List of Bishops of Hildesheim
Encyclopedia
| Name | From | To | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gunthar | 815 | 834 | |
| Rembert | 834 | 835 | |
| Ebbo | 835 | 847 | |
| Altfrid Altfrid Saint Altfrid was a leading figure in Germany in the ninth century. A Benedictine monk, he became Bishop of Hildesheim, and founded Essen Abbey. He was also a close royal adviser to the East Frankish King Louis the German.He is a Roman Catholic saint... |
847 | 874 | |
| Ludolf | 874 | 874 | |
| Marquard | 874 | 880 | |
| Wigbert | 880 | 908 | |
| Waldbert | 908 | 919 | |
| Sehard | 919 | 928 | |
| Diethard | 928 | 954 | |
| Otwin | 954 | 984 | |
| Osdag | 985 | 989 | |
| Gerdag | 990 | 992 | |
| Bernward Bernward of Hildesheim Saint Bern[w]ard was the Bishop of Hildesheim from 993 until his death in 1022.Bernward came from a Saxon noble family and studied at the cathedral school of Hildesheim... |
993 | 1022 | |
| Godehard | 1022 | 1038 | |
| Dithmar | 1038 | 1044 | |
| Azelin | 1044 | 1054 | |
| Hezilo | 1054 | 1079 | |
| Udo of Gleichen-Rheinhausen | 1079 | 1114 | |
| Bruning (canonically Canon law (Catholic Church) The canon law of the Catholic Church, is a fully developed legal system, with all the necessary elements: courts, lawyers, judges, a fully articulated legal code and principles of legal interpretation. It lacks the necessary binding force present in most modern day legal systems. The academic... irregular) |
1115 | 1119 | |
| Berthold I of Alvensleben | 1119 | 1130 | |
| Bernhard I Bernard of Hildesheim Bernhard or Bernard of Hildesheim was Bishop of Hildesheim from 1130 until 1153 . He achieved the canonization of Gotthard of Hildesheim by Pope Innocent II and founded the basilica St. Godehard in honour of the new Saint at Hildesheim, where he was buried. He is venerated Blessed in the Roman... |
1130 | 1153 | |
| Bruno | 1153 | 1161 | |
| Herrmann of Wennerde | 1162 | 1170 | |
| Adelog of Dorstadt | 1171 | 1190 | |
| Berno | 1190 | 1194 | |
| Konrad I of Querfurt | 1194 | 1198 | |
| Heribert of Dahlem | 1199 | 1216 | |
| Siegfried I of Lichtenberg | 1216 | 1221 | |
| Konrad II of Riesenberg | 1221 | 1246 | |
| Heinrich of Wernigerode | 1247 | 1257 | |
| Johann of Brakel | 1257 | 1260 | |
| Otto I of Braunschweig-Lüneburg | 1260 | 1279 | |
| Siegfried II of Querfurt Siegfried II of Querfurt Siegfried II of Querfurt was Bishop of Hildesheim from 1279 to 1310.Siegfried was from a noble family of Querfurt .... |
1279 | 1310 | |
| Heinrich II of Woldenberg | 1310 | 1318 | |
| Otto II of Woldenberg | 1318 | 1331 | |
| Henry III of Braunschweig-Lüneburg | 1331 | 1363 | |
| Erich I of Schauenburg | 1332 | 1349 | |
| Johann II Schadland | 1363 | 1365 | |
| Gerhard of Berg (Prince-Bishop of Verden 1363–1365) | 1365 | 1398 | |
| John III of Hoya | 1398 | 1424 | |
| Magnus of Saxe-Lauenburg | 1424 | 1452 | |
| Bernhard III of Braunschweig-Lüneburg | 1452 | 1458 | |
| Ernst I of Schauenburg | 1458 | 1471 | |
| Henning of Haus | 1471 | 1481 | |
| Berthold II of Landsberg | 1481 | 1502 | |
| Eric II of Saxe-Lauenburg Eric of Saxe-Lauenburg (prince-bishop) Eric of Sachsen-Lauenburg was Bishop of Hildesheim as Eric II from 1502 to 1502 and Bishop of Münster as Eric I from 1508 to 1522.- Life :... |
1503 | 1504 | |
| John IV of Saxe-Lauenburg John IV of Saxe-Lauenburg (prince-bishop) John IV of Saxe-Lauenburg was a Prince-Bishop of Hildesheim.-Life:The son of Dorothea of Brandenburg and Duke John V of Saxe-Lauenburg stood for election as prince-archbishop of Bremen, however, the majority of the canons of the cathedral chapters of Bremen and Hamburg elected Johann Rode... |
1504 | 1527 | |
| Balthasar Merklin | 1527 | 1531 | |
| Otto III of Schauenburg | 1531 | 1537 | |
| Valentin of Teutleben | 1537 | 1551 | |
| Frederick of Denmark (also Bishop of Schleswig) | 1551 | 1556 | |
| Burkhard of Oberg | 1557 | 1573 | |
| Ernst II of Bavaria Ernest of Bavaria Ernest of Bavaria was Prince-elector-archbishop of the Archbishopric of Cologne from 1583 to 1612 as successor of the expelled Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg. He was also bishop of Münster, Hildesheim, Freising and Liège.... |
1573 | 1612 |  |
| Ferdinand of Bavaria Ferdinand of Bavaria -Biography:Ferdinand was born in Munich, one of the sons of William V, Duke of Bavaria.His parents decided early that he would have church life, and they sent him to the Jesuit school at Ingolstadt for education in early 1587. He quickly became a canon in: Mainz, Cologne, Würzburg, Trier, Salzburg,... |
1612 | 1650 | |
| Maximilian Heinrich of Bavaria | 1650 | 1688 |  |
| Jobst Edmund of Brabeck | 1688 | 1702 | |
| Joseph Clemens of Bavaria Joseph Clemens of Bavaria Joseph Clemens of Bavaria was a member of the Wittelsbach dynasty of Bavaria and Archbishop-Elector of Cologne from 1688 to 1723.-Biography:... |
1702 | 1723 | |
| Clemens August of Bavaria | 1723 | 1761 | |
| Sede vacante Sede vacante Sede vacante is an expression, used in the Canon Law of the Catholic Church, that refers to the vacancy of the episcopal see of a particular church... |
1761 | 1763 | |
| Friedrich Wilhelm of Westphalia | 1763 | 1789 | |
| Franz Egon of Fürstenberg (bishop) | 1789 | 1825 | |
| Karl of Gruben, (Regent) | 1825 | 1829 | |
| Gotthard Joseph Osthaus | 1829 | 1835 | |
| Franz Ferdinand Friedrich Fritz | 1836 | 1840 | |
| Jakob Joseph Wandt | 1842 | 1849 | |
| Eduard Jakob Wedekin | 1850 | 1870 | |
| Daniel Wilhelm Sommerwerck | 1871 | 1905 | |
| Adolf Bertram | 1906 | 1914 | |
| Josef Ernst | 1915 | 1928 | |
| Nikolaus Bares | 1929 | 1934 | |
| Joseph Godehard Machens | 1934 | 1956 | |
| Heinrich Maria Janssen | 1957 | 1983 | |
| Josef Homeyer Josef Homeyer Josef Homeyer was a German Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hildesheim, located in Hildesheim, from his appointment by Pope John Paul II on August 25, 1983, until his retirement on August 20, 2004.... |
1983 | 2004 | |
| Sede vacante Sede vacante Sede vacante is an expression, used in the Canon Law of the Catholic Church, that refers to the vacancy of the episcopal see of a particular church... |
2004 | 2006 | |
| Norbert Trelle | 2006 |