Catholic-Hierarchy DC (’Ç‹L) (’Ç‹L‚±‚±‚Ü‚Å)

Diocese of Eichstätt

Dioecesis Eystettensis

Bishop(s)

Gregor Maria Franz Hanke, O.S.B., Bishop

General Information

Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
Erected: 745
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Bamberg
Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
Rite: Latin (or Roman)
Country: Germany
Square Kilometers: 6,025 (2,327 Square Miles)
Official Web Site: http://www.bistum-eichstaett.de/
Mailing Address: Bischofliches Ordinariat, Luitpoldstr. 2, D-85072 Eichstatt, Bundesrepublik Deutschland
Telephone: (08421)500; 50.201
Fax: 50.209

Past and Present Ordinaries

St. Willibald von Eichstätt, O.S.B. † ( 741 Appointed - 7 Jul 787 Died)
Megingaud † ( 991 Appointed - 28 Apr 1014 Died)
Gundekar † ( 1014 Appointed - 20 Dec 1019 Died)
Walther † ( 1020 Appointed - 20 Dec 1021 Died)
Heribert von Rothenburg † ( 1022 Appointed - 24 Jul 1042 Died)
Gezemann von Rothenburg † ( 1042 Appointed - 17 Oct 1042 Died)
Gebhard von Calw † (Nov 1042 Appointed - Sep 1054 Elected, Pope (Roma {Rome}))
Gundekar † (20 Aug 1057 Appointed - 2 Aug 1075 Died)
Udalrich † ( 1075 Appointed - 17 Nov 1099 Died)
Eberhard von Hildrizhausen † ( 1100 Appointed - 6 Jan 1112 Died)
Udalrich von Bogen † ( 1112 Appointed - 2 Sep 1125 Died)
Gebhard von Gr?gling † (Nov 1125 Appointed - 17 Mar 1149 Died)
Burchard von Memlem † ( 1149 Appointed - 7 Jun 1153 Resigned)
Konrad von Morsbach † ( 1153 Appointed - 13 Jan 1171 Died)
Egelolf † ( 1171 Appointed - 1 Oct 1182 Resigned)
Otto † ( 1182 Appointed - 7 Mar 1196 Died)
Hartwig von Gr?gling-Dollnstein † ( 1196 Appointed - 2 May 1223 Died)
Friedrich von Haunstadt † ( 1223 Appointed - 1225 Died)
Heinrich von Zipplingen † (2 Jul 1225 Appointed - 10 Jan 1229 Died)
Heinrich von Dischingen (Tischingen) † (1 Jul 1229 Appointed - Jun 1234 Died)
Heinrich von Ravensburg † (30 Aug 1234 Appointed - 29 Jun 1237 Died)
Friedrich von Parsberg † (29 Aug 1237 Appointed - 28 Jun 1246 Died)
Heinrich von W?rttemberg † ( 1246 Appointed - 13 May 1259 Died)
Engelhard von Dolling † ( 1259 Appointed - 2 May 1261 Died)
Hildebrand von M?hren † (Jul 1261 Appointed - 24 Mar 1279 Died)
Reinboto von Meilenhart † (3 Sep 1279 Appointed - 27 Aug 1297 Died)
Konrad von Pfeffenhausen † (3 Sep 1297 Appointed - 17 May 1305 Died)
Johann von Durbheim † (23 Sep 1305 Appointed - 18 Feb 1306 Appointed, Bishop of Strasbourg)
Philipp von Rathsamhausen † (13 Feb 1306 Ordained Bishop - 25 Feb 1322 Died)
Marquard de Hageln † (Feb 1322 Appointed - 8 Feb 1324 Died)
Gebhard von Graisbach † ( 1324 Appointed - 14 Sep 1327 Died)
Friedrich von Leuchtenberg, O. Cist. † (11 Apr 1328 Appointed - 27 Mar 1329 Died)
Heinrich Schenk von Reicheneck † (17 Nov 1329 Appointed - 10 Feb 1344 Died)
Albrecht von Hohenfels † (Mar 1344 Appointed - 1351 Resigned)
Berthold von Zollern † (20 May 1351 Appointed - 16 Sep 1365 Died)
Raban Truchse? von Wilburgstetten † (18 Dec 1365 Appointed - 18 Oct 1383 Died)
Friedrich von ƒˆttingen † ( 1384 Confirmed - 19 Sep 1415 Died)
Johann von Heideck † (29 Oct 1415 Confirmed - 3 Jun 1429 Died)
Albrecht von Hohenrechberg † (26 Aug 1429 Confirmed - 9 Sep 1445 Died)
Johann von Eych † (1 Oct 1445 Appointed - 1 Jan 1464 Died)
Wilhelm von Reichenau † (12 Mar 1464 Confirmed - 18 Nov 1496 Died)
Gabriel von Eyb † (2 Mar 1497 Confirmed - 30 Oct 1535 Died)
