The Diocese of

Eichstätt Eichstätt () is a town in the federal state of Bavaria, Germany, and capital of the district of Eichstätt. It is located on the Altmühl river and has a population of around 13,000. Eichstätt is also the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese ...

is a

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of the

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. Its seat is

, and it is subordinate to the

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. The diocese was erected in 745; from the Middle Ages until 1805, it was a state of the

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. The current bishop of Eichstätt is Dr. Gregor Maria Hanke, OSB; formerly the Abbot of the Benedictine Abbey of Plankstetten, he was named to the See by

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on 14 October 2006, and he was consecrated at the Cathedral of Eichstätt on 2 December 2006. The diocese covers an area of 6,025 km², with 48,9% (as per 31 Dez. 2006) just under half of the population is catholic.

List of bishops

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History

The diocese was erected by Saint

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in 745; it was subordinate to the

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. By the

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of 1817, the diocese was reorganized and made subordinate to the

Ordinaries

*Johann von Eych (1 October 1445 Appointed – 1 January 1464 Died) *Wilhelm von Reichenau (16 January 1464 Appointed – 9 November 1496 Died) *Gabriel von Eyb (5 December 1496 Appointed – 1 December 1535 Died) *Christoph Marschalk zu Pappenheim (14 December 1535 Appointed – 13 June 1539 Died) *Moritz von Hutten (26 June 1539 Appointed – 6 December 1552 Died) *Eberhard von Hirnheim (22 December 1552 Appointed – 4 July 1560 Died) *Martin von Schaumberg (14 July 1560 Appointed – 28 June 1590 Died) *Kaspar von Seckendorff (13 August 1590 Appointed – 2 April 1595 Died) *

Johann Konrad von Gemmingen Johann Konrad von Gemmingen (also Conrad) (1561−1612) was Prince bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Eichstätt in Bavaria. The bishop was an enthusiastic botanist who derived great pleasure from his garden, which rivaled Hortus Botanicus Leide ...

(2 April 1595 Succeeded – 8 November 1612 Died) *

Johann Christoph von Westerstetten Johann Christoph von Westerstetten (6 January 1563 - 28 July 1637) was Prince-bishop of Eichstätt, Bavaria, Germany, during the Thirty Years' War. He was a proponent of the Counter-Reformation. Johann Christoph von Westerstetten was born on 6 ...

(4 December 1612 Appointed – 28 July 1637 Died) *Marquard Reichsgraf von Schenk von Castell (28 July 1637 Appointed – 18 January 1685 Died) *Johann Euchar Reichsgraf von Schenk von Castell (13 March 1685 Appointed – 6 March 1697 Died) *Johann Martin Reichsritter von Eyb (16 April 1697 Appointed – 6 December 1704 Died) *Johann Anton Reichsfreiherr von Knebel von Katzenellenbogen (9 February 1705 Appointed – 27 April 1725 Died) *Franz Ludwig Reichsfreiherr von Schenk von Castell (3 July 1725 Appointed – 19 September 1736 Died) *Johann Anton Reichsfreiherr von Freyberg-Hopferau (5 December 1736 Appointed – 30 April 1757 Died) *Raymund Anton Graf von Strasoldo (5 July 1757 Appointed – 13 January 1781 Died) *Johann Anton Freiherr von Zehmen (27 March 1781 Appointed – 23 June 1790 Died) *Joseph Graf von Stubenberg (21 September 1790 Appointed – 5 February 1818 Appointed, Archbishop of Bamberg) *Petrus Pustet (4 Mar 1824 Appointed – 24 Apr 1825 Died) *Johann Friedrich Oesterreicher (12 May 1825 Appointed – 31 January 1835 Died) *Johann Martin Manl (25 March 1835 Appointed – 15 October 1835 Died) * Karl August Graf von Reisach (19 April 1836 Appointed – 12 July 1841 Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of München und Freising) *Georg von Oettl (3 October 1846 Appointed – 6 February 1866 Died) *Franz Leopold Freiherr von Leonrod (13 November 1866 Appointed – 5 September 1905 Died) *Johannes Leo von Mergel, O.S.B. (5 October 1905 Appointed – 20 June 1932 Died) *

Konrad von Preysing Johann Konrad Maria Augustin Felix, Graf von Preysing Lichtenegg-Moos (30 August 1880 – 21 December 1950) was a German prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. Considered a significant figure in Catholic resistance to Nazism, he served as ...

(9 September 1932 Appointed – 5 July 1935 Appointed, Bishop of Berlin) *

Michael Rackl Michael Rackl (31 October 1883 – 5 May 1948) was Bishop of Eichstätt, Roman Catholic Bishop of Eichstätt from 1935 until his death in 1948. He was born in Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz, Rittershof on 31 October 1883, the son of a wealthy farmer. ...

(4 November 1935 Appointed – 5 May 1948 Died) *

Joseph Schröffer Joseph Schröffer (February 20, 1903 – September 7, 1983) was a German Cardinal (Catholicism), Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Secretary of the Congregation for Catholic Education, Sacred Congregation of Seminaries and Univer ...

(23 July 1948 Appointed – 2 January 1968 Appointed, Titular Archbishop of Volturnum) *Alois Brems (28 May 1968 Appointed – 1 June 1983 Retired) *Karl Heinrich Braun (17 April 1984 Appointed – 25 March 1995 Appointed, Archbishop of Bamberg) *Walter Mixa (24 February 1996 Appointed – 16 July 2005 Appointed, Bishop of Augsburg) *Gregor Maria Franz Hanke, O.S.B. (14 October 2006 Appointed – )

References

External links

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Official site
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