Chronology of Catholic Dioceses:Germany - second draft

See a list of abbreviations used in this list. See also our listing of current ecclesial jurisdictions.

This is the first draft of the chronology of ecclesial jurisdictions of Germany. There are several gaps here. Please send advice about improvements to Claes.Tande@katolsk.no

(*) The year of the first known Bishop of a diocese. Legend often dates the beginnings of the diocese to a much earlier date.

~313*
Köln - Germany
~314*
Mainz - Germany
~314*
Trier - Germany
300-400
Strasbourg / Strassburg - Germany, France
330?
Worms - Germany (disappeared during the great migrations)
~343
Speyer - Germany
400-500
Augsburg - Germany
500-600
Konstanz (previous See in Vindonissa / Windisch - see Switzerland) - Germany
600-700
Worms (revived) - Germany
700-800
Köln (Metr.) - Germany
737~
Passau - Germany
739
Freising - Germany
739
Regensburg - Germany
741
Büraburg - Germany
741
Neuburg (detached from Augsburg) - Germany
741
Erfurt - Germany
741
Würzburg - Germany
745
Eichstätt - Germany
747
Mainz (Metr.) - Germany
752
Erfurt (extinct) - Germany
765
Büraburg (extinct) - Germany
772
Osnabrück - Germany
780
Minden - Germany
787
Bremen - Germany
787
Verden - Germany
799 (795?, 805, 806?)
Paderborn (detached from Würzburg) - Germany
800/805
Hildesheim - Germany
800
Münster - Germany
800~
Trier (Metr.) - Germany
801/807
Neuburg (incorporated in Augsburg) - Germany
800/805
Halberstadt - Germany
831
Hamburg (Metr., detached from Bremen) - Germany
948
Brandenburg - Germany
948
Havelberg - Germany
948
Schleswig / Slesvig (detached from Hamburg) - (Denmark) Germany
948/968
Oldenburg (established from Hamburg) - Germany
968
Magdeburg (Metr., detached from Halberstadt) - Germany
968
Meissen - Germany
968/1004
Merseburg - Germany
968
Zeitz - Germany
992
Mecklenburg (detached from Hamburg) - Germany
999~
Wroclaw / Breslau (detached from Meissen, and from Praha) - Germany / Poland
1000-1100
Hardehausen (Abb.?) - Germany
1000
Kolberg - (Germany) Poland
1007
Bamberg (detached from Würzburg) - Germany
1017
Kolberg (extinct) - (Germany) Poland
1030~
Naumburg (new name, previously Zeitz) - Germany
1062/1154
Ratzeburg (detached from Hamburg) - Germany
1072
Bremen (Metr.) - Germany
1123/24
Lebus - (Germany) Poland
1140
Wollin - Germany
1160
Lübeck (new name, previously Oldenburg) - Germany
1160
Schwerin (new name, previously Mecklenburg) - Germany
1176/88
Kammin (new name, previously Wollin) - (Germany) Poland
1215
Chiemsee - Germany
1223
Hamburg (formally incorporated in Bremen) - Germany
1223
Hamburg-Bremen (this name comes into general use as Hamburg is formally incorporated in Bremen) - Germany
1429
Paderborn (incorporated in Köln) - Germany
1444
Paderborn (reestablished, detached from Köln) - Germany
1539/1565
Brandenburg (extinct) - Germany
1543/1561
Merseburg (extinct) - Germany
1544
Kammin (extinct) - (Germany) Poland
1551
Magdeburg (extinct) - Germany
1554
Ratzeburg (extinct) - Germany
1555
Schwerin (extinct) - Germany
1556/1598
Lebus (extinct) - (Germany) Poland
1564
Naumburg (extinct) - Germany
1566
Hamburg-Bremen (extinct) - Germany
1581
Meissen (extinct) - Germany
1586
Lübeck (extinct) - Germany
1631
Verden (extinct) - Germany
1634
Minden (extinct) - Germany
1645
Bremen, Minden and Verden (AV) - Germany
1645
Magdeburg (AV) - Germany
1645
Bremen (AV, previously Bremen, Minden and Verden AV) - Germany
1648
Halberstadt (extinct) - Germany
1667
Calenberg, Göttingen and Grubenhagen (AV) - Germany
1669
