The Diocese of Trier, in English historically also known as ''Treves'' ( IPA "tɾivz") from French ''Trèves'', is a
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ecclesiastical territory or
diocese
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History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associa ...
of the
Catholic church
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in
Germany
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Catholic-Hierarchy.org
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''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016"Diocese of Trier" ''GCatholic.org''. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016 When it was the archbishopric and Electorate of Trier, it was one of the most important states of the
Holy Roman Empire
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, both as an ecclesiastical principality and as a diocese of the church. Unlike the other Rhenish dioceses—including
Mainz
Mainz () is the capital and largest city of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Mainz is on the left bank of the Rhine, opposite to the place that the Main joins the Rhine. Downstream of the confluence, the Rhine flows to the north-west, with Ma ...
and
Cologne
Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 million inhabitants in the city proper and 3.6 millio ...
–Trier was the former Roman provincial capital of
Augusta Treverorum
Trier in Rhineland-Palatinate, whose history dates to the Roman Empire, is often claimed to be the oldest city in Germany. Traditionally it was known in English by its French name of Treves.
Prehistory
The first traces of human settlement in ...
. Given its status, Trier has continuously been an episcopal see since Roman times and is one of the oldest dioceses in all of Germany. The diocese was elevated to an archdiocese in the time of Charlemagne and was the metropolitan for the dioceses of
Metz
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,
Toul
Toul () is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in north-eastern France.
It is a sub-prefecture of the department.
Geography
Toul is between Commercy and Nancy, and the river Moselle and Canal de la Marne au Rhin.
Climate
Toul ...
, and
Verdun
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. After the victory of
Napoleon Bonaparte
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of France, the archdiocese was lowered to a diocese and is now a suffragan in the
ecclesiastical province
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of the
Archdiocese of Cologne
The Archdiocese of Cologne ( la, Archidioecesis Coloniensis; german: Erzbistum Köln) is an archdiocese of the Catholic Church in western North Rhine-Westphalia and northern Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany.
History
The Electorate of Cologn ...
. The diocesan cathedral is the Cathedral of Saint Peter. The Cathedral Chapter retains the right to elect the bishop, rather than selection by papal appointment.
History
The bishops of Trier were already virtually independent territorial magnates in
Merovingian
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times. In 772 Charlemagne granted Bishop Wiomad complete immunity from the jurisdiction of the ruling
count
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for all the churches and monasteries, as well as villages and castles that belonged to the Church of St. Peter at Trier. In his will he also elevated the diocese to the Archdiocese of Trier, with suffragans on both sides of the Rhine. This arrangement lasted over a thousand years.
In Early Modern times, the archdiocese of Trier still encompassed territory along the
Moselle River
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between Trier, near the French border, and Koblenz on the
. The Archbishop of Trier, as holder of an imperial office was traditionally an Imperial
Elector
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of the German king. The purely honorary office of Archchancellor of Gaul arose in the 13th century. In this context that was taken to mean the
Kingdom of Burgundy-Arles
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, technically from 1242 and permanently from 1263, and nominally until 1803. Arles along with
Germany
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and
Italy
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was one of the three component kingdoms of the Empire.
The last elector removed to Koblenz in 1786. From 1795, the territories of the Archbishopric on the left bank of the Rhine — which is to say almost all of them — were under French occupation, and were annexed in 1801 and a separate bishopric established (later assuming control of the whole diocese in 1803). In 1803, what was left of the Archbishopric was secularized and annexed by the Princes of Nassau.
Valerius
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Volusianus of Trier Volusianus was bishop of Trier at the end of the 5th century.
Very little is known of his life but he is one of a number of bishops around this time.
Maximianus of Trier Maximianus of Trier was bishop of Trier around the turn of the 5th and 6th centuries.
Bishop Maximianus, the predecessor of Fibicius who had taken over as bishop by 502, is apparently the bishop mentioned in a letter from Archbishop Avitus of Vi ...
