Roman Catholic Church in Germany
(Römisch-katholische Kirche in Deutschland)
German Bishops' Conference
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Churches
St. John Basilica
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Benedictine Abbey Basilica Maria Laach
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Archdiocese of Bamberg
Archdiocese of Bamberg
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Archdiocese of Bamberg
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Archbishop Ludwig Schick of Bamberg
2002- coat of arms |
Archbishop Karl Braun of Bamberg
1995-2001 coat of arms |
Archbishop Johann Jakob von Hauck of Bamberg 1912-1943
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Archdiocese of Berlin
(Diocese of Berlin 1930-1994)
(Diocese of Berlin 1930-1994)
Archdiocese of Berlin
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Archbishop Metropolitan Heiner Koch of Berlin 2015-
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Archbishop Rainer Cardinal Woelki of Berlin 2011-2014
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Archbishop Rainer Woelki of Berlin 2011-2014
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Archbishop Georg Cardinal Sterzinsky of Berlin 1989-2011
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Bishop Joachim Cardinal Meisner of
Berlin 1980-1988 coat of arms (1983-) |
Bishop Joachim Meisner of
Berlin 1980-1988 coat of arms (1980-1983) |
Archdiocese of Freiburg im Breisgau
Archdiocese of Freiburg in Breisgau
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Archbishop Stephan Burger of Freiburg 2014-
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Archbishop Robert Zollitsch of Freiburg 2003-2013
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Archbishop Oskar Saier of Freiburg 1978-2002
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Archbishop Hermann Josef Schäufele of Freiburg 1958-1977
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Auxiliary Bishop Christian Würtz of Freiburg in Breisgau 2019-
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Auxiliary Bishop Peter Birkhofer of Freiburg im Breisgau 2018-
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Auxiliary Bishop Michael Gerber of Freiburg im Breisgau
2013-2018 coat of arms |
Auxiliary Bishop Bernd Uhl of Freiburg im Breisgau 2001-2018
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Archdiocese of Hamburg
(est. 1994)
(est. 1994)
Archdiocese of Hamburg
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Archdiocese of Hamburg
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Archbishop Stefan Heße of Hamburg
2015- coat of arms |
Archbishop Werner Thissen of Hamburg
2002-2014 coat of arms |
Archbishop Ludwig Averkamp of Hamburg 1994-2002
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Auxiliary Bishop Horst Eberlein of Hamburg 2017-
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Auxiliary Bishop Hans-Jochen Jaschke of Hamburg 1994-2016
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Auxiliary Bishop Norbert Werbs of Hamburg 1994-2015
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Archdiocese of Koln (Cologne)
Archdiocese of Cologne
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Archbishop Rainer Maria Cardinal Woelki of Cologne 2014-
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Auxiliary Bishop Rainer Maria Woelki of Cologne 2003-2011
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Archbishop Joachim Cardinal Meisner of Cologne 1988-2014
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Archbishop Joseph Cardinal Höffner of Cologne 1969-1987
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Archdiocese of Munich and Freising
Archdiocese of Munich and Freising
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Archbishop Reinhard Marx of Munich and Freising 2007-
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Archbishop Reinhard Marx of Munich and Freising 2007-
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Archbishop Friedrich Cardinal Wetter of Munich and Freising 1982-2007
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Archbishop Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger of Munich and Freising 1977-1982
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Archbishop Julius Cardinal Döpfner of Munich and Freising 1961-1976
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Archbishop Joseph Cardinal Wendel of Munich and Freising 1952-1960
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Archbishop Michael Cardinal von Faulhaber of Munich and Freising 1917-1952
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Auxilary Bishop Rupert graf zu Stolberg of
Munich and Freising 2016- coat of arms |
Bishop Wolfgang Bischof of Munich and Freising 2010-
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Auxiliary Bishop Franz Dietl of
Munich and Freising 1998-2010 coat of arms |
Archdiocese of Paderborn
Archbishop Hans-Josef Becker of Paderborn 2003-
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Archbishop Johannes Joachim Cardinal Degenhardt of Paderborn 1974-2002
coat of arms (2001-2002) |
Archbishop Johannes Joachim Degenhardt of Paderborn
1974-2002 coat of arms (1974-2001) |
Auxiliary Bishop Johannes Joachim Degenhardt of Paderborn 1968-1974
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Diocese of Aachen
Diocese of Aachen
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Bishop Helmut Dieser of Aachen 2016-
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Bishop Heinrich Mussinghoff of Aachen 1994-2015
