Diocese of Hildesheim

DIOCESE OF HILDESHEIM (Dioecesis Hildesiensis)

Country : Germany
Denomination : Roman Catholic

Established : 800

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The arms in the Wapen- en Vlaggenboek van Gerrit Hesman (1708)

Arms of Bishops

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  Bernhard von Braunschweig-Lüneburg (1452-1458)

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  Ernst von Schauenburg (1458-1471)

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  Henning vom Haus (1471-1481)

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  Berthold von Landsberg (1481-1502)

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  Erich von Sachsen-Lauenburg (1502-1503)

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  Johannes von Sachsen-Lauenburg (1503-1527)

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  Balthasar Merklin (1527-1531)

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  Otto von Schauenburg (1531-1537)

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  Valentin von Teutleben (1537-1551)

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  Friedrich von Dänemark (1551-1556)

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  Burchard von Oberg (1557-1573)

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  Ernst von Bayern (1573-1612)

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  Ferdinand von Bayern (1612-1650)

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  Maximilian Heinrich von Bayern (1650-1688)

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  Jobst Edmund von Brabeck (1688-1702)

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  Joseph Clemens von Bayern (1702-1723)

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  Clemens August von Bayern (1724-1761)

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  Friedrich Wilhelm von Westphalen (1763-1789)

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  Franz Egon von Fürstenberg (1789-1825)

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  Karl von Gruben (1825-1827)

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  Godehard Joseph Osthaus (1829-1835)

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  Franz Ferdinand Fritz (1836-1840)

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  Jakob Joseph Wandt (1842-1849)

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  Eduard Jakob Wedekin (1850-1870)

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  Daniel Wilhelm Sommerwerck (1871-1905)

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  Adolf Bertram (1906-1914)

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  Joseph Ernst (1915-1928)

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  Nikolaus Bares (1929-1933)

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  Joseph Godehard Machens (1934-1956)

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  Heinrich Maria Janssen (1957-1983)

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  Josef Homeyer (1983-2004)

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  Norbert Trelle (2005-2017)

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  Heiner Wilmer (2018-present)

Arms of Auxiliary Bishops

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  Balthasar Fannemann (1540-1561)

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  Nikolaus Arresdorf (1592-1620)

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  Johannes Pelcking (1619-1642)

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  Adam Adami (1652-1663)

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  Bernhard Frick (1645-1655)

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  Johann Heinrich von Anethan (1655-1680)

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  Friedrich von Tietzen (1677-1696)

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  Maximilian Heinrich von Weichs zu Rösberg (1703-1723)

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  Ernst Friedrich von Twickel (1724-1734)

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  Johann Wilhelm von Twickel (1735-1757)

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  Ludwig Hatteisen (1758-1771)

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  Carl Friedrich von Wendt (1784-1825)

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  Johannes Bydolek (1949-1957)

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  Heinrich Pachowiak (1958-1992)

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  Adolf Kindermann (1966-1974)

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  Heinrich Machens (1976-1994)

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  Hans-Georg Koitz (1992-2010)

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  Nikolaus Schwerdtfeger (1995-present)

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  Heinz-Günter Bongartz (2010-present)

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