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 St. Bonifatius, GehrdenGehrdenView parish
- Pfarrgemeinde St. Bonifatius, WunstorfWunstorfView parish
- Pfarrgemeinde St. Christophorus, WolfsburgWolfsburgView parish
- Pfarrgemeinde St. Cyriakus, BraunschweigBraunschweigView parish
- Pfarrgemeinde St. Cyriakus, DuderstadtDuderstadtView parish
- Pfarrgemeinde St. Cäcilia, HarsumHarsumView parish
- Pfarrgemeinde St. Elisabeth, HamelnHamelnView parish
- Pfarrgemeinde St. Elisabeth, Hann. MündenHann. MündenView parish
- Pfarrgemeinde St. Gallus, Bad Salzdetfurth-DetfurthBad Salzdetfurth OT DetfurthView parish
- Pfarrgemeinde St. Georg, NesselrödenDuderstadt-NesselrödenView parish
- Pfarrgemeinde St. Godehard, GöttingenGöttingenView parish
- Pfarrgemeinde St. Godehard, HannoverHannoverView parish
- Pfarrgemeinde St. Godehard, HildesheimHildesheimView parish
- Pfarrgemeinde St. Heinrich, HannoverHannoverView parish
- Pfarrgemeinde St. Hubertus, Holle-WohldenbergHolle-SottrumView parish
- Pfarrgemeinde St. Jakobus der Ältere, GoslarGoslarView parish
- Pfarrgemeinde St. Johannes Bapt., OsterodeOsterodeView parish
- Pfarrgemeinde St. Johannes d. T., SeulingenSeulingenView parish
- Pfarrgemeinde St. Johannes d. Täufer, CelleCelle-VorwerkView parish
- Pfarrgemeinde St. Johannes der Täufer, Bad MünderBad MünderView parish
- Pfarrgemeinde St. Josef, Einbeck und DasselEinbeckView parish
- Pfarrgemeinde St. Josef, HerzbergHerzbergView parish
- Pfarrgemeinde St. Josef, HolzmindenHolzmindenView parish
- Pfarrgemeinde St. Josef, VerdenVerdenView parish
- Pfarrgemeinde St. Joseph, GronauGronau/LeineView parish
- Pfarrgemeinde St. Joseph, HannoverHannoverView parish
- Pfarrgemeinde St. Joseph, SalzgitterSalzgitter-LebenstedtView parish
- Pfarrgemeinde St. Joseph, StadthagenStadthagenView parish
- Pfarrgemeinde St. Konrad von Parzham, UslarUslarView parish
- Pfarrgemeinde St. Kosmas und Damian, BilshausenBilshausenView 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.