Military Ordinariate of Germany

MILITARY ORDINARIATE OF GERMANY

Country : Germany
Denomination : Roman Catholic

Established : 1933, a Vicar Apostolic of Germany, Military had been appointed in 1868. Raised to the rank of Bishop from 1888.

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Arms of Bishops

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  Franz Adolf Namszanowski(1868-1872)

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  Johann Baptist Maria Assmann (1888-1903)

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  Heinrich Vollmar(1903-1913)

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  Heinrich Joeppen (1913-1920)

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  Franz Justus Rarkowski, S.M.(1938-1945)

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  Joseph Wendel (1956-1960)

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  Franz Cardinal Hengsbach(1961-1978)

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  Elmar Maria Kredel (1978-1990)

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  Johannes Dyba (1990-2000).

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  Walter Mixa (2000-2010)

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  Franz-Josef Overbeck(2011-present)

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