Christoph Marschalk zu Pappenheim † (28 Jan 1535 Appointed - 19 Jun 1539 Died)
Moritz von Hutten † (7 May 1540 Appointed - 8 Dec 1552 Died)
Eberhard von Hirnheim † (22 Feb 1553 Confirmed - 4 Jul 1560 Died)
Martin von Schaumberg † (4 Sep 1560 Confirmed - 28 Jun 1590 Died)
Kaspar von Seckendorff † (23 Jan 1591 Confirmed - 28 Apr 1595 Died)
Johann Konrad von Gemmingen † (2 Apr 1595 Succeeded - 7 Nov 1612 Died)
Johann Christoph von Westerstetten † (28 Jan 1613 Confirmed - 28 Jul 1637 Died)
Marquard von Schenk von Castell † (16 Nov 1637 Confirmed - 18 Jan 1685 Died)
Johann Euchar von Schenk von Castell † (7 Jul 1687 Confirmed - 6 Mar 1697 Died)
Johann Martin von Eyb † (7 Apr 1698 Confirmed - 6 Dec 1704 Died)
Johann Anton von Knebel von Katzenellenbogen † (27 Apr 1705 Confirmed - 27 Apr 1725 Died)
Franz Ludwig von Schenk von Castell † (26 Sep 1725 Confirmed - 17 Sep 1736 Died)
Johann Anton von Freyberg-Hopferau † (7 Jun 1737 Confirmed - 20 Apr 1757 Died)
Raymund Anton von Strasoldo † (26 Sep 1757 Confirmed - 13 Jan 1781 Died)
Johann Anton von Zehmen † (17 Sep 1781 Confirmed - 23 Jun 1790 Died)
Joseph von Stubenberg † (11 Apr 1791 Confirmed - 6 Apr 1818 Confirmed, Archbishop of Bamberg)
Peter Pustett † (24 May 1824 Confirmed - 24 Apr 1825 Died)
Johann Friedrich Oesterreicher † (27 Jun 1825 Confirmed - 31 Jan 1835 Died)
Johann Martin Manl † (6 Apr 1835 Confirmed - 15 Oct 1835 Died)
Karl August von Reisach † (11 Jul 1836 Confirmed - 1 Oct 1846 Succeeded, Archbishop of M?nchen und Freising {Munich})
Georg von Oettl † (21 Dec 1846 Confirmed - 6 Feb 1866 Died)
Franz Leopold von Leonrod † (22 Feb 1867 Confirmed - 5 Sep 1905 Died)
Leo (Johannes) von Mergel, O.S.B. † (11 Dec 1905 Confirmed - 20 Jun 1932 Died)
Konrad von Preysing Lichtenegg-Moos † (9 Sep 1932 Appointed - 5 Jul 1935 Appointed, Bishop of Berlin)
Michael Rackl † (4 Nov 1935 Appointed - 5 May 1948 Died)
Joseph Schr?ffer † (23 Jul 1948 Appointed - 2 Jan 1968 Appointed, Titular Archbishop of Volturnum)
Alois Brems † (28 May 1968 Appointed - 1 Jun 1983 Retired)
Karl Heinrich Braun (17 Apr 1984 Appointed - 25 Mar 1995 Appointed, Archbishop of Bamberg)
Walter Mixa (24 Feb 1996 Appointed - 16 Jul 2005 Appointed, Bishop of Augsburg)
Gregor Maria Franz Hanke, O.S.B. (14 Oct 2006 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
745	Erected	Diocese of Eichstätt (erected)
17 April 1925	Territory Added	Diocese of Augsburg (Altstetten)	Diocese of Eichstätt
24 November 1925	Territory Added	Diocese of Augsburg (Forsthof)	Diocese of Eichstätt
14 April 1926	Territory Lost	Diocese of Eichstätt (BamertsJiof)	Diocese of Regensburg
14 April 1926	Territory Added	Diocese of Regensburg (Eichensee, K?hnhausen, Kugelstadt, and part of Hepberg)	Diocese of Eichstätt
22 October 1927	Territory Added	Diocese of Augsburg (Bergstetten estate)	Diocese of Eichstätt
7 January 1930	Territory Added	Diocese of Regensburg (Sch?nbrunn and Strasshaus)	Diocese of Eichstätt
4 February 1939	Territory Added	Archdiocese of Bamberg (North of Nuremberg) Diocese of Eichstätt (South of Nuremberg)
2 May 1966	Territory Added	Diocese of Regensburg (Reichertswin and Diesenhof of Pielenhofen along with Engelsberg, Finsterheid, Holzheim, Richthofen, and Pr?nsdorf of Utzenhofen)	Diocese of Eichstätt
11 June 1968	Territory Added	Diocese of Regensburg (Pollenhaid, Kugelhof, Hirschthal, and Auf der H?h)	Diocese of Eichstätt

