Suffragan diocese Hildesheim, Germany
Diocese of Hildesheim
Hildesien(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Hildesheim is a Latin Church diocese in Lower Saxony, Germany, founded in 815 and a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Hamburg. The see is sede vacante as of June 2026 following Bishop Heiner Wilmer's transfer to Munster, with his farewell celebrated on June 6, 2026.
On the map
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- Established
- 815
- Catholics
- 616,210
- Priests
- 282
- Territory
- 30,000 km²
Parishes and churches
416 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Allerheiligen, Springe-EldagsenSpringe-EldagsenView parish
- Auferstehungskirche, HermannsburgHermannsburgView parish
- Basilika St. Clemens, HannoverHannoverView parish
- Basilika St. Godehard, HildesheimHildesheimView parish
- Benediktiner OSB - Cella Sankt BenediktHannoverView parish
- Christ König, AdendorfAdendorfView parish
- Christ König, Hannover-BadenstedtHannoverView parish
- Christ König, Salzgitter-BadSalzgitter-BadView parish
- Christ König, ZevenZevenView parish
- Corpus Christi, EdemissenEdemissenView parish
- Corpus Christi, Garbsen-HavelseGarbsen-HavelseView parish
- Dekanat BraunschweigBraunschweigView parish
- Dekanat Bremen-NordBremen-GrohnView parish
- Dekanat BremerhavenCuxhavenView parish
- Dekanat CelleCelleView parish
- Dekanat Goslar-SalzgitterSalzgitter-LebenstedtView parish
- Dekanat GöttingenGöttingenView parish
- Dekanat LüneburgLüneburgView parish
- Dekanat Nörten-OsterodeNortheimView parish
- Dekanat UntereichsfeldDuderstadtView parish
- Dekanat UnterelbeBuxtehudeView parish
- Dekanat VerdenVerdenView parish
- Dekanat WeserberglandHamelnView parish
- Dekanat Wolfsburg-HelmstedtWolfsburgView parish
- Guter Hirt, DuingenDuingenView parish
- Guter Hirt, HildesheimHildesheimView parish
- Guter Hirt, LilienthalLilienthalView parish
- Heilig Geist Kapelle (Ukrainer)HildesheimView parish
- Heilig Geist, Bomlitz-BenefeldBomlitz-BenefeldView parish
- Heilig Geist, FaßbergFaßbergView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Heiner Wilmer
- Born
- 9 April 1961
- Birthplace
- Schapen
- Institute
- SACERDOTI DEL SACRO CUORE DI GESÙ (DEHONIANI) (S.C.I.)
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The cathedral
Hildesheim Cathedral stands in Hildesheim, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
King Louis the Pious founded Hildesheim (Latin: Dioecesis Hildesiensis) in 815 as a missionary diocese; his son Louis the German gave the see to Ebbo, the famous former archbishop of Rheims. Today this Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Germany covers the parts of Lower Saxony east of the River Weser, northern neighborhoods of Bremen, and the city of Bremerhaven.