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.
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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.
- Pfarrgemeinde Hl. Herz Jesu, Bremerhaven-GeestemündeBremerhavenView parish
- Pfarrgemeinde Hl. Herz Jesu, Bremerhaven-LeheBremerhaven-LeheView parish
- Pfarrgemeinde Hl. Kreuz, VeltheimCremlingenView parish
- Pfarrgemeinde Hl. Schutzengel, HambührenHambührenView parish
- Pfarrgemeinde Liebfrauen, Bad HarzburgBad HarzburgView parish
- Pfarrgemeinde Liebfrauen, HildesheimHildesheimView parish
- Pfarrgemeinde Liebfrauen, LangenhagenLangenhagenView parish
- Pfarrgemeinde Maria Hilfe der Christen, SchöningenSchöningenMass times recorded
- Pfarrgemeinde Maria Königin des Friedens, Göttingen-GeismarGöttingenView parish
- Pfarrgemeinde Maria Königin, BodenwerderBodenwerderView parish
- Pfarrgemeinde Maria Königin, SeesenSeesenView parish
- Pfarrgemeinde Mariä Heimsuchung, NortheimNortheimView parish
- Pfarrgemeinde Mariä Himmelfahrt, Bad GandersheimBad GandersheimMass times recorded
- Pfarrgemeinde Mariä Himmelfahrt, BuxtehudeBuxtehudeView parish
- Pfarrgemeinde Mariä Himmelfahrt, DiekholzenDiekholzenView parish
- Pfarrgemeinde Mariä Lichtmess, HildesheimHildesheimView parish
- Pfarrgemeinde Mutterschaft Mariens, Wolfsburg-FallerslebenWolfsburg-FallerslebenView parish
- Pfarrgemeinde St. Aegidien, BraunschweigBraunschweigView parish
- Pfarrgemeinde St. Agnes, LüchowLüchowView parish
- Pfarrgemeinde St. Albertus Magnus, BraunschweigBraunschweigView parish
- Pfarrgemeinde St. Altfrid, GifhornGifhornView parish
- Pfarrgemeinde St. Augustinus, HamelnHamelnView parish
- Pfarrgemeinde St. Augustinus, HannoverHannoverView parish
- Pfarrgemeinde St. Benno, Bad LauterbergBad LauterbergView parish
- Pfarrgemeinde St. Bernward, BraunschweigBraunschweigView parish
- Pfarrgemeinde St. Bernward, HannoverHannoverView parish
- Pfarrgemeinde St. Bernward, IlsedeIlsedeView parish
- Pfarrgemeinde St. Bernward, LehrteLehrteView parish
- Pfarrgemeinde St. Bernward, NienburgNienburgView parish
- Pfarrgemeinde St. Bernward, SalzgitterSalzgitter-ThiedeView 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.