Year Catholics Total Population Percent Catholic Diocesan Priests Religious Priests Total Priests Catholics Per Priest Permanent Deacons Male Religious Female Religious Parishes Source

1950 335,000 613,000 54.6% 463 99 562 596 245 1,280 220 ap1951

1970 402,000 748,662 53.7% 471 100 571 704 171 1,174 250 ap1971

1980 437,285 820,980 53.3% 387 86 473 924 148 1,267 256 ap1981

1990 445,134 814,700 54.6% 353 92 445 1,000 4 167 939 263 ap1991

1999 455,091 876,160 51.9% 322 71 393 1,157 18 113 602 265 ap2000

2000 455,363 907,000 50.2% 320 70 390 1,167 4 110 578 265 ap2001

2001 454,290 890,000 51.0% 308 68 376 1,208 100 615 265 ap2002

2002 453,229 890,000 50.9% 316 72 388 1,168 22 104 607 265 ap2003

2003 453,229 890,000 50.9% 304 75 379 1,195 22 103 655 265 ap2004

2004 450,062 890,000 50.6% 308 79 387 1,162 25 106 650 265 ap2005

2006 442,772 890,000 49.7% 299 74 373 1,187 26 103 650 265 ap2007

2013 413,155 870,000 47.5% 300 60 360 1,147 39 78 450 263 ap2014

2016 401,767 966,564 41.6% 303 60 363 1,106 43 77 400 260 ap2017

2019 396,902 989,725 40.1% 287 57 344 1,153 47 68 400 258 ap2020

2021 386,798 995,908 38.8% 275 46 321 1,204 44 57 400 259 ap2022

2023 388,500 1,000,406 38.8% 262 42 304 1,277 46 53 400 259 ap2024

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
1950	335,000	613,000	54.6%	463	99	562	596		245	1,280	220	ap1951
1970	402,000	748,662	53.7%	471	100	571	704		171	1,174	250	ap1971
1980	437,285	820,980	53.3%	387	86	473	924		148	1,267	256	ap1981
1990	445,134	814,700	54.6%	353	92	445	1,000	4	167	939	263	ap1991
1999	455,091	876,160	51.9%	322	71	393	1,157	18	113	602	265	ap2000
2000	455,363	907,000	50.2%	320	70	390	1,167	4	110	578	265	ap2001
2001	454,290	890,000	51.0%	308	68	376	1,208		100	615	265	ap2002
2002	453,229	890,000	50.9%	316	72	388	1,168	22	104	607	265	ap2003
2003	453,229	890,000	50.9%	304	75	379	1,195	22	103	655	265	ap2004
2004	450,062	890,000	50.6%	308	79	387	1,162	25	106	650	265	ap2005
2006	442,772	890,000	49.7%	299	74	373	1,187	26	103	650	265	ap2007
2013	413,155	870,000	47.5%	300	60	360	1,147	39	78	450	263	ap2014
2016	401,767	966,564	41.6%	303	60	363	1,106	43	77	400	260	ap2017
2019	396,902	989,725	40.1%	287	57	344	1,153	47	68	400	258	ap2020
2021	386,798	995,908	38.8%	275	46	321	1,204	44	57	400	259	ap2022
2023	388,500	1,000,406	38.8%	262	42	304	1,277	46	53	400	259	ap2024

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.

Affiliated Bishops, Living

Adolfo Eduardo Jos? Bittschi Mayer (Priest: 18 Jun 1977 to 15 May 2008)
Karl Heinrich Braun (Bishop: 17 Apr 1984 to 25 Mar 1995)
Gregor Maria Franz Hanke, O.S.B. (Bishop: 14 Oct 2006 - )
Walter Mixa (Bishop: 24 Feb 1996 to 16 Jul 2005)