Calenberg, Göttingen, Grubenhagen and Halberstadt (AV, new name, previously Calenberg, Göttingen and Grubenhagen) - Germany
1670
Lower Saxony / (Vicariate of) the Nordic Missions / Bremen, Magdeburg, the Magdeburg Lands, Altona, Glückstadt, Calenberg, Göttingen, Grubenhagen and Halberstadt (AV, new name, previously Calenberg, Göttingen, Grubenhagen and Halberstadt) - Germany
1709
Northern Germany /a.k.a. the North, and Upper and Lower Saxony / a.k.a. Hannover (AV, detached from the Vicariate of the Nordic Missions AV) - Germany
1732
Brandenburg and Prussia (AV, detached from Northern Germany /Hannover AV) - Germany
1752
Fulda - Germany
1780
Northern Germany /a.k.a. the North, and Upper and Lower Saxony (reincorporated in the Vicariate of the Nordic Missions AV) - Germany
1801
Mainz (D, previously Metr.) - Germany
1801
Trier (D, previously Metr.) - Germany
1801
Aachen (detached from Liège) - Germany
1801
Würzburg (suppressed) - Germany
1803
Speyer (suppressed) - Germany
1806
Worms (suppressed) - Germany
1807
Chiemsee (suppressed) - Germany
1817
Speyer (restored) - Germany
1818
Bamberg (Metr., was previously immediately subject to the Apostolic See) - Germany
1818
München und Freising (Metr., and new name, previously Freising) - Germany
1818
Würzburg (reestablished) - Germany
1821
Aachen (suppressed) - Germany
1821
Konstanz (suppressed, territory incorporated in Freiburg) - Germany
1821
Freiburg im Breisgau (Metr., erected after reorganization, with territories from e.g. Konstanz and Worms) - Germany
1821
Limburg (detached from Trier) - Germany
1821
Rottenburg - Germany
1834
Anhalt (AV, detached from the Vicariate of the Nordic Missions AV) - Germany
1868
Schleswig-Holstein (AP, detached from the Vicariate of the Nordic Missions AV) - Germany
1868
The North Gexrman Missions (AV, new name, previously the Vicariate of the Nordic Missions AV) - Germany
1921
Anhalt (incorporated in Paderborn) - Germany
1921
Meissen (reestablished) - Germany
1929
Schneidemühl (Prel., detached from Poznan / Posen, and from Gdansk / Danzig) (Germany) Poland [now Pyla; the Prel. comprised the territories of West Prussia and Poznania left to Germany and not incorporated into Poland, mainly grouped in the Grenzmark Posen-Westpreußen]
1930
Paderborn (Metr., was part of the Metropolitan Province of Köln) - Germany
1930
Wroclaw / Breslau (Metr.) - Germany / Poland
1930
Aachen (reestablished, detached from Köln) - Germany
1930
Berlin (detached from Breslau) - Germany
1931
Hardehausen (Abb.?, incorporated in Paderborn) - Germany
1933
Germany (Mil.Ord.) - Germany
1957
Essen (detached from Köln, from Paderborn, and from Münster) - Germany
1959
Germany [Ukr.] (ApEx) see: München - Germany
1972
Görlitz (AA, detached from Wroclaw / Breslau) - Germany
1973
Erfurt-Meiningen (AA "permanenter constit.", detached from Fulda, and from Würzburg) - Germany
1973
Magdeburg (AA "permanenter constit.", detached from Paderborn) - Germany
1973
Schwerin (AA "permanenter constit.", detached from Osnabrück) - Germany
1978
Rottenburg-Stuttgart (new name, previously Rottenburg) - Germany
1979
Dresden-Meissen (new name, previously Meissen) - Germany
1994
Berlin (Metr.) - Germany
1994
Erfurt (D, previously Erfurt-Meiningen AA "permanenter constit.") - Germany
1994
Görlitz (D) - Germany
1994
Hamburg (Metr., detached from Osnabrück, including the AA "permanenter constit." Schwerin, and from Hildesheim, was part of the Metropolitan Province of Köln) - Germany
1994
Magdeburg (D, Magdeburg AA "permanenter constit.") - Germany
av Webmaster publisert 08.09.2004, sist endret 08.09.2004 - 12:11