Roman Catholic Diocese of Trier

The Diocese of Trier (Latin: Dioecesis Trevirensis), in English historically also known as Treves ([tɾivz]) from French Trèves, is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic church in Germany.[1][2] When it was the archbishopric and Electorate of Trier, it was one of the most important states of the Holy Roman Empire, both as an ecclesiastical principality and as a diocese of the church. Unlike the other Rhenish dioceses—including Mainz and Cologne–Trier was the former Roman provincial capital of Augusta Treverorum. Given its status, Trier has continuously been an episcopal see since Roman times and is one of the oldest dioceses in all of Germany. The diocese was elevated to an archdiocese in the time of Charlemagne and was the metropolitan for the dioceses of Metz, Toul, and Verdun. After the victory of Napoleon Bonaparte of France, the archdiocese was lowered to a diocese and is now a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Cologne. The diocesan cathedral is the Cathedral of Saint Peter. The Cathedral Chapter retains the right to elect the bishop, rather than selection by papal appointment.[3]

This article is about the modern diocese. For the former electoral state, see Electorate of Trier.
Diocese of Trier
or Treves

Dioecesis Trevirensis

Bistum Trier
Trier Cathedral
Coat of arms of the Diocese of Trieror Treves
Coat of arms
Location
CountryGermany
Ecclesiastical province Cologne
Statistics
Area12,870 km2 (4,970 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		(as of 2010)
2,468,000
1,504,500 (61%)
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established1st Century
CathedralCathedral of Trier
Patron saintMary, Mother of God
Saint Matthias
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopStephan Ackermann
Bishop of Trier
Metropolitan ArchbishopRainer Maria Woelki
Auxiliary BishopsRobert Brahm, Jörg Michael Peters, Franz Josef Gebert
Map
Website
bistum-trier.de

History
  The archdiocese of Trier in 1500
Map of the territory of the archdiocese of Trier in 1651

The bishops of Trier were already virtually independent territorial magnates in Merovingian times. In 772 Charlemagne granted Bishop Wiomad complete immunity from the jurisdiction of the ruling count for all the churches and monasteries, as well as villages and castles that belonged to the Church of St. Peter at Trier. In his will he also elevated the diocese to the Archdiocese of Trier, with suffragans on both sides of the Rhine. This arrangement lasted over a thousand years.

In Early Modern times, the archdiocese of Trier still encompassed territory along the Moselle River between Trier, near the French border, and Koblenz on the Rhine. The Archbishop of Trier, as holder of an imperial office was traditionally an Imperial Elector of the German king. The purely honorary office of Archchancellor of Gaul arose in the 13th century. In this context that was taken to mean the Kingdom of Burgundy-Arles, technically from 1242 and permanently from 1263, and nominally until 1803. Arles along with Germany and Italy was one of the three component kingdoms of the Empire.

The last elector removed to Koblenz in 1786. From 1795, the territories of the Archbishopric on the left bank of the Rhine — which is to say almost all of them — were under French occupation, and were annexed in 1801 and a separate bishopric established (later assuming control of the whole diocese in 1803). In 1803, what was left of the Archbishopric was secularized and annexed by the Princes of Nassau.

Ordinaries

Before 1000

1000–1200

Archbishop-Electors of Trier

1500–1800

Bishops of Trier
  • Charles Mannay † (5 Jul 1802 Elected – 9 Oct 1816 Resigned)
  • Josef von Hommer † (3 May 1824 Elected – 11 Nov 1836 Died)
  • Wilhelm Arnoldi † (21 Jun 1842 Elected – 7 Jan 1864 Died)
  • Leopold Pelldram † (29 Dec 1864 Elected – 3 May 1867 Died)
  • Matthias Eberhard † (16 Jul 1867 Elected – 30 May 1876 Died)
  • Michael Felix Korum † (12 Aug 1881 Elected – 4 Dec 1921 Died)
  • Franz Rudolf Bornewasser † (27 Feb 1922 Elected – 20 Dec 1951 Died)
  • Matthias Wehr † (20 Dec 1951 Succeeded – 19 Nov 1966 Retired)
  • Bernhard Stein † (13 Apr 1967 Elected – 5 Sep 1980 Retired)
  • Hermann Josef Spital † (24 Feb 1981 Elected – 15 Jan 2001 Retired)
  • Reinhard Marx (20 Dec 2001 Elected – 30 Nov 2007 Translated to become Archbishop of Munich and Freising)
  • Stephan Ackermann (8 Apr 2009 Elected – )

