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Diocese of

Aachen

Germany Germany

Continent: West Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese

Ecclesiastical Province: Köln

Address: Klosterplatz 7, 52062 Aachen, Germany

Phone: (0241) 452-0

Website: Link

History

  • 1801.11.29: Established as Diocese of Aachen / Aix-de-la-Chappelle (français) / Aquisgranen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Liège, and from the suppressed Diocese of Roermond)
  • 1821.07.16: Suppressed (to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Köln)
  • 1930.08.13: Restored as Diocese of Aachen / Aix-de-la-Chappelle (français) / Aquisgranen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Köln)

Special Churches


Present Prelates

Bishop (1994.12.12 – ...):Bishop Heinrich Mussinghoff (71)Bishop Heinrich Mussinghoff (71)
Auxiliary Bishop (2003.11.21 – ...):Bishop Karl Borsch (52)Bishop Karl Borsch (52)

Titular Bishop of Crepedula

Auxiliary Bishop (2006.03.15 – ...):Bishop Johannes Bündgens (55)Bishop Johannes Bündgens (55)

Titular Bishop of Árd Carna

Ordinaries

Bishops of Aachen (Roman Rite)

Bishop Heinrich Mussinghoff (71)Bishop Heinrich Mussinghoff (71)
(1994.12.12 – ...)

Parate viam Domini

Born:1940.10.29 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:1968.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:1995.02.11

Bishop of Aachen (Germany) (1994.12.12 – ...)

Bishop Klaus Hemmerle
(1975.09.09 – 1994.01.23)

Omnes unum ut mundus credat

Born:1929.04.03 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:1952.05.25
Consecrated Bishop:1975.11.08
Died:1994.01.23 († 64)

Bishop of Aachen (Germany) (1975.09.09 – 1994.01.23)

Bishop Johannes Pohlschneider
(1954.08.30 – 1974.12.13)

Christus pax nostra

Born:1899.04.18 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:1924.04.19
Consecrated Bishop:1954.11.18
Died:1981.03.07 († 81)

Bishop of Aachen (Germany) (1954.08.30 – 1974.12.13)

Bishop Johannes Joseph van der Velden
(1943.09.07 – 1954.05.19)

In cruce salus

Born:1891.08.07 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:1915.06.24
Consecrated Bishop:1943.10.10
Died:1954.05.19 († 62)

Bishop of Aachen (Germany) (1943.09.07 – 1954.05.19)

Bishop Hermann Joseph Sträter
(Apostolic Administrator 1938.05.15 – 1943.03.16)

Bishop Joseph Vogt
(1931.01.30 – 1937.10.05)

Caritas urget

Born:1865.09.08 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:1888.08.19
Consecrated Bishop:1931.03.19
Died:1937.10.05 († 72)

Bishop of Aachen (Germany) ([1930.12.10] 1931.01.30 – 1937.10.05)

Bishop Marc-Antoine Berdolet
(1802 – 1809.08.13)

Born:1740.09.13 (France)
Consecrated Bishop:1796.08.15
Died:1809.08.13 († 68)

Bishop of Aachen (Germany) (1802 – 1809.08.13)

Former Prelates


as of 2012.01.15

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