Archdiocese of Paderborn

ARCHDIOCESE OF PADERBORN (Archidioecesis Paderbornensis)

Country : Germany
Denomination : Roman Catholic

Established : 805 as Diocese of Paderborn
Addition 1821 Diocese of Corvey
Elevated to Archdiocese in 1930

Official blazon

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

Arms of Bishops

Seals of bishops prior to Bishop DIetrich von Itter do not show any shields or arms.

Dietrich von Itter (1310-1321)
Balduin von Steinfurt (1351-1361)
Heinrich von Spiegel von Desenberg (1361-1380)
Simon von Sternberg (1380-1389)
Ruprecht von Berg (1389-1394)
Johann von Hoya (1394-1399)
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Bertrando d'Arvazzano (1399-1401)
Wilhelm von Berg (1401-1414)
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Dietrich von Moers (1414-1463)
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Simon zur Lippe (1463-1498)
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Hermann von Hessen (1498-1508)
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Erich von Braunschweig-Grubenhagen (1508-1532)
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Hermann von Wied (1532-1547)
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Rembert von Kerssenbrock (1547-1568)
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Johann von Hoya zu Stolzenau (1568-1574)
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Salentin von Isenburg (1574-1577)
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Hendrik IV von Saksen-Lauenburg (1577-1585)
Dietrich von Fürstenberg (1585-1618)
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Ferdinand von Bayern (1618-1650)
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Dietrich Adolf von der Reck (1650-1661)
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Ferdinand von Fürstenberg (1661-1683)
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Herman Werner von Wolff-Metternich zur Gracht (1683-1704)
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Franz Arnold von Wolff-Metternich zur Gracht (1704-1718)
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Clemens August von Bayern (1719-1761)
Wilhelm Anton von der Asseburg zu Hinnenburg (1763-1782)
Friedrich Wilhelm von Westphalen (1782-1789)
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Frans Egon von Fürstenberg (Hildesheim) (1789-1825)
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Friedrich Klemens von Ledebur-Wicheln (1825-1841)
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Richard Kornelius Dammers (1841-1844)
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Johan Franz Drepper (1845-1855)
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Konrad Martin (1856-1879)
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Franz Kaspar Drobe (1882-1891)
Hubert Theophil Simar (1891-1899)
Wilhelm Schneider (1900-1909)
Karl Joseph Schulte (1910-1920)
Caspar Klein (1920-1930)

Arms of Archbishops

Caspar Klein (1930-1941)
Lorenz Jäger (1941-1973)
Johannes Joachim Degenhardt (1974-2002)
Hans-Josef Becker (2003-present)

Arms of Auxiliary bishops

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Johannes Fabri (1437 -1458)
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Johannes Schulte (1455-1466)
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Heinrich Vuyst (1462-1468)
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Johannes Ymminck (1469-1493)
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Johann Welmecher (1481-1505)
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Albert Engel (1493-1500)
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Johannes Sartoris de Tremonia (1507-1516)
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Nikolaus Arresdorf (1592-1620)
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Johannes Pelking (1619-1642)
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Bernhard Frick (1644-1655)
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Pantaleon Bruns (1721-1727)
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Winimar Knippschild (1729-1732)
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Meinwerk Kaup (1733-1745)
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Johann Christoph von Crass (1746-1751)
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Franz Josef von Gondola (1752-1761)
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Richard Kornelius Dammers (1824- 1842)
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Anton Ferdinand Holtgreven (1843-1848)
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Josef Freusberg (1854-1889)
Augustin Göckel (1890-1912)
Heinrich Hähling von Lanzenauer (1912-1925)
Johannes Hillebrand (1926-1931)
Augustinus Philipp Baumann (1932-1953)
Wilhelm Weskamm (1949-1951)
Friedrich Maria Heinrich Rintelen (1951-1970)
Franz Hengsbach (1953-1957)
Wilhelm Tuschen (1958-1961)
Paul Heinrich Nordhues (1961-1990)
Johannes Joachim Degenhardt (1968-1974)
Hans-Georg Braun (1970-1973)
Paul Josef Cordes (1975-1980)
Hans Leo Drewes (1980-1997)
Paul Consbruch (1980-1999)
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Franz-Josef Hermann Bode (1991-1995)
Heinz Josef Algermissen (1996-2001)
Reinhard Marx (1996-2001)
Hans-Josef Becker (1999-2003)
Karl-Heinz Wiesemann (2002-2007)
Manfred Grothe (2004-2015)
Matthias König (2004-present)
Hubert Berenbrinker (2008-2020)
Dominicus Meier (2015-present)
Josef Holtkotte (2021-present)

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