The Apostolic Prefecture of Schleswig-Holstein was a relatively short-lived Roman Catholic pre-diocesan

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jurisdiction in northern Germany's

Schleswig-Holstein Schleswig-Holstein (; da, Slesvig-Holsten; nds, Sleswig-Holsteen; frr, Slaswik-Holstiinj) is the northernmost of the 16 states of Germany, comprising most of the historical duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Sch ...

region which existed from 1868 to 1930.

History

* The territory of the former

Diocese of Schleswig The List of the Bishops of Schleswig contains the names of the bishops of the see in Schleswig ( da, Slesvig, en, italic=yes, Sleswick) in chronological order. Also Lutheran bishops, who officiated after 1542, superintendents and general superint ...

, which had to be suppressed in 1624 (like many sees in the Baltic region, due to the

Lutheran Reformation The Reformation (alternatively named the Protestant Reformation or the European Reformation) was a major movement within Western Christianity in 16th-century Europe that posed a religious and political challenge to the Catholic Church and in ...

), was restored on 29 July 1868 as Apostolic Prefecture of Schleswig-Holstein / Sleswigis Holsatiæ (Latin), split off again from the 'generic' Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Germany, which had tended to north German Catholics under Protestant rule during the long interval. * On 13 August 1930 it was suppressed, its territory being merged in the restored German

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, whose Bishops has effectively already invariably held it in personal union (as well as the remainder of the Apostolic Vicariate) anyhow.

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(all

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Germans, none actually resident here) ;''Apostolic Prefects of Schleswig-Holstein'' * Heinrich Hubertus Aloysius Voß (30 August 1899 – died 3 March 1914), while Bishop of Osnabrück (Germany) (12 April 1899 – 3 March 1914) and Pro-Apostolic Vicar of North German Missions (Germany) (30 August 1899 – 3 March 1914) **''

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Hermann Wilhelm Berning (15 September 1914 – 22 November 1921) ''see below'' * Hermann Wilhelm Berning (22 November 1921 – 13 August 1930), while Bishop of Osnabrück (Germany) (14 July 1914 – 23 November 1955) and first Pro-Vicar Apostolic of North German Missions (Germany) (15 September 1914 – 22 November 1921) then Vicar Apostolic of North German Missions (Germany) (22 November 1921 – 13 August 1930), both as above; later emeritus as

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(1950 – died 23 November 1955).

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