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Bishop Klaus Hemmerle of Aachen 1975-1994
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Bishop Johannes Pohlschneider of Aachen 1954-1974
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Bishop Johannes Joseph van der Velden of Aachen 1943-1954
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Auxiliary Bishop Hermann Joseph Sträter of Aachen 1931-1943, Apostolic Administrator
1938-1943 coat of arms (original design) |
Auxiliary Bishop Hermann Joseph Sträter of Aachen 1931-1943, Apostolic Administrator
1938-1943 coat of arms (modern design) |
Bishop Joseph Heinrich Peter Vogt of Aachen 1931-1937
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Auxiliary Bishop Johannes Bündgens of Aachen 2006-
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Auxiliary Bishop Karl Borsch of Aachen 2003-
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Auxiliary Bishop Karl Reger of Aachen 1986-2006
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Auxiliary Bishop Gerd Dicke of Aachen 1970-2003
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Diocese of Augsburg
Diocese of Augsburg
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Bishop Konrad Zdarsa of Augsburg 2010-
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Bishop Walter Mixa of Augsburg 2005-2010
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Bishop Viktor Dammertz of Augsburg 2005-2010
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Bishop Josef Stimpfle of Augsburg
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Diocese of Dresden-Meissen
Diocese of Dresden-Meissen
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Diocese of Dresden-Meissen
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Bishop Heinrich Timmerevers of Dresden-Meissen 2016-
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Bishop Heiner Koch of Dresden-Meissen 2013-2015
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Bishop Joachim Reinelt of Dresden-Meissen 1988-2012
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Diocese of Eichstätt
Diocese of Eichstätt
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Diocese of Eichstätt
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Bishop Gregor Maria Hanke of Eichstätt 2006-
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Bishop Walter Mixa of Eichstätt
1996-2005 coat of arms |
Bishop Karl Heinrich Braun of Eichstätt 1984-1995
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Bishop Alois Brems of Eichstatt 1968-1983
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Diocese of Erfurt
(Apostolic Administration of Erfurt-Meiningen 1973-1994)
(est. 1973)
(Apostolic Administration of Erfurt-Meiningen 1973-1994)
(est. 1973)
Diocese of Erfurt
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Bishop Ulrich Neymeyr of Erfurt
2014- coat of arms |
Bishop Joachim Wanke of Erfurt
1994-2012, Apostolic Administrator of Erfurt-Meiningen 1981-1994 coat of arms |
Bishop Hugo Aufderbeck of Erfurt
1973-1981 coat of arms |
Auxiliary Bishop Reinhard Hauke of Erfurt
2005- coat of arms |
Auxiliary Bishop Hans-Reinhard Koch of Erfurt
1985-2004 coat of arms |
Diocese of Essen
(est. 1957)
(est. 1957)
Diocese of Essen
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Bishop Franz-Josef Overbeck of Essen 2009-
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Bishop Felix Genn of Essen
2003-2008 coat of arms |
Bishop Hubert Luthe of Essen
1991-2002 coat of arms |
Bishop Franz Cardinal Hengsbach of Essen 1957-1991
coat of arms (1988-1991) |
Auxiliary Bishop Wilhelm Zimmermann of Essen 2014-
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Auxiliary Bishop Ludger Schepers of Essen 2008-
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Auxiliary Bishop Franz Vorrath of Essen 1995-2014
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Auxiliary Bishop Franz Vorrath of Essen 1995-2014
coat of arms (simplier form) |
Auxiliary Bishop Franz Grave of Essen
1988-2008 coat of arms |
Auxiliary Bishop Wolfgang Große of Essen 1968-1991
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Bishop Julius Angerhausen of Essen
1968-1986 coat of arms |
Diocese of Fulda
Diocese of Fulda
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Bishop Michael Gerber of Fulda 2018-
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Bishop Heinz Joseph Algermissen of Fulda 2001-2018
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Archbishop Johannes Dyba, Bishop of Fulda 1983-2000
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Bishop Adolf Bolte of
Fulda 1959-1974 coat of arms |
Bishop Josef Damian Schmitt of
Fulda 1907-1939 coat of arms |
Auxiliary Bishop Karlheinz Diez of
Fulda 2004- coat of arms |
Auxiliary Bishop Johannes Kapp of
Fulda 1976-2004 coat of arms |
Diocese of Gorlitz
Diocese of Gorlitz
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Bishop Wolfgang Ipolt of Gorlitz
2011- coat of arms |
Bishop Konrad Zdarsa of Gorlitz
2007-2010 coat of arms |
Bishop Rudolf Müller of Gorlitz
1994-2006 coat of arms |
Diocese of Hildesheim
Diocese of Hildesheim
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Bishop Heiner Wilmer of Hildesheim 2018-
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Bishop Wilhelm Trelle of Hildesheim
2005-2017 coat of arms |
Bishop Josef Homeyer of Hildesheim 1983-2004
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Diocese of Limburg
Bishop Georg Bätzing of Limburg 2016-
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Bishop Tebartz van Elst of Limburg 2007-2014
