Military Ordinariate of Germany

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MILITARY ORDINARIATE OF GERMANY (Dioecesis Magdeburgensis)

Country : Germany
Denomination : Roman Catholic

Established : 1933, a Vicar Apostolic of Germany, Military had been appointed in 1868. Raised to the rank of Bishop from 1888.

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Arms of Bishops

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Franz Adolf Namszanowski(1868-1872)
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Johann Baptist Maria Assmann (1888-1903)
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Heinrich Vollmar(1903-1913)
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Heinrich Joeppen (1913-1920)
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Franz Justus Rarkowski, S.M.(1938-1945)
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Joseph Cardinal Wendel (1956-1960), also Archbishop of München.
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Franz Cardinal Hengsbach(1961-1978), also Bishop of Esssen.
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Elmar Maria Kredel (1978-1990), also Archbishop of Bamberg
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Johannes Dyba(1990-2000), also Bishop of Fulda.
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Walter Mixa (2000-2010), also Bishop of Eichstätt and later of Augsburg.
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Franz-Josef Overbeck(2011-present), also Bishop of Essen.