Diocese of Münster

DIOCESE OF MÜNSTER (Dioecesis Monasteriensis)

Country : Germany
Denomination : Roman Catholic

Established : 800

Origin/meaning

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The arms in a 17th century manuscript

The arms in the Wapen- en Vlaggenboek van Gerrit Hesman (1708)

Arms of Bishops

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  Johann von Virneburg (1363-1364)

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  Florenz von Wevelinghoven (1364-1378)

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  Walram von Moers (1450-1456)

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  Heinrich von Schwarzburg (1466-1496)

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  Konrad von Rietberg (1497-1508)

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  Franz von Waldeck (1532–1553)

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  Wilhelm von Ketteler (1553-1557)

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  Bernhard von Raesfeld (1558-1566)

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  Johann von Hoya zu Stolzenau (1567-1574)

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  Johann Wilhelm von Jülich-Kleve-Berg (1579-1585)

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  Ernst von Bayern (1585-1612)

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  Ferdinand von Bayern (1612-1650)

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  Christoph Bernhard von Galen (1651-1678)

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  Ferdinand von Fürstenberg (1678-1683)

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  Friedrich Christian von Plettenberg zu Lehnhausen (1688-1706)

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  Franz Arnold von Wolff-Metternich zur Gracht (1708-1718)

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  Clemens August von Bayern (1719-1761)

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  Max Friedrich von Königsegg und Rothenfels (1762-1784)

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  Max Franz von Habsburg-Lothringen (1784-1801)

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  Ferdinand Hermann Maria von Lüninck (1820-1825)

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  Kaspar Max Freiherr Droste zu Vischering (1825-1846)

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  Bernard Georg Kellermann (1847)

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  Johann Georg Müller (1847-1870)

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  Johann Bernhard Brinkmann (1870-1889)

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  Hermann Jakob Dingelstad (1889-1911)

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  Felix von Hartmann (1911-1912)

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  Johannes Poggenburg (1913-1933)

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  Wilhelm Heinrich Heufers (1933)

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  Clemens August Graf von Galen (1933-1946)

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  Michael Keller (1947-1961)

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  Joseph Höffner (1962-1969)

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  Heinrich Tenhumberg (1969-1979)

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  Reinhard Lettmann (1980-2008)

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  Felix Genn (2008-present)

Arms of Auxiliary Bishops

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  Johann Christiani von Schleppegrell (1428-1468)

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  Johannes Wennecker (1454-1469)

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  Weribold von Heyss (1470-1477)

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  Johannes Ymminck (1472-1484)

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  Heinrich Schodehoet (1494-1515)

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  Johannes Meppen (1495-1496)

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  Johannes Pictor Meler (1518-1529)

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  Bernhard von Sachsen-Lauenburg (1519-1536)

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  Johannes Bischopinck (1537-1547)

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  Balthasar Fannemann (1540-1561)

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  Johannes Kridt (1550-1577)

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  Cunerus Petri (1580-1580)

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  Godfried van Mierlo (1582-1587)

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  Nikolaus Arresdorf (1592-1620)

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  Johannes Pelking (1619-1642)

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  Johann Nikolaus Claessens (1622-1650)

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  Johann Sternenberg (1647-1652)

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  Niels Stensen (1680-1683)

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  Johann Peter von Quentell (1699-1710)

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  Wilhelm Hermann Ignaz Ferdinand von Wolf-Metternich zu Gracht (1720-1722)

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  Ferdinand Oesterhoff (1723-1746)

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  Franz Bernardin Verbeck (1746-1756)

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  Wilhelm von Alhaus (1758-1794)

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  Kaspar Max Droste zu Vischering (1795-1825)

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  Klemens August Droste zu Vischering (1827-1836)

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  Franz Arnold Melchers (1836-1851)

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  Georg Anton Brinkmann (1852-1856)

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  Johannes Boßmann (1858-1875)

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  Franz Wilhelm Cramer (1884-1903)

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  Maximilian Gereon von Galen (1895-1908)

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  Everhard Illigens (1909-1914)

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  Theodor Kappenberg (1914-1920)

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  Johannes Scheifes (1921-1936)

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  Heinrich Roleff (1936-1966)

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  Heinrich Gleumes (1948-1951)

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  Heinrich Baaken (1952-1976)

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  Heinrich Tenhumberg (1958-1969)

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  Laurenz Böggering (1967-1979)

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  Ludwig Averkamp (1973-1985)

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  Reinhard Lettmann (1973- 1980)

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  Max Georg von Twickel (1973-2001)

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  Wilhelm Wöste (1976-1986)

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  Alfons Demming (1976-1998)

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  Hermann Josef Spital (1980-1981)

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  Friedrich Ostermann (1981-2007)

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  Heinrich Janssen (1986-2010)

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  Josef Voß (1988-2009)

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  Werner Thissen (1999-2002)

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  Heinrich Timmerevers (2001-2016)

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  Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst (2003-2007)

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  Franz-Josef Overbeck (2007-2009)

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  Dieter Geerlings (2010-2017)

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  Christoph Hegge (2010-present)

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  Wilfried Theising (2010-present)

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  Stefan Zekorn (2010-present)

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  Rolf Lohmann (2017-present)

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