Roman Catholic Diocese of Hildesheim

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Latin Catholic diocese Roman Catholic diocese suffragan diocese

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Hildesheim is a historic German diocese, founded in the early Middle Ages, that oversees Catholic parishes and institutions in parts of Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Diocese of Hildesheim	5
Bishop of Hildesheim	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Latin Catholic diocese ⓘ Roman Catholic diocese ⓘ suffragan diocese ⓘ
bishopTitle	Roman Catholic Diocese of Hildesheim self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Bishop of Hildesheim
borderedBy	Ecclesiastical province of Hamburg ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Diocese of Hamburg Roman Catholic Diocese of Magdeburg ⓘ Roman Catholic Diocese of Osnabrück ⓘ Prince-Bishopric of Paderborn ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Diocese of Paderborn
cathedral	Hildesheim Cathedral ⓘ surface form: Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary, Hildesheim Hildesheim Cathedral ⓘ
coCathedral	none ⓘ
country	Germany ⓘ
denomination	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church
episcopalSee	Hildesheim ⓘ
establishedInCentury	9th century ⓘ
founded	815 ⓘ
founder	Emperor Louis the Pious ⓘ
governedBy	diocesan bishop ⓘ
hasBishop	Heiner Wilmer ⓘ
hasCathedralChapter	Cathedral chapter of Hildesheim ⓘ
hasClergyType	religious clergy ⓘ secular clergy ⓘ
hasFunction	administration of parishes and Catholic institutions ⓘ pastoral care of Catholics in its territory ⓘ
hasHeritageSite	UNESCO World Heritage Site Hildesheim Cathedral and St. Michael's Church ⓘ surface form: Hildesheim Cathedral UNESCO World Heritage Site
hasJurisdictionType	diocese ⓘ
hasPatronSaint	Saint Epiphanius of Pavia ⓘ Virgin Mary ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://