479–499
*
Fibicius Fibicius (otherwise Fibitius or Felicius) was Bishop of Trier from around 502 to 525 or so.
Life
Fibicius' tenure as bishop in the first quarter of the 6th century fell in the politically troubled times during the expansion of Frankish power into ...
Magnerich Magneric of Tier (also called Magnerich, or Magnericus) (born c. 522, died c. 596) was a Frankish bishop of Trier. He is a Catholic and Orthodox saint, with a feast day on July 25. Magneric was one of the first bishops with a Germanic name. He wa ...
Leudwinus
Saint Leudwinus, Count of Treves (; also ''Leodewin, Liutwin, Ludwin'', etc.; 660 – 29 September 722 AD in Reims) founded an abbey in Mettlach. He was Archbishop of Treves and Laon. As patron saint of the Mettlach parish, his relics are c ...
697–718
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Richbod
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Henry I Henry I may refer to:
876–1366
* Henry I the Fowler, King of Germany (876–936)
* Henry I, Duke of Bavaria (died 955)
* Henry I of Austria, Margrave of Austria (died 1018)
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*Dietrich I 965–977
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Egbert
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* Poppo von Babenberg 1016–1047
*
Eberhard Eberhard is an old Germanic name meaning the strength or courage of a wild boar.
People
First name
*Eberhard of Friuli (815–866), Duke and key figure in the Carolingian Empire
* Eberhard of Béthune (died 1212), Flemish grammarian
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Udo of Nellenburg
Udo of Nellenburg (c. 1030 – 11 November 1078) was the Archbishop of Trier from 1066 until his death. He was an important mediator during the height of the Investiture Controversy.
Biography
Udo was born in Tübingen, Swabia, as the eldest ...
Bruno
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Albero de Montreuil
Albero de Montreuil (german: Albero, Adalbero von Munsterol) (c. 1080 – 18 January 1152) was Archbishop of Trier from 1132 to 1152 and is the subject of the '' Gesta Alberonis''.
Albero was born near Toul in Lorraine, a scion of the petty nob ...
Arnold I of Vaucourt
Arnold I of Vaucourt (french: Arnaud, Arnaut de Vaucort, german: Arnold von Valcourt, Valancourt, Walecourt) (''circa'' 1120 – May 25, 1183 in Trier), was the Archbishop of Trier from 1169 to 1183. He took a pro-Imperial position in the Investi ...
Theodoric II
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Kuno II von Falkenstein
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1362–88
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Werner von Falkenstein Werner von Falkenstein ( 1355 – October 4, 1418), was a German Archbishop and Elector of Trier. He served as Archbishop from 1388 to 1418 as Werner III; he was the great-nephew of his predecessor Kuno II von Falkenstein (1362-1388) and a member ...
Johann von der Leyen
Johann von der Leyen (1510–1567) was the Archbishop-Elector of Trier from 1556 to 1567.
Biography
Johann von der Leyen was born in Saffig in 1510, the son of Bartholomäus von der Leyen, chancellor of the Archbishopric of Cologne, and his wi ...
*Charles Mannay † (5 Jul 1802 Elected – 9 Oct 1816 Resigned)
*Josef von Hommer † (3 May 1824 Elected – 11 Nov 1836 Died)
*Wilhelm Arnoldi † (21 Jun 1842 Elected – 7 Jan 1864 Died)
*Leopold Pelldram † (29 Dec 1864 Elected – 3 May 1867 Died)
*
Matthias Eberhard
Matthias Eberhard (born 15 November 1815, at Trier, Germany, died there 30 May 1876) was a German Roman Catholic Bishop of Trier.
After successfully completing the gymnasium course of his native town, he devoted himself to the study of theolo ...
