Bishop of Fronta and Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Augsburg (Germany) |
| 1995.03.25 |  Bishop Otto Georgens (74), Titular Bishop of Gubaliana and Auxiliary Bishop of Speyer (Germany) |
| 1995.09.23 | Bishop Nikolaus Schwerdtfeger (76), Titular Bishop of Fussala and Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Hildesheim (Germany) |
| 1996.03.23 | Bishop Walter Mixa (83), Bishop emeritus of Augsburg (Germany) and Military Ordinary emeritus of Germany (Germany) |
| 1996.09.21 | Bishop Heinz Josef Algermissen (81), Bishop emeritus of Fulda (Germany) |
| 1997.06.22 | Bishop Thomas Maria Renz (67), Titular Bishop of Rucuma and Auxiliary Bishop of Rottenburg–Stuttgart (Germany) |
| 1999.05.30 |  Bishop Felix Genn (74), Bishop of Münster (Germany) |
| 1999.09.11 | Bishop Gerhard Feige (73), Bishop of Magdeburg (Germany) |
| 2000.06.29 | Bishop Rainer Klug (85), Titular Bishop of Ala miliaria and Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany) |
| 2000.07.16 | Bishop Anton Losinger (67), Titular Bishop of Vazi-Sarra and Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg (Germany) |
| 2000.09.17 | Bishop Gebhard Fürst (76), Bishop emeritus of Rottenburg–Stuttgart (Germany) |
| 2001.02.03 | Bishop Petro Kryk (Piotr) (79), Titular Bishop of Castra Martis and Apostolic Exarch emeritus of Germany and Scandinavia of the Ukrainians (Germany) |
| 2001.09.02 | Bishop Heinrich Timmerevers (72), Bishop of Dresden–Meißen (Germany) |
| 2002.09.08 | Bishop Karl-Heinz Wiesemann (64), Bishop of Speyer (Germany) |
| 2003.04.21 | Bishop Ulrich Neymeyr (67), Bishop of Erfurt (Germany) |
| 2004.01.06 | Bishop Josef Clemens (77), Titular Bishop of Segermes and Secretary emeritus of Pontifical Council for the Laity |
| 2004.01.17 | Bishop Karl Borsch (65), Titular Bishop of Crepedula and Auxiliary Bishop of Aachen (Germany) |
| 2004.01.18 | Bishop Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst (65), Delegate for catechesis of Dicastery for Evangelisation, Delegate of International Council for Catechesis and Bishop emeritus of Limburg (Germany) |
| 2004.02.08 | Bishop Robert Brahm (69), Titular Bishop of Mimiana and Auxiliary Bishop of Trier (Germany) |
| 2004.02.08 | Bishop Jörg Michael Peters (64), Titular Bishop of Fordongianus and Auxiliary Bishop of Trier (Germany) |
| 2004.09.26 | Bishop Karlheinz Diez (70), Titular Bishop of Villa regis and Auxiliary Bishop of Fulda (Germany) |
| 2004.12.05 | Bishop Manfred Grothe (85), Titular Bishop of Hippo Diarrhytus and Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Paderborn (Germany) |
| 2004.12.05 | Bishop Matthias König (65), Titular Bishop of Elicroca and Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn (Germany) |
| 2005.11.26 | Bishop Reinhard Hauke (71), Titular Bishop of Flumenpiscense and Auxiliary Bishop of Erfurt (Germany) |
| 2006.02.15 | Bishop Bohdan Dzyurakh, C.SS.R. (57), Apostolic Exarch of Germany and Scandinavia of the Ukrainians (Germany) and Titular Bishop of Vagada |
| 2006.05.14 | Bishop Stephan Ackermann (61), Bishop of Trier (Germany) |
| 2006.05.20 | Bishop Johannes Bündgens (68), Titular Bishop of Ardcarne and Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Aachen (Germany) |
| 2006.12.02 | Bishop Gregor Maria Franz Hanke, O.S.B. (70), Bishop of Eichstätt (Germany) |
| 2007.03.25 | Bishop Reinhard Pappenberger (66), Titular Bishop of Aptuca and Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg (Germany) |
| 2007.06.23 | Bishop Konrad Zdarsa (80), Bishop emeritus of Augsburg (Germany) |
| 2007.09.01 | Bishop Franz-Josef Overbeck (60), Bishop of Essen (Germany) and Military Ordinary of Germany (Germany) |
| 2008.06.15 | Bishop Hubert Berenbrinker (74), Titular Bishop of Panatoria and Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Paderborn (Germany) |
| 2008.09.19 | Bishop Ludger Schepers (71), Titular Bishop of Neapolis in Proconsulari and Auxiliary Bishop of Essen (Germany) |
| 2009.01.25 | Bishop Ulrich Boom (77), Titular Bishop of Sullectum and Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Würzburg (Germany) |
| 2009.04.19 | Bishop Matthias Heinrich (70), Titular Bishop of Thibaris and Auxiliary Bishop of Berlin (Germany) |
| 2009.08.30 | Bishop Thomas Löhr (72), Titular Bishop of Diana and Auxiliary Bishop of Limburg (Germany) |
