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. Michael, WolfsburgWolfsburgView parish
- Pfarrgemeinde St. Nikolaus, BurgdorfBurgdorfView parish
- Pfarrgemeinde St. Nikolaus, Clausthal-ZellerfeldClausthal-ZellerfeldView parish
- Pfarrgemeinde St. Nikolaus, OttbergenSchellerten-OttbergenView parish
- Pfarrgemeinde St. Oliver, LaatzenLaatzenView parish
- Pfarrgemeinde St. Paulus, BurgwedelBurgwedelView parish
- Pfarrgemeinde St. Paulus, GöttingenGöttingenView parish
- Pfarrgemeinde St. Peter und Paul, Neustadt a. Rbge.Neustadt a. Rbge.View parish
- Pfarrgemeinde St. Petrus, Buchholz i.d.N.Buchholz i.d.N.View parish
- Pfarrgemeinde St. Petrus, WolfenbüttelWolfenbüttelView parish
- Pfarrgemeinde St. Raphael, GarbsenGarbsenView parish
- Pfarrgemeinde St. Sebastian, RhumspringeRhumspringeView parish
- Pfarrgemeinde St. Sturmius, RintelnRintelnView parish
- Pfarrgemeinde St. Vitus, GiesenGiesenView parish
- Pfarrgemeinde Sühnekirche vom Kostbaren Blut, BergenBergenView parish
- Pfarrgemeinde Zu den Heiligen Engeln, PeinePeineView parish
- Pfarrgemeinde Zum Göttlichen Erlöser, UelzenUelzenView parish
- Pfarrkirche Hl. Engel, Hannover-KirchrodeHannover-KirchrodeView parish
- Pfarrkirche Liebfrauen, HildesheimHildesheimView parish
- Pfarrkirche Mariä Himmelfahrt, Diekholzen-SöhreDiekholzen-SöhreView parish
- Pfarrkirche St. Aegidien, BraunschweigBraunschweigView parish
- Pfarrkirche St. Hubertus, Holle-WohldenbergHolleView parish
- Pfarrkirche St. Johannes d.T., SeulingenSeulingenView parish
- Pfarrkirche St. Joseph, Salzgitter-LebenstedtSalzgitter-LebenstedtView parish
- Pfarrkirche St. Laurentius, GieboldehausenGieboldehausenView parish
- Pfarrkirche St. Maria vom hl. Rosenkranz, SoltauSoltauView parish
- Pfarrkirche St. Martinus, Harsum-BorsumHarsum-BorsumView parish
- Pfarrkirche St. Mauritius, Hildesheim-MoritzbergHildesheimView parish
- Pfarrkirche St. Nikolaus OttbergenSchellerten-OttbergenView parish
- Pfarrkirche St. Vitus, GiesenGiesenView 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.