Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Paderborn
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Metropolitan Archdiocese of Paderborn Archidioecesis Metropolitae Paderbornensis Metropolitanerzbistum Paderborn | |
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St. Liborius | |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Archbishop | Mons. Dr. Udo Marcus Bentz |
Auxiliary Bishops | Matthias König, Dominicus Meier OSB, Josef Holtkotte |
Bishops emeritus | |
Map | |
Website | |
erzbistum-paderborn.de |
The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Paderborn (
Bishopric of Paderborn (German: Fürstbistum Paderborn) was also a state of the Holy Roman Empire
.
History
The diocese of Paderborn was founded in 799 by
Waldeck, and nearly half of the County of Ravensberg
.
History of the bishopric
Restoration and later history
While the bishopric as a state had been permanently dissolved in 1802, the Diocese of Paderborn, originally
Diocese of Fulda, and two small areas to the Archdiocese of Cologne. The dioceses of Hildesheim
and Fulda were made its suffragans.
When the
Diocese of Essen
was created in 1958, Paderborn lost a significant portion of its district to it.
In the 1980s the Campingkirche was founded.
In 1994 Paderborn lost the part of its district located in the former
Archdiocese of Hamburg
.
In the 1990s, the conflict between the Archdiocese and renegade priest Eugen Drewermann made headlines.
The current archbishop is Hans-Josef Becker.
In April 2008 pope Benedict XVI. announced Hubert Berenbrinker as a new auxiliary bishop.
Ordinaries
Bishops to 1321
Image | Name | from | to | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Hathumar | 806 | 815 | ||
Badurad | 815 | 862 | ||
Luithard | 862 | 887 | ||
Biso | 887 | 900 | ||
Theoderic I | 900 | 917 | ||
Unwan | 918 | 935 | ||
Dudo | 935 | 959 | ||
Volkmar | 959 | 983 | ||
Rethar | 983 | 1009 | ||
Meinwerk | 1009 | 1036 | Immedinger
| |
Rotho | 1036 | 1051 | ||
Imad | 1051 | 1076 | Billunger
| |
Poppo | 1076 | 1083 | ||
Henry I | 1083 | 1090 | ||
Henry II | 1084 | 1127 | ||
Bernard I | 1127 | 1160 | ||
Evergis | 1160 | 1178 | ||
Siegfried | 1178 | 1188 | von Hallermund? | |
Bernard II | 1188 | 1203 | ||
Bernard III | 1204 | 1223 | ||
Thomas Olivier | 1223 | 1225 | ||
Wilbrand von Oldenburg
|
1225 | 1228 | ||
Bernard IV | 1228 | 1247 | ||
Simon I | 1247 | 1277 | ||
Otto von Rietberg | 1277 | 1307 | ||
Günther I | 1307 | 1310 | ||
Dietrich II | 1310 | 1321 |
Prince-Bishops (1321 to 1802)
Archbishops
- Franz Egon Freiherr von Fürstenberg † (6 Jan 1789 Succeeded – 1802 Promoted to Archbishop)
Bishops
- Franz Egon Freiherr von Fürstenberg † (1821 Demoted to Bishop – 11 Aug 1825 Died)
- Friedrich Klemens Freiherr von Ledebur † (10 Nov 1825 Appointed – 30 Aug 1841 Died)
- Richard Kornelius Dammers † (27 Nov 1841 Appointed – 11 Oct 1844 Died)
- Johann Franz Drepper † (11 Jan 1845 Appointed – 5 Nov 1855 Died)
- Konrad Martin † (29 Jan 1856 Appointed – 16 Jul 1879 Died)
- Franz Kaspar Drobe † (24 Mar 1882 Appointed – 7 Mar 1891 Died)
- Hubert Theophil Simar † (25 Jun 1891 Appointed – 24 Oct 1899 Appointed, Archbishop of Köln {Cologne})
- Wilhelm Schneider † (10 May 1900 Appointed – 31 Aug 1909 Died)
- Karl Joseph Schulte † (30 Nov 1909 Appointed – 8 Mar 1920 Appointed, Archbishop of Köln {Cologne})
- Caspar Klein † (30 Apr 1920 Appointed)
Archbishops
- Caspar Klein (1930 Promoted to archbishop – 26 January 1941 Died)