| 2010.02.28 | Bishop Wolfgang Bischof (64), Titular Bishop of Nebbi and Auxiliary Bishop of München und Freising (Germany) |
| 2010.08.29 | Bishop Dieter Geerlings (77), Titular Bishop of Tacapæ and Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Münster (Germany) |
| 2010.08.29 | Bishop Christoph Hegge (62), Titular Bishop of Sicilibba and Auxiliary Bishop of Münster (Germany) |
| 2010.08.29 | Bishop Wilfried Theising (62), Titular Bishop of Mina and Auxiliary Bishop of Münster (Germany) |
| 2011.02.13 | Bishop Stefan Zekorn (65), Titular Bishop of Aquæ Albæ in Mauretania and Auxiliary Bishop of Münster (Germany) |
| 2011.02.26 | Bishop Heinz-Günter Bongartz (69), Titular Bishop of Bonusta and Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Hildesheim (Germany) |
| 2011.06.05 | Bishop Helmut Karl Dieser (62), Bishop of Aachen (Germany) |
| 2011.08.28 | Bishop Wolfgang Ipolt (70), Bishop of Görlitz (Germany) |
| 2012.03.25 | Bishop Dominik Schwaderlapp (57), Titular Bishop of Frigento and Auxiliary Bishop of Köln (Germany) |
| 2012.07.28 | Bishop Florian Wörner (54), Titular Bishop of Hierpiniana and Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg (Germany) |
| 2012.08.30 | Bishop Maroun-Nasser Gemayel (73), Bishop emeritus of Notre-Dame du Liban de Paris of the Maronites (France) and former Apostolic Visitator in Western and Northern Europe of the Maronites |
| 2013.01.26 | Bishop Rudolf Voderholzer (65), Bishop of Regensburg (Germany) |
| 2013.09.01 | Bishop Johannes Wübbe (58), Titular Bishop of Roscrea and Auxiliary Bishop of Osnabrück (Germany) |
| 2013.09.08 | Bishop Michael Gerber (54), Bishop of Fulda (Germany) and Vice-President of German Episcopal Conference |
| 2013.09.21 | Bishop Ansgar Puff (68), Titular Bishop of Gordus and Auxiliary Bishop of Köln (Germany) |
| 2014.05.24 | Bishop Stefan Oster, S.D.B. (59), Bishop of Passau (Germany) |
| 2014.06.29 | Bishop Wilhelm Zimmermann (76), Titular Bishop of Benda and Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Essen (Germany) |
| 2015.06.07 | Bishop Josef Graf (67), Titular Bishop of Inis Cathaig and Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg (Germany) |
| 2015.09.27 | Bishop Dominicus Meier, O.S.B. (65), Bishop of Osnabrück (Germany) |
| 2016.01.10 | Bishop Rolf Steinhäuser (72), Titular Bishop of Thuburnica and Auxiliary Bishop of Köln (Germany) |
| 2016.09.18 | Bishop Georg Bätzing (63), Bishop of Limburg (Germany) and President of German Episcopal Conference |
| 2016.12.10 | Bishop Rupert Graf zu Stolberg (54), Titular Bishop of Sassura and Auxiliary Bishop of München und Freising (Germany) |
| 2017.03.25 | Bishop Horst Eberlein (74), Titular Bishop of Tisedi and Auxiliary Bishop of Hamburg (Germany) |
| 2017.05.28 | Bishop Matthäus Karrer (56), Titular Bishop of Tunnuna and Auxiliary Bishop of Rottenburg–Stuttgart (Germany) |
| 2017.07.08 | Bishop Rolf Lohmann (61), Titular Bishop of Gor and Auxiliary Bishop of Münster (Germany) |
| 2017.08.27 | Bishop Peter Kohlgraf (57), Bishop of Mainz (Germany) |
| 2017.09.03 | Bishop Franz Josef Gebert (75), Titular Bishop of Vegesela in Byzacena and Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Trier (Germany) |
| 2018.04.15 | Bishop Peter Birkhofer (60), Titular Bishop of Villamagna in Tripolitana and Auxiliary Bishop of Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany) |
| 2018.06.10 | Bishop Franz Jung (58), Bishop of Würzburg (Germany) |
| 2018.09.01 | Bishop Heiner Wilmer, S.C.I. (63), Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) |
| 2019.06.30 | Bishop Christian Würtz (53), Titular Bishop of Germania in Dacia and Auxiliary Bishop of Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany) |
| 2019.07.13 | Bishop Gerhard Schneider (55), Titular Bishop of Abbir Germaniciana and Auxiliary Bishop of Rottenburg–Stuttgart (Germany) |
| 2020.06.06 | Bishop Bertram Johannes Meier (64), Bishop of Augsburg (Germany) |
| 2021.09.26 | Bishop Josef Holtkotte (61), Titular Bishop of Simingi and Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn (Germany) |
| 2024.05.09 | Bishop Paul Reder (53), Titular Bishop of Pićan and Auxiliary Bishop of Würzburg (Germany) |
| 2024.12.01 | Bishop Klaus Krämer (60), Bishop of Rottenburg–Stuttgart (Germany) |
| 2025.02.02 | Bishop-elect Andreas Geßmann (55), Titular Bishop of Castro di Sardegna and Auxiliary Bishop of Essen (Germany) |
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