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. Laurentius, GieboldehausenGieboldehausenView parish
- Pfarrgemeinde St. Liborius, BoffzenBoffzenView parish
- Pfarrgemeinde St. Ludgeri, HelmstedtHelmstedtView parish
- Pfarrgemeinde St. Ludwig, CelleCelleView parish
- Pfarrgemeinde St. Maria Königin vom hl. Rosenkranz, BleckedeBleckedeView parish
- Pfarrgemeinde St. Maria vom hl. Rosenkranz, Bad NenndorfBad NenndorfView parish
- Pfarrgemeinde St. Maria vom hl. Rosenkranz, SoltauSoltauView parish
- Pfarrgemeinde St. Maria vom hl. Rosenkranz, WalsrodeWalsrodeView parish
- Pfarrgemeinde St. Maria, HannoverHannoverView parish
- Pfarrgemeinde St. Marien, AlfeldAlfeldView parish
- Pfarrgemeinde St. Marien, BraunschweigBraunschweigView parish
- Pfarrgemeinde St. Marien, Bremen-BlumenthalBremen-BlumenthalView parish
- Pfarrgemeinde St. Marien, BückeburgBückeburgView parish
- Pfarrgemeinde St. Marien, CuxhavenCuxhavenView parish
- Pfarrgemeinde St. Marien, LüneburgLüneburgView parish
- Pfarrgemeinde St. Marien, SalzgitterSalzgitter-BadView parish
- Pfarrgemeinde St. Marien, WedemarkWedemark-MellendorfView parish
- Pfarrgemeinde St. Marien, WittingenWittingenView parish
- Pfarrgemeinde St. Mariä Verkündigung, LiebenburgLiebenburgView parish
- Pfarrgemeinde St. Martin, AchtumHildesheim-AchtumView parish
- Pfarrgemeinde St. Martin, HannoverHannoverView parish
- Pfarrgemeinde St. Martin, Nörten-HardenbergNörten-HardenbergView parish
- Pfarrgemeinde St. Martinus, BorsumHarsum-BorsumView parish
- Pfarrgemeinde St. Martinus, HildesheimHildesheimView parish
- Pfarrgemeinde St. Matthias, AchimAchimView parish
- Pfarrgemeinde St. Mauritius, HildesheimHildesheimView parish
- Pfarrgemeinde St. Maximilian Kolbe, HannoverHannoverView parish
- Pfarrgemeinde St. Maximilian M. Kolbe, SalzgitterSalzgitterView parish
- Pfarrgemeinde St. Michael, GöttingenGöttingenView parish
- Pfarrgemeinde St. Michael, MunsterMunsterView 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.