Roman Catholic Diocese of Münster

The Diocese of Münster is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Germany."Diocese of Münster
''Catholic-Hierarchy.org''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016"Diocese of Münster"
''GCatholic.org''. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016 It is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Cologne. Bishop Felix Genn is the current bishop of the Diocese of Münster. He was ordained to the priesthood on 11 July 1976 and was appointed to the See of Münster on 19 December 2008.

Statistics

As of 31 December 2006, with 4.336 million adherents or 47.1% of local population, nearly half the inhabitants of the Münster diocese were Catholic; due to continuing secularisation, this a decreased percentage compared to earlier periods. Sunday Mass attendance reflects this decline over the course of three decades. Per the diocesan website: in 2005, 13.6% Catholics attended Sunday Mass; in 2004, this was 14.5%. A decade earlier, in 1995, Sunday Mass attendance was about 20% (416,406 churchgoers); in 1985, Sunday Mass attendance was 29.3% (614,839 Catholics); and, in 1975, Sunday Mass attendance was 35.1% or 787,582 persons. Over a 30-year period, Sunday Mass attendance declined over 50%.

As of 18 July 2013, there were 1,129 priests, 296 permanent deacons, and 2,540 religious in the diocese.

History

The diocese was canonically erected in 800 by Pope Leo III. It lost territory on 23 February 1957 to the newly established Diocese of Essen.

Ordinaries

Bishops till 1181

* Saint Ludger (805–809)
* (809–839)
* (839–849)
* (849–870)
* (870 – between 870 and 880)
* (from before 882 – 888/889)
* (899 – 921/922)
* (922–941)
* (941–969)
* (969–993)
* (993–1011)
* (1011–1022)
* (1022–1032)
*(1032–1042)
* (1042–1063)
* (1064–1084)
* (1085–1097)
* (1098–1118)
* (1118–1127)
* (1127–1132)
* (1132–1151)
* (1152–1168)
* (1169–1173)
* (1174–1203)

Prince-Bishops

*Hermann II of Katzenelnbogen (1174–1203)
* Otto I of Oldenburg (1204–1218)
* (1218–1226)
* (1226–1247)
* (1247–1259)
* (1259–1260)
* (1261–1272)
* (1275–1301)
* (1301–1306)
* (1306–1310)
* (1310–1357)
* Adolphus of the Marck (1357–1363)
* John I of Virneburg (1363–1364)
* Florence of Wevelinkhoven (1364–1378)
* John II Potho of Pothenstein (1379–1382)
* (1382–1392)
* (1392–1424)
* † ( 1424 Appointed – 2 Jun 1450 Died)
* † (14 Jul 1450 Appointed – 3 Oct 1456 Died)
* (antibishop 1450–1457)
*John of Palatinate-Simmern † (disputed; 11 Apr 1457 Appointed – 20 May 1465 Confirmed, Archbishop of Magdeburg)
* † (Apr 1466 Appointed – 14 Dec 1496 Died)
* † (18 Apr 1497 Appointed – 9 Feb 1508 Died)
* Eric II of Saxe-Lauenburg † (24 Feb 1508 Appointed – 20 Oct 1522 Died)
* † (6 Nov 1522 Appointed – 24 Mar 1532 Resigned)
* Eric III of Brunswick-Grubenhagen † (27 Mar 1532 Appointed – 14 May 1532 Died)
* Francis I of Waldeck † (1 Jun 1532 Appointed – 15 Jul 1553 Died)
* † (21 Jul 1553 Appointed – 2 Dec 1557 Resigned)
* † (4 Dec 1557 Appointed – 25 Oct 1566 Resigned)
* John III of Hoya † (26 Oct 1566 Appointed – 5 Apr 1574 Died)
* John William of Juliers-Cleves-Berg † (28 Apr 1574 Appointed – 18 May 1585 Resigned)
*Ernest of Bavaria † (18 May 1585 Appointed – 17 Feb 1612 Died)
* Ferdinand I of Bavaria † (18 Feb 1612 Confirmed – 13 Sep 1650 Died)
* Bernard von Galen † (14 Nov 1650 Appointed – 19 Sep 1678 Died)
* Ferdinand II of Fürstenberg † (19 Sep 1678 Succeeded – 26 Jun 1683 Died)
* Maximilian Henry of Bavaria (1683–1688)
* † (29 Jul 1688 Appointed – 5 May 1706 Died)
**'' Giovanni Battista Bussi (1706–1707), administrator''
* † (8 Jun 1707 Appointed – 25 Dec 1718 Died)
*Clemens August I of Bavaria † (26 Mar 1719 Appointed – 6 Feb 1761 Died)
* Maximilian Friedrich von Königsegg-Rothenfels † (16 Sep 1762 Appointed – 15 Apr 1784 Died)
* Maximilian Francis of Austria † (15 Apr 1784 Succeeded – 29 Jul 1801 Died)

Bishops since 1820

* Anton Victor of Austria elect (1801, resigned after rejection by Prussia)
*Sede vacante (1801–1820)
* † (28 Aug 1820 Appointed – 18 Mar 1825 Died), Prince-Bishop of Corvey (1794-1825)
* † (15 Jun 1825 Appointed – 3 Aug 1846 Died)
* † (10 Dec 1846 Appointed – 29 Mar 1847 Died)
* † (1 Jul 1847 Appointed – 19 Jan 1870 Died)
* † (6 Apr 1870 Appointed – 13 Apr 1889 Died)
* † (15 Aug 1889 Appointed – 6 Mar 1911 Died)
* Felix von Hartmann † (6 Jun 1911 Appointed – 29 Oct 1912 Appointed, Archbishop of Cologne)
* † (7 May 1913 Appointed – 5 Jan 1933 Died)
*Bl. Clemens Augustus II von Galen † (5 Sep 1933 Appointed – 22 Mar 1946 Died)
* † (19 Jul 1947 Appointed – 7 Nov 1961 Died)
* Joseph Höffner † (9 Jul 1962 Appointed – 6 Jan 1969 Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Köln )
* † (7 Jul 1969 Appointed – 16 Sep 1979 Died)
* Reinhard Lettmann † (11 Jan 1980 Appointed – 28 Mar 2008 Retired)
* Felix Genn (19 Dec 2008 Appointed – )

Auxiliary bishops

* Dietrich Schenk, O.F.M. (14 Jan 1394)"Bishop Dietrich Schenk, O.F.M."
''Catholic-Hierarchy.org''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
*Johann Christiani von Schleppegrell, O.S.A. (7 Jun 1428 – 8 Oct 1468)"Bishop Johann Christiani von Schleppegrell, O.S.A."
''Catholic-Hierarchy.org''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved June 12, 2016
* Johannes Wennecker, O.S.A. (1454–1469)"Bishop Johannes Wennecker, O.S.A."
''Catholic-Hierarchy.org''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
* Weribold von Heys, O.F.M. (10 Dec 1470 – 1477)"Bishop Weribold von Heys, O.F.M."
''Catholic-Hierarchy.org''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
* Johannes Ymminck, O.S.A. (1472–1484)."Bishop Johannes Ymminck, O.S.A."
''Catholic-Hierarchy.org''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 29, 2016
* Heinrich Schodehoet, O.S.A. (8 Jan 1494 – 1515)"Bishop Heinrich Schodehoet, O.S.A."
''Catholic-Hierarchy.org''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved September 5, 2016"Bishop Heinrich Schodehoet, O.E.S.A."
''GCatholic.org''. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved September 5, 2016
*Johannes Meppen

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