Auxiliary bishops
  • Nicolas Arlon, O. Carm. (1344–)
  • Joannes Franqueloy de Vico, O.P. (1400–1452)
  • Gerhard, O.F.M. (1429–1456)
  • Hubert Yffz (de Rommersdorf), O. Praem. (1450–1483)
  • Johann von Eindhoven, C.R.S.A. (1483–1508)[7]
  • Johannes von Helmont, O.S.B. (1508–1517)[8]
  • Johannes Enen (1517–1519)[9]
  • Nikolaus Schienen (1519–1556)[10]
  • Gregor Virneburg (1557–1578)
  • Peter Binsfeld (1580–1598)
  • Gregor Helfenstein (1599–1632)[11]
  • Otto von Senheim, (Johann Theodor von Senheim) O.P. (1633–1662)
  • Johannes Holler (1663–1671)[12]
  • Johann Heinrich von Anethan (1676–1680)
  • Maximilian Burmann (1682–1685)
  • Johannes Petrus Verhorst (1687–1708)
  • Johann Matthias von Eyss (1710–1729)
  • Lothar Friedrich von Nalbach (1730–1748)
  • Johann Nikolaus (Febronius) von Hontheim (1748–1790)
  • Jean-Marie Cuchot d’Herbain (1778–1794)
  • Johann Michael Josef von Pidoll de Quitenbach (1794–1802)
  • Johann Heinrich Milz (1825–1833)
  • Wilhelm Arnold Günther, O. Praem. (1834–1843)
  • Johann Georg Müller (1844–1847)
  • Godehard Braun (1849–1861)
  • Matthias Eberhard (1862–1867 Appointed, Bishop of Trier)
  • Johann Jakob Kraft (1868–1884)
  • Heinrich Feiten (1887–1892)
  • Karl Ernst Schrod (1894–1914)
  • Anton Mönch (1915–1935)
  • Albert Maria Fuchs (1935–1944)
  • Heinrich Metzroth (1941–1951)
  • Bernhard Stein (1944–1967 Appointed, Bishop of Trier)
  • Carl Schmidt (1962–1981)
  • Karl Heinz Jacoby (1968–1993)
  • Alfred Kleinermeilert (1968–2003)
  • Leo Schwarz (1982–2006)
  • Gehard Jakob (1993–1998)
  • Felix Genn (1999–2003, Translated to become Bishop of Essen and later Bishop of Münster)
  • Robert Brahm (2003– )
  • Jörg Michael Peters (2003– )
  • Stephan Ackermann (2006–2009 Appointed, Bishop of Trier)
  • Helmut Dieser (2011–2016, Translated to become Bishop of Aachen)

See also

Footnotes
  1. "Diocese of Trier" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  2. "Diocese of Trier" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  3. "Diocese of Trier".
  4. Bistum Trier - Bistum - Geschichte/Bischöfe Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
  5. Because Folmar was never formally installed in the see, he is often omitted (as is Rudolf of Wied) from official lists of the Bishops of Trier, e.g., the list displayed in Trier Cathedral.
  6. From 1801, after the French conquest of the Imperial territories on the left-bank of the Rhine, Clemens Wenzel of Saxony was archbishop with effect on the right bank only.
  7. "Bishop Johann von Eindhoven, C.R.S.A." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved August 6, 2016
  8. "Bishop Johannes von Helmont, O.S.B." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved August 28, 2016
  9. "Bishop Johannes Enen" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved August 6, 2016
  10. "Bishop Nikolaus Schienen" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved August 29, 2016
  11. "Bishop Gregor Helfenstein" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved August 29, 2016
  12. "Bishop Johannes Holler" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved August 29, 2016

References

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