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

Ludwig Wilhelm Benzi † (Auxiliary Bishop: 31 Jan 1656 to 11 Feb 1683)
Udalrich von Bogen † (Bishop: 1112 to 2 Sep 1125)
Anton Braun † (Priest: 1522; Auxiliary Bishop: 4 May 1530 to 13 Aug 1540)
Alois Brems † (Priest: 29 Jun 1930; Bishop: 28 May 1968 to 1 Jun 1983; Apostolic Administrator: 1 Jun 1983 to 17 Apr 1984)
Gebhard von Calw † (Bishop: Nov 1042 to Sep 1054)
Heinrich von Dischingen (Tischingen) † (Bishop: 1 Jul 1229 to Jun 1234)
Engelhard von Dolling † (Bishop: 1259 to 2 May 1261)
Johann von Durbheim † (Bishop: 23 Sep 1305 to 18 Feb 1306)
Matthias Ehrenfried † (Priest: 28 Oct 1898 to 30 Sep 1924)
St. Willibald von Eichstätt, O.S.B. † (Bishop: 741 to 7 Jul 787)
Lorenz Eiszepf † (Priest: 1584; Auxiliary Bishop: 22 Jan 1590 to 17 Mar 1601)
Johann Ertlin † (Priest: 1568 to 10 May 1581)
Gabriel von Eyb † (Bishop: 2 Mar 1497 to 30 Oct 1535)
Johann Martin von Eyb † (Priest: 3 Jun 1662; Bishop: 7 Apr 1698 to 6 Dec 1704)
Johann von Eych † (Bishop: 1 Oct 1445 to 1 Jan 1464)
Johann Anton von Freyberg-Hopferau † (Bishop: 7 Jun 1737 to 20 Apr 1757)
Johann Baptist Gegg † (Deacon: 3 Apr 1688; Priest: 12 Jun 1688 to 30 Mar 1716)
Johann Konrad von Gemmingen † (Coadjutor Bishop: 28 Feb 1594; Bishop: 2 Apr 1595 to 7 Nov 1612)
Rudolf Graber † (Priest: 1 Aug 1926 to 28 Mar 1962)
Gebhard von Graisbach † (Bishop: 1324 to 14 Sep 1327)
Gebhard von Gr?gling † (Bishop: Nov 1125 to 17 Mar 1149)
Hartwig von Gr?gling-Dollnstein † (Bishop: 1196 to 2 May 1223)
Johann Gottfried Gro? von Trockau † (Deacon: 7 Mar 1716; Priest: 11 Apr 1716; Auxiliary Bishop: 8 Mar 1745 to 15 Sep 1750)
Marquard de Hageln † (Bishop: Feb 1322 to 8 Feb 1324)
Leonhard Haller † (Priest: 1528; Auxiliary Bishop: 5 Nov 1540 to 25 Mar 1570)
Friedrich von Haunstadt † (Bishop: 1223 to 1225)
Johann von Heideck † (Bishop: 29 Oct 1415 to 3 Jun 1429)
Michael Heiss †
Eberhard von Hildrizhausen † (Bishop: 1100 to 6 Jan 1112)
Eberhard von Hirnheim † (Bishop: 22 Feb 1553 to 4 Jul 1560)
Albrecht von Hohenfels † (Bishop: Mar 1344 to 1351)
Albrecht von Hohenrechberg † (Bishop: 26 Aug 1429 to 9 Sep 1445)
Wolfgang Holl † (Priest: 1559; Auxiliary Bishop: 23 Aug 1570 to 4 Sep 1590)