- Lorenz Jaeger (29 May 1941 Appointed – 30 June 1973 Retired)
- Johannes Joachim Degenhardt (15 March 1974 Appointed – 25 July 2002 Died)
- Hans-Josef Becker (3 July 2003 – 1 October 2022)
Auxiliary bishops
Diocese (to 1802)
- Johannes Fabri, O.F.M. (1437–1458)[3][4]
- Johannes Schulte, O.S.A. (1455–1466)[5]
- Heinrich Vuyst (Wust), O.F.M. (1462–1468)[6][7]
- Johannes Ymminck, O.S.A. (1469–1493)[8]
- Johann Welmecher, O.F.M. (1481–1505)
- Albert Engel (bishop), O.F.M. (1493–1500)[9]
- Johannes Schneider (bishop), O.F.M. (1507–1551)[10][11]
- O.F.M. Conv.(1592–1620)
- O.F.M. Conv.(1619–1642)
- Bernhard Frick (1644–1655)
- Pantaleon Bruns, O.S.B.(1721–1727)
- Winimar Knippschild, O.S.B.(1729–1732)
- Meinwerk Kaup, O.S.B.(1733–1745)
- Johann Christoph von Crass (1746–1751)
- Franz Josef von Gondola, O.S.B.(1752–1761)
Diocese (1821–1830)
- Richard Kornelius Dammers (1824–1842) Appointed, Bishop of Paderborn
Archdiocese (1830–present)
- Anton Ferdinand Holtgreven (1843–1848)
- Joseph Freusberg (1854–1889)
- Augustinus Göckel (1890–1912)
- Heinrich Hähling von Lanzenauer (1912–1925)
- Johannes Hillebrand (1926–1931)
- Augustinus Philipp Baumann (1932–1953)
- Wilhelm Weskamm (1949–1951)
- Friedrich Maria Heinrich Rintelen (1951–1970)
- Franz Hengsbach (1953–1957)
- Wilhelm Tuschen (1958–1961)
- Paul Heinrich Nordhues (1961–1990)
- Johannes Joachim Degenhardt (1968–1974) Appointed, Archbishop of Paderborn
- Hans-Georg (Johannes) Braun (1970–1973)
- Paul Josef Cordes (1975–1975)
- Paul-Werner Scheele (1975–1979)
- Hubert Berenbrinker (1977–2008)
- Hans Leo Drewes (1980–1997)
- Paul Consbruch (1980–1999)
- Franz-Josef Hermann Bode (1991–1995)
- Heinz Josef Algermissen (1996–2001)
- Reinhard Marx (1996–2001)
- Hans-Josef Becker (1999–2003) Appointed, Archbishop of Paderborn
- Karl-Heinz Wiesemann (2002–2007)
- Manfred Grothe (2004–2015)
- Matthias König (2004– )
- Hubert Berenbrinker (2008-2020)
- Dominicus (Michael) Meier, O.S.B.(2015– )
Structure
The archdiocese is allocated in 19 districts (Dekanate).[citation needed]
References
- ^ "Archdiocese of Paderborn" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
- ^ "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Paderborn" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
- ^ "Bishop Johannes Fabri, O.F.M." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 29, 2016
- ^ "Bishop Johannes Fabri, O.F.M." GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
- ^ "Bishop Johannes Schulte, O.S.A." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 29, 2016
- ^ "Bishop Heinrich Vuyst (Wust), O.F.M." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved October 7, 2016
- ^ "Bishop Heinrich Vuyst, O.F.M." GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved October 7, 2016
- ^ "Bishop Johannes Ymminck, O.S.A." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 29, 2016
- ^ "Bishop Albert Engel, O.F.M." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved September 5, 2016
- ^ "Bishop Johannes Schneider, O.F.M." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved September 5, 2016
- ^ "Bishop Johannes Schneider" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved September 5, 2016
External links
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Paderborn". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
- Official website of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Paderborn, erzbistum-paderborn.de. Accessed 31 March 2024. (in German).