List of the bishops and archbishops of Berlin

Coat of arms of the Archdiocese of Berlin

The diocese of Berlin was founded on August 13, 1930 by Pope Pius XI. founded and on June 27, 1994 elevated to the archbishopric of Berlin by Pope John Paul II . Before 1930, the Prussian province of Brandenburg belonged to the diocese of Breslau . Then Berlin became a suffragan of the (new) Archdiocese of Breslau . It was not until 1972 that a new regulation regarding the diocesan borders could be made, and the diocese was no longer a suffragan of Wroclaw, but exempted .

The diocese coat of arms refers to the dioceses of Brandenburg, which were dissolved in the 16th century (2 crossed white / silver keys St. Petrus, diocesan patron on a red background), Havelberg (white / silver cross on a blue background), Cammin (Pomerania) (a gold one on a blue background Runic signs, so-called Pomeranian cross) and Lebus (two crossed white or silver boat hooks on a red background, raised by a gold star) on the basis of which today's Archdiocese of Berlin was founded in 1930.

Bishops

The following people were bishops of the Diocese of Berlin:

No.	bishop	from	to	description	presentation	coat of arms
1	Christian Schreiber	1930	1933	* August 3, 1872 in Somborn , ordained a priest on October 28, 1898 in Fulda , appointed Bishop of Meissen on August 12, 1923 , consecrated. Bishop of Berlin on September 12, 1921, August 13, 1930, † September 1, 1933
2	Nicholas cash	1933	1935	* January 24, 1871 in Idenheim , ordained a priest on March 30, 1895 in Trier , appointed Bishop of Hildesheim on January 15, 1929 , consecrated. Bishop of Berlin on February 24, 1929, October 27, 1933, † March 1, 1935
3	Konrad Cardinal von Preysing	1935	1950	* August 30, 1880 in Kronwinkl Castle near Landshut , ordained a priest on July 29, 1912 in Freising , appointed Bishop of Eichstätt on September 9, 1932 , consecutive. on October 28, 1932, on July 5, 1935 Bishop of Berlin, on October 15, 1935 also Apostolic Administrator of Meißen, created cardinal on February 18, 1946, † December 21, 1950
4th	Wilhelm Weskamm	1951	1956	* May 13, 1891 in Helsen , ordained a priest on April 3, 1914 in Paderborn , appointed titular bishop of Rhandus and auxiliary bishop in Paderborn on October 12, 1949 , consecutive. on November 30, 1949, on June 4, 1951 Bishop of Berlin, † August 21, 1956
5	Julius Cardinal Döpfner	1957	1961	* August 26, 1913 in Hausen , ordained a priest on October 29, 1939 in Würzburg , appointed Bishop of Würzburg on August 11, 1948, consecrated. on October 14, 1948, Bishop of Berlin on January 15, 1957, created cardinal on December 15, 1958, Archbishop of Munich and Freising on July 3, 1961, † July 24, 1976
6th	Alfred Cardinal Bengsch	1961	1979	* September 10, 1921 in Berlin , ordained a priest on April 2, 1950, appointed Titular Bishop of Tubia and Auxiliary Bishop in Berlin on May 2, 1959 , consecrated. Bishop of Berlin on June 11, 1959, on August 16, 1961 (appointed archbishop for life on January 14, 1962), created cardinal on June 26, 1967, † December 13, 1979
7th	Joachim Cardinal Meisner	1980	1988	* December 25, 1933 in Breslau , ordained a priest on December 22, 1962 in Erfurt , appointed Titular Bishop of Vina and Auxiliary Bishop in Erfurt on March 17, 1975, ordained on May 17, 1975, Bishop of Berlin on April 22, 1980 , Cardinal on February 2, 1983, Archbishop of Cologne on December 20, 1988, retired on February 28, 2014 for reasons of age, † July 5, 2017
8th	Georg Cardinal Sterzinsky	1989	1994	from 1994 Archbishop of Berlin, see below

Archbishops

No.	archbishop	from	to	description	presentation	coat of arms
1	Georg Cardinal Sterzinsky	1994	2011	* February 9, 1936 in Warlack , ordained a priest on June 29, 1960 in Erfurt, appointed Bishop of Berlin on May 28, 1989, episcopal ordination September 9, 1989, created cardinal on June 28, 1991, June 27, 1994 Archbishop of Berlin, † June 30, 2011
2	Rainer Maria Cardinal Woelki	2011	2014	* August 18, 1956 in Cologne-Mülheim , ordained a priest on June 14, 1985 in Cologne, appointed auxiliary bishop in Cologne on February 24, 2003, episcopal ordination March 30, 2003, appointed archbishop of Berlin on July 2, 2011, inauguration created cardinal on August 27, 2011, February 18, 2012, appointed Archbishop of Cologne on July 11, 2014 and introduced on September 20, 2014
3	Heiner Koch	2015		* June 13, 1954 in Düsseldorf , ordained a priest on June 13, 1980 in Cologne, appointed auxiliary bishop in Cologne on March 17, 2006, episcopal ordination May 7, 2006, appointment as bishop of Dresden-Meißen on January 18, 2013, on Appointed Archbishop of Berlin on June 8, 2015, inauguration on September 19, 2015

Web links

• Entry in catholic-hierarchy.org (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 1962 Bengsch was from Johannes XXIII. bestowed the title of archbishop