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Bishop of Passau - Definition and Overview
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The Bishop of Passau is the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Passau in the Archdiocese of München und Freising .

The diocese covers an area of 5,442 km². The current bishop is Wilhelm Schraml.

List of the Bishops of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Passau, Germany

Tenure Incumbent Notes
13 December 1796 to 22 October 1826Leopold Leonhard Reichsgraf von ThunPriest of Passau; confirmed 24 July 1797; ordained 27 August 1797; died in office
25 December 1826 to 25 May 1839Karl Joseph Freiherr von RiccabonaPriest of Regensburg; confirmed 9 April 1827; ordained 25 April 1827; died in office
6 July 1839 to 12 May 1875Heinrich von HofstätterPriest of München und Freising; confirmed 23 December 1839; ordained 25 February 1840; died in office
4 October 1875 to 13 March 1889Joseph Franz von WeckertPriest of Augsburg; confirmed 28 January 1876; ordained 24 April 1876 ; died in office
24 March 1889 to 23 October 1889Antonius von ThomaPriest of München und Freising; confirmed 27 May 1889; ordained 28 July 1889, Appointed Archbishop of München und Freising / Munich
8 December 1889 to 29 March 1901Michael von RampfPriest of München und Freising; confirmed 30 December 1889; ordained 11 May 1890; died in office
3 April 1901 to 18 October 1906Antonius von Henleconfirmed 13 April 1901; ordained 16 June 1901; Appointed Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
18 October 1906 to 11 May 1936Sigismund Felix Freiherr von Ow-FelldorfAuxiliary Bishop of Regensburg, Germany; confirmed 6 December 1906; installed 6 March 1907; died in office
11 September 1936 to 27 October 1968Simon Konrad Josef Landersdorfer, OSBPriest of the Order of Saint Benedict; ordained 28 October 1936; retired
27 October 1968 to 15 October 1984Antonius HofmannAuxiliary Bishop of Passau; retired
15 October 1984 to 8 January 2001Franz Xaver EderAuxiliary Bishop of Passau; retired
13 December 2001 to presentWilhelm SchramlAuxiliary Bishop of Regensburg; installed 23 February 2002


Roman Catholic Hierarchy in Germany
    ArchdiocesesDioceses
    Bamberg Eichstätt | Speyer | Würzburg
    BerlinDresden-Meissen | Görlitz
    Freiburg im BreisgauMainz | Rottenburg-Stuttgart
    HamburgHildesheim | Osnabrück
    CologneAachen | Essen | Limburg | Münster | Trier
    Munich & FreisingAugsburg | Passau | Regensburg
    PaderbornErfurt | Fulda | Magdeburg
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