† (16 Jul 1867 Elected – 30 May 1876 Died)
*Michael Felix Korum † (12 Aug 1881 Elected – 4 Dec 1921 Died)
* Franz Rudolf Bornewasser † (27 Feb 1922 Elected – 20 Dec 1951 Died)
*Matthias Wehr † (20 Dec 1951 Succeeded – 19 Nov 1966 Retired)
*Bernhard Stein † (13 Apr 1967 Elected – 5 Sep 1980 Retired)
*Hermann Josef Spital † (24 Feb 1981 Elected – 15 Jan 2001 Retired)
* Reinhard Marx (20 Dec 2001 Elected – 30 Nov 2007 Translated to become Archbishop of Munich and Freising)
* Stephan Ackermann (8 Apr 2009 Elected – )
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Catholic-Hierarchy.org
''Catholic-Hierarchy.org'' is an online database of bishops and dioceses of the Roman Catholic Church and Eastern Catholic Churches. The website is not officially sanctioned by the Church. It is run as a private project by David M. Cheney in ...
Catholic-Hierarchy.org
''Catholic-Hierarchy.org'' is an online database of bishops and dioceses of the Roman Catholic Church and Eastern Catholic Churches. The website is not officially sanctioned by the Church. It is run as a private project by David M. Cheney in ...
Catholic-Hierarchy.org
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''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved August 29, 2016
*Gregor Virneburg (1557–1578)
*
Peter Binsfeld
Peter Binsfeld (alternate spelling Peter of Binsfeld, lat. Petrus Binsfeldius; c. 1540 – 1598 or 1603)
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Maximilian Burmann
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List of people
Monarchs
*Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (1459� ...
(1682–1685)
*Johannes Petrus Verhorst (1687–1708)
*Johann Matthias von Eyss (1710–1729)
*Lothar Friedrich von Nalbach (1730–1748)
*Johann Nikolaus (Febronius) von Hontheim (1748–1790)
*Jean-Marie Cuchot d’Herbain (1778–1794)
*Johann Michael Josef von Pidoll de Quitenbach (1794–1802)
*Johann Heinrich Milz (1825–1833)
*Wilhelm Arnold Günther, O. Praem. (1834–1843)
*Johann Georg Müller (1844–1847)
*Godehard Braun (1849–1861)
*
Matthias Eberhard
Matthias Eberhard (born 15 November 1815, at Trier, Germany, died there 30 May 1876) was a German Roman Catholic Bishop of Trier.
After successfully completing the gymnasium course of his native town, he devoted himself to the study of theolo ...
(1862–1867 Appointed, Bishop of Trier)
*Johann Jakob Kraft (1868–1884)
*Heinrich Feiten (1887–1892)
*Karl Ernst Schrod (1894–1914)
*Anton Mönch (1915–1935)
*Albert Maria Fuchs (1935–1944)
*Heinrich Metzroth (1941–1951)
*Bernhard Stein (1944–1967 Appointed, Bishop of Trier)
*Carl Schmidt (1962–1981)
*Karl Heinz Jacoby (1968–1993)
*Alfred Kleinermeilert (1968–2003)
* Leo Schwarz (1982–2006)
*Gehard Jakob (1993–1998)
* Felix Genn (1999–2003, Translated to become Bishop of Essen and later Bishop of Münster)
*Robert Brahm (2003– )
*Jörg Michael Peters (2003– )
*Stephan Ackermann (2006–2009 Appointed, Bishop of Trier)
*Helmut Dieser (2011–2016, Translated to become Bishop of Aachen)
See also
*
History of Trier
Trier in Rhineland-Palatinate, whose history dates to the Roman Empire, is often claimed to be the oldest city in Germany. Traditionally it was known in English by its French name of Treves.
Prehistory
The first traces of human settlement in ...
Trier
Trier ( , ; lb, Tréier ), formerly known in English as Trèves ( ;) and Triers (see also names in other languages), is a city on the banks of the Moselle in Germany. It lies in a valley between low vine-covered hills of red sandstone in the ...