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The Diocese of Hildesheim (Latin: Dioecesis Hildesiensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Germany. Founded in 815 as a missionary diocese by King Louis the Pious, his son Louis the German appointed the famous former archbishop of Rheims, Ebbo, as bishop.
- Bishop Bernward Decorated The Cathedral with Artwork
- The Cathedral Caught Fire in 1046
- Hildesheim Received Its City Charter
- Jesuits Took Over The Cathedral School
- The Cathedral Turned to Baroque Style
- The Diocese Was Reorganised
- Bombs Destroyed The Hildesheim Cathedral
- Diocesan Synod Given An Important New Lease of Life
- Decision Taken to Renovate The Cathedral
993 saw the dawn of of Bishop Bernward's term, which lasted until 1022. Bernward was among one of the great personalities of the diocese. Around the year 1000, Bernward extended and walled in the seat of the bishopric on the cathedral hill. The founding of a Benedictine convent in the episcopal city and the construction of the magnificent St. Micha...
In 1046, a blaze broke out in Hildesheim. From the Altfrid Cathedral, only the eastern choir walls, the transept and the new western Godehard front remained standing. Bishop Azelin (1044-1054) began a new building west of the surviving western front, which quasi-reflected the predecessor but surpassed it in length. The main choir with choir crypt w...
Bishop Konrad II (1221-1246) brought special merit onto the diocese through the establishment and promotion of Holy Orders. The branch of the Franciscans reached Hildesheim in 1234. The city of Hildesheim had its city charter confirmed and documented. In the battle of Dinklar, the Hildesheim troops defeated the numerically superior Brunswick troops...
An important development took place in 1595: the Jesuits came to Hildesheim. They took direct control over the venerable school in the Cathedral and brought it to new heights as the Episcopal Josephinum Secondary School. From Hildesheim, the Holy order also organised a significant part of its mission and the educational work that had significant im...
In the years 1708-1731, the style of the Cathedral’s interior was changed to Baroque. The ceilings and walls were covered with stucco and painted and the Immaculata Altar of Paul Egell was erected in the Cathedral. On 3 August 1802, the political sovereignty of the prince-Bishopric of Hildesheim came to an end with the occupation of the Hildesheim ...
The papal bull (deed) "Romanorum Pontificum Impensa" reorganised the Hildesheim diocese. It was assigned the entire eastern part of the new Kingdom of Hannover. The Duchy of Brunswick was incorporated in 1834. The diocese thus extended from the North Sea to Hannoversch Münden and from the Weser to the Elbe and the Harz mountains. That has not chang...
Der Dom nach der Bombardierung am 22. März 1945. The Cathedral after the bombing on 22 March 1945. Not even a hundred years later, the diocese of Hildesheim experienced one of its darkest hours: on March 22, 1945, Allied bombs hit the cathedral. The Episcopal church was razed to the ground. In 1950, the decision was made for the reconstruction of t...
Between 1989 and 1990, a Diocesan Synod that had been convened by Bishop Josef Homeyer (1983-2004) under the motto "A new kind of church" gave invaluable impetus for further development. Since Homeyer, thousands of children and young people from across the diocese come together in the cathedral every year for Chrism and carol singer mass.
In 2008, Bishop Norbert Trelle (since 2006) and the Cathedral chapter decided to fundamentally renovate the Cathedral by the Diocese anniversary in 2015. Two years later, the renovation that was begun is completed on 15 August 2014.
Dioecesis Hildesiensis. Show: All | General Information | Ordinaries | Historical Summary | Statistics | Affiliated Bishops, Living | Affiliated Bishops, Deceased. Past and Present Ordinaries. Ebbo † (1 Oct 847 Appointed - 20 Mar 851 Died) St. Bernward † ( 993 Appointed - 20 Nov 1022 Died)
Germany. Continent: West Europe. Rite: Roman (Latin) Type: Diocese. Name: Hildesheim / Hildesien (sis) (Latin) Ecclesiastical Province: Hamburg. Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops. Websites: Celebrations. Patron Saint: Mariä Aufnahme in den Himmel (August 15) Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: May 14. Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅. History.
- Diocese of Hildesheim, Germany
The legend of the rose tree, a wild dogrose, dates back to the founding history of the diocese of Hildesheim around 815. At the time Louis the Pious, son and successor of Emperor Carl the Great, found a valuable reliquary among the blossoms, which he had lost while hunting.
According to tradition, it marks the place of origin of the diocese and city of Hildesheim. The reconstruction of the cathedral was undertaken in the 1950’s. The builders stayed true to the original and the cathedral was rebuilt on the foundations of Hezilo Cathedral.
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Founded in 815 as a missionary diocese by King Louis the Pious, his son Louis the German appointed the famous former archbishop of Rheims, Ebbo, as bishop. The Diocese of Hildesheim (Latin: Dioecesis Hildesiensis ) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Germany.