Moritz von Hutten † (Bishop: 7 May 1540 to 8 Dec 1552)
Franz Heinrich Wendelin von Kagenegg † (Deacon: 24 Jun 1746; Priest: 26 Jun 1746; Auxiliary Bishop: 15 Mar 1751 to 28 Apr 1780)
Johann Anton von Knebel von Katzenellenbogen † (Bishop: 27 Apr 1705 to 27 Apr 1725)
Franz Leopold von Leonrod † (Deacon: 31 Dec 1850; Priest: 14 Jun 1851; Bishop: 22 Feb 1867 to 5 Sep 1905)
Friedrich von Leuchtenberg, O. Cist. † (Bishop: 11 Apr 1328 to 27 Mar 1329)
Johann Balthasar Liesch von Hornau †
Marcus Lyresius † (Auxiliary Bishop: 8 Jan 1603 to 28 Jun 1611)
Johann Martin Manl † (Bishop: 6 Apr 1835 to 15 Oct 1835)
Reinboto von Meilenhart † (Bishop: 3 Sep 1279 to 27 Aug 1297)
Burchard von Memlem † (Bishop: 1149 to 7 Jun 1153)
Leo (Johannes) von Mergel, O.S.B. † (Priest: 29 Mar 1873 to 1882; Bishop: 11 Dec 1905 to 20 Jun 1932)
Hildebrand von M?hren † (Bishop: Jul 1261 to 24 Mar 1279)
Konrad von Morsbach † (Bishop: 1153 to 13 Jan 1171)
Johann Adam Nieberlein † (Priest: 17 Mar 1686; Auxiliary Bishop: 12 Mar 1708 to 15 Sep 1744)
Johann Friedrich Oesterreicher † (Bishop: 27 Jun 1825 to 31 Jan 1835)
Georg von Oettl † (Bishop: 21 Dec 1846 to 6 Feb 1866)
Friedrich von ƒˆttingen † (Bishop: 1384 to 19 Sep 1415)
Christoph Marschalk zu Pappenheim † (Bishop: 28 Jan 1535 to 19 Jun 1539)
Friedrich von Parsberg † (Bishop: 29 Aug 1237 to 28 Jun 1246)
Konrad von Pfeffenhausen † (Bishop: 3 Sep 1297 to 17 May 1305)
Kilian Pfl?ger † (Priest: 1460; Auxiliary Bishop: 20 Nov 1476 to 1486)
Leonhard Pilhamer † (Auxiliary Bishop: 21 Nov 1464 to 29 Jul 1475)
Konrad von Preysing Lichtenegg-Moos † (Bishop: 9 Sep 1932 to 5 Jul 1935)
Peter Pustett † (Bishop: 24 May 1824 to 24 Apr 1825)
Michael Rackl † (Priest: 29 Jun 1909; Bishop: 4 Nov 1935 to 5 May 1948)
Jakob Raschauer, O.S.A. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 28 Jul 1486 to 10 Nov 1497)
Philipp von Rathsamhausen † (Bishop: 13 Feb 1306 to 25 Feb 1322)
Heinrich von Ravensburg † (Bishop: 30 Aug 1234 to 29 Jun 1237)
Wilhelm von Reichenau † (Bishop: 12 Mar 1464 to 18 Nov 1496)
Karl August von Reisach † (Bishop: 11 Jul 1836 to 1 Oct 1846)
Franz Christoph Rinck von Balderstein † (Priest: 20 Jan 1664; Auxiliary Bishop: 15 May 1684 to 6 May 1707)
Georg Christoph R?sch † (Auxiliary Bishop: 16 Jul 1612 to 30 Nov 1634)
Gezemann von Rothenburg † (Bishop: 1042 to 17 Oct 1042)
Heribert von Rothenburg † (Bishop: 1022 to 24 Jul 1042)
Martin von Schaumberg † (Bishop: 4 Sep 1560 to 28 Jun 1590)
Franz Ludwig von Schenk von Castell † (Priest: 1717; Bishop: 26 Sep 1725 to 17 Sep 1736)
Johann Euchar von Schenk von Castell † (Priest: 24 Sep 1672; Bishop: 7 Jul 1687 to 6 Mar 1697)
Marquard von Schenk von Castell † (Priest: 6 Jun 1635; Bishop: 16 Nov 1637 to 18 Jan 1685)
Heinrich Schenk von Reicheneck † (Bishop: 17 Nov 1329 to 10 Feb 1344)
Johann Franz von Sch?nau † (Priest: 15 Apr 1648 to 3 Mar 1653)
Joseph Schr?ffer † (Priest: 28 Oct 1928; Bishop: 23 Jul 1948 to 2 Jan 1968)
Kaspar von Seckendorff † (Bishop: 23 Jan 1591 to 28 Apr 1595)
Raymund Anton von Strasoldo † (Bishop: 26 Sep 1757 to 13 Jan 1781)
Felix von Stubenberg † (Auxiliary Bishop: 11 Dec 1780 to 18 Jun 1828)
Joseph von Stubenberg † (Bishop: 11 Apr 1791 to 6 Apr 1818; Apostolic Administrator: 7 Oct 1818 to 29 Jan 1824)
Jakob Laurentz Studach † (Priest: 13 Feb 1820 to 10 Aug 1833)
Kaspar Tobritsch † (Priest: 1476; Auxiliary Bishop: 27 Apr 1498 to 2 Jun 1502)
Raban Truchse? von Wilburgstetten † (Bishop: 18 Dec 1365 to 18 Oct 1383)
Petrus Ulmer, O.S.A. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 27 Nov 1437 to 1449)
Fabian Weickmann † (Auxiliary Bishop: 1512 to 29 Nov 1526)
Johann Christoph von Westerstetten † (Bishop: 28 Jan 1613 to 28 Jul 1637)
Heinrich von W?rttemberg † (Bishop: 1246 to 13 May 1259)
Johann Anton von Zehmen † (Deacon: 7 Jun 1745; Priest: 12 Jun 1745; Bishop: 17 Sep 1781 to 23 Jun 1790)
Karl Friedrich von Zehmen † (Deacon: 12 May 1743; Priest: 8 Jun 1743 to 22 Apr 1765)
Heinrich von Zipplingen † (Bishop: 2 Jul 1225 to 10 Jan 1229)
Berthold von Zollern † (Bishop: 20 May 1351 to 16 Sep 1365)
Frantisek Alojzy Zottmann †
Egelolf † (Bishop: 1171 to 1 Oct 1182)
Gundekar † (Bishop: 1014 to 20 Dec 1019)
Gundekar † (Bishop: 20 Aug 1057 to 2 Aug 1075)
Megingaud † (Bishop: 991 to 28 Apr 1014)
Otto † (Bishop: 1182 to 7 Mar 1196)
Udalrich † (Bishop: 1075 to 17 Nov 1099)
Walther † (Bishop: 1020 to 20 Dec 1021)