Diocese of Osnabrück

DIOCESE OF OSNABRÜCK (Dioecesis Osnabrugensis)

Country : Germany
Denomination : Roman Catholic

Established : 772

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The arms in the Wapen- en Vlaggenboek van Gerrit Hesman (1708)

Arms of Bishops

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  Albrecht von Hoya (1450-1454, Administrator)

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  Rudolf von Diepholz (1454–1455)

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  Konrad von Diepholz (1455–1482)

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  Konrad von Rietberg (1497-1508)

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  Erich von Braunschweig-Grubenhagen (1508–1532)

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  Franz von Waldeck (1532–1553)

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  Johann von Hoya zu Stolzenau (1554-1574)

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  Heinrich von Sachsen-Lauenburg (1574–1585)

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  Wilhelm von Schencking zu Bevern (1585)

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  Bernhard von Waldeck (1585–1591)

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  Philipp Sigismund von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel (1591–1623)

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  Eitel Friedrich von Hohenzollern (1623–1625)

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  Franz Wilhelm von Wartenberg (1625–1661)

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  Ernst August I. von Braunschweig und Lüneburg (1662–1698)

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  Karl Joseph Ignaz von Lothringen (1698–1715)

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  Ernst August II. von Braunschweig und Lüneburg (1716–1728)

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  Clemens August von Bayern (1728-1761)

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  Friedrich August von York und Albany (1764–1802)

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  Paul Ludolf Melchers (1857–1866)

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  Johann Heinrich Beckmann (1866–1878)

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  Johann Bernhard Höting (1882–1898)

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  Heinrich Hubert Aloysius Voß (1899–1914)

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  Hermann Wilhelm Berning (1914–1955)

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  Gerhard Franz Demann (1956-1957)

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  Helmut Hermann Wittler (1957–1987)

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  Ludwig Averkamp (1987-1994)

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  Franz-Josef Hermann Bode (1996-present)

Arms of Auxiliary Bishops

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  Johannes Fabri (1434-1451)

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  Godefridus Yewerd (1471-1483)

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  Johannes Meppen (1477-1496)

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  Heinrich Schodehoet (1494-1515)

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  Johannes Meler (1518-1529)

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  Kaspar Münster (1631-1654)

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  Aegidius Gelenius (1655-1656)

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  Johann Bischopinck (1657-1667)

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  Otto Wilhelm von Bronckhorst zu Gronsfeld (1693-1713)

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  Johann Hugo von Gärtz (1715-1716)

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  Hyacinth Petit (1718-1719)

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  Johann Friedrich Adolf von Hörde (1723-1761)

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  Wilhelm von Alhaus (1764-1794)

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  Karl Klemens von Gruben (1795-1827)

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  Carl Anton Lüpke (1830-1855)

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  Johannes von Rudloff (1950-1975)

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  Bernhard Schräder (1959-1971)

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  Hubertus Brandenburg (1974-1977)

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  Karl-August Siegel (1974-1988)

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  Theodor Kettmann (1978-2011)

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  Hans-Jochen Jaschke (1988-1994)

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  Johannes Wübbe (2013-present)

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