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Bishop Franz Kamphaus of Limburg 1982-2007
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Bishop Wilhelm Kempf of Limburg 1949-1981
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Auxiliary Bishop Thomas Löhr of Limburg 2009-
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Auxiliary Bishop Gerhard Pieschl of Limburg
1977-2009 coat of arms |
Diocese of Magdeburg
Diocese of Magdeburg
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Bishop Gerhard Feige of Magdeburg
2005-, Auxiliary Bishop 1999-2005 coat of arms |
Diocese of Mainz
Bishop Peter Kohlgraf of Mainz 2017-
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Bishop Karl Cardinal Lehmann of Mainz 1983-2016
coat of arms (2001-2016) |
Bishop Karl Cardinal Lehmann of Mainz 1983-2016
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Bishop Hermann Cardinal Volk of Mainz 1962-1982
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Auxiliary Bishop Udo Markus Bentz of Mainz 2014-
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Auxiliary Bishop Ulrich Neymeyr of Mainz 2003-2014
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Auxiliary Bishop Werner Guballa of Mainz 2003-2012
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Auxiliary Bishop Wolfgang Rolly of Mainz 1972-2003
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Diocese of Münster
Bishop Felix Genn of Muenster
2008-
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2008-
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Diocese of Osnabrück
Bishop Franz-Josef Bode of Osnabrück
1995- coat of arms |
Bishop Wilhelm Berning of Osnabrück
1914-1955 coat of arms |
Auxiliary Bishop Johannes Wübbe of
Osnabrück 2013- coat of arms |
Diocese of Passau
Diocese of Passau
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Bishop Stefan Oster of Passau
2014- coat of arms |
Bishop Wilhelm Schraml of Passau
2001-2012 coat of arms |
Bishop Franz Xaver Eder of Passau
1984-2001 coat of arms |
Diocese of Regensburg
Bishop Rudolf Voderholzer of Regensburg 2012-
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Bishop Gerhard Ludwig Müller of Regensburg 2002-2012
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Archbishop Gerhard Ludwig Cardinal Müller, Bishop Emeritus of Regensburg 2012-
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Bishop Manfred Müller of Regensburg 1982-2002
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Auxiliary Bishop Josef Graf of Regensburg 2015-
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Auxiliary Bishop Reinhard Pappenberger of Regensburg 2007-
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Auxiliary Bishop Vinzenz Guggenberger of Regensburg 1972-2004
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Auxiliary Bishop Karl Flügel of Regensburg 1968-1984
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Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart
(est. 1821 as the Diocese of Rottenburg till 1978)
(est. 1821 as the Diocese of Rottenburg till 1978)
Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart
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Bishop Gebhard Fürst of Rottenburg
2000- coat of arms |
Bishop Walter Kasper of Rottenburg-Stuttgart 1989-1999
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Bishop Emeritus Walter Cardinal Kasper of Rottenburg-Stuttgart 1999-
coat of arms (2001-) |
Bishop Georg Moser of Rottenburg-Stuttgart 1975-1988
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Bishop Carl Joseph Leiprecht of Rottenburg 1949-1974
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Bishop Johann Baptist Sproll of Rottenburg 1927-1949
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Bishop Paul Wilhelm Keppler of Rottenburg 1898-1926
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Bishop Franz Xaver Linsenmann of Rottenburg 1898
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Bishop Wilhelm von Reiser of Rottenburg
1893-1898, Coadjutor Bishop 1886-1893 coat of arms |
Bishop Karl Joseph Hefele of Rottenburg
1869-1893 coat of arms |
Diocese of Speyer
Diocese of Speyer
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Bishop Karl-Heinz Wiesemann of Speyer 2007-
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Bishop Anton Schlambach of Speyer 1983-2007
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Auxiliary Bishop Otto Georgens of Speyer 1995-
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Diocese of Trier
Bishop Stephan Ackermann of Trier 2009-
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Bishop Reinhard Marx of Trier 2001-2007
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Bishop Hermann Josef Spital of Trier 1981-2001
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Diocese of Würzburg
Bishop Franz Jung of Wurzburg 2018-
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Bishop Friedhelm Hofmann of Wurzburg 2004-2017
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Bishop Paul-Werner Scheele of Wurzburg 1979–2003
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Bishop Josef Stangl of Wurzburg 1957-1979
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Bishop Julius August Döpfner of Wurzburg
1948-1957 coat of arms |
Auxiliary Bishop Ulrich Boom of Wurzburg
2008- coat of arms |
Apostolic Administration of Schwerin
(1973-1994)
(1973-1994)
Bishop Heinrich Theissing,
Apostolic Administrator of Schwerin 1973-1987 coat of arms |
Auxiliary Bishop Norbert Werbs of Schwerin
1981-1994 coat of arms |
Military Ordinariate of Germany