Bishop of Passau
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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.
[edit] List of the Bishops of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Passau, Germany
| Tenure | Incumbent | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 13 December 1796 to 22 October 1826 | Leopold Leonhard Reichsgraf von Thun | Priest of Passau; confirmed 24 July 1797; ordained 27 August 1797; died in office |
| 25 December 1826 to 25 May 1839 | Karl Joseph Freiherr von Riccabona | Priest of Regensburg; confirmed 9 April 1827; ordained 25 April 1827; died in office |
| 6 July 1839 to 12 May 1875 | Heinrich von Hofstätter | Priest of München und Freising; confirmed 23 December 1839; ordained 25 February 1840; died in office |
| 4 October 1875 to 13 March 1889 | Joseph Franz von Weckert | Priest of Augsburg; confirmed 28 January 1876; ordained 24 April 1876 ; died in office |
| 24 March 1889 to 23 October 1889 | Antonius von Thoma | Priest 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 1901 | Michael von Rampf | Priest of München und Freising; confirmed 30 December 1889; ordained 11 May 1890; died in office |
| 3 April 1901 to 18 October 1906 | Antonius von Henle | confirmed 13 April 1901; ordained 16 June 1901; Appointed Bishop of Regensburg, Germany |
| 18 October 1906 to 11 May 1936 | Sigismund Felix Freiherr von Ow-Felldorf | Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg, Germany; confirmed 6 December 1906; installed 6 March 1907; died in office |
| 11 September 1936 to 27 October 1968 | Simon Konrad Josef Landersdorfer, OSB | Priest of the Order of Saint Benedict; ordained 28 October 1936; retired |
| 27 October 1968 to 15 October 1984 | Antonius Hofmann | Auxiliary Bishop of Passau; retired |
| 15 October 1984 to 8 January 2001 | Franz Xaver Eder | Auxiliary Bishop of Passau; retired |
| 13 December 2001 to present | Wilhelm Schraml | Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg; installed 23 February 2002 |
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| Archdioceses | Dioceses | |
| Bamberg | Eichstätt | Speyer | Würzburg | |
| Berlin | Dresden-Meissen | Görlitz | |
| Freiburg im Breisgau | Mainz | Rottenburg-Stuttgart | |
| Hamburg | Hildesheim | Osnabrück | |
| Cologne | Aachen | Essen | Limburg | Münster | Trier | |
| Munich & Freising | Augsburg | Passau | Regensburg | |
| Paderborn | Erfurt | Fulda | Magdeburg | |
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