List of the bishops of Aachen
The history of the Diocese of Aachen is quite young compared to that of other German dioceses and is also divided into two sections that are more than 100 years apart.
The following people were bishops of the Aachen diocese :
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| 1 | Marc-Antoine Berdolet | 1802-1809 | * September 13, 1750 in Rougemont-le-Château , ordained a priest on April 9, 1767 in Besançon ( France ), appointed Bishop of Aachen on May 30, 1802 , episcopal ordination on July 25, 1802, † August 13, 1809. | |||
| Jean-Denis-François Camus | 1810-1814 | * February 28, 1752 in Chartres , appointed Bishop of Aachen by Napoléon , but not confirmed by Pope Pius VII . He was not ordained a bishop , but recognized as a diocesan administrator , † April 26, 1814 in Paris . | ||||
| In 1821 the diocese of Aachen was dissolved and rebuilt in 1930. | ||||||
| 2 | Joseph Heinrich Peter Vogt | 1930-1937 | * September 8, 1865 in Schmidt (Nideggen) near Monschau ( Eifel ), ordained a priest on August 19, 1888 in Cologne , elected Bishop of Aachen on December 10, 1930 and on January 30, 1931 by Pope Pius XI. confirmed, episcopal ordination introduced on March 19, 1931 and March 25, 1931 in the re-established diocese of Aachen, † October 5, 1937. | |||
| Hermann Joseph Strater | 1938-1943 | In the Sedis vacancy , the auxiliary bishop in Aachen was appointed as apostolic administrator on May 15, 1938 , after he had initially served as vicar capitular since October 5, 1937 . Previously, the appointment of the pastor of Kevelaer, Wilhelm Holtmann, who was elected by the cathedral chapter as bishop, had failed due to "political concerns" of the imperial government. Auxiliary Bishop Sträter headed the Aachen diocese for five years. After his death on March 16, 1943, until Bishop Johannes Joseph van der Velden took office, Auxiliary Bishop Friedrich Hünermann headed the diocese as vicar of the capitol . | ||||
| 3 | Johannes Joseph van der Velden | 1943-1954 | * August 7, 1891 in Übach , ordained a priest on June 24, 1915 in Cologne, appointed Bishop of Aachen on September 7, 1943, ordained bishop on October 10, 1943, † May 19, 1954. | |||
| 4th | Johannes Pohlschneider | 1954-1974 | * April 18, 1899 in Osterfeine near Damme (Dümmer) , ordained a priest on April 19, 1924 in Münster , appointed Bishop of Aachen on August 30, 1954, ordained bishop on November 18, 1954, emeritus. on December 13, 1974, Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Aachen until Bishop Klaus Hemmerle took office , † May 7, 1981. | |||
| 5 | Klaus Hemmerle | 1975-1994 | * April 3, 1929 in Freiburg im Breisgau , ordained a priest on May 25, 1952 in Freiburg , appointed Bishop of Aachen on September 9, 1974, episcopal ordination on November 8, 1975, † January 23, 1994. Diocesan administrator in the following period the vacancy was Auxiliary Bishop Gerd Dicke . |
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| 6th | Heinrich Mussinghoff | 1994-2015 | * October 29, 1940 in Osterwick , ordained a priest on June 29, 1968 in Münster , appointed Bishop of Aachen on December 12, 1994, episcopal ordination on February 11, 1995. Resignation accepted on December 8, 2015. Diocesan administrator in the following period the vacancy was Auxiliary Bishop Karl Borsch . |
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| 7th | Helmut This | since 2016 | * May 15, 1962 in Neuwied , ordained a priest on July 8, 1989 in Trier , appointed auxiliary bishop in Trier on February 24, 2011, episcopal ordination on June 5, 2011, appointed bishop of Aachen on September 23, 2016, on February 12, 2011 .Inaugurated November 2016. |
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See also
literature
- Dieter Wynands: A short history of the diocese of Aachen. Bishops, auxiliary bishops, vicars general. Einhard, Aachen 2012, ISBN 978-3-936342-96-3 .
Web links
- The bishops of Aachen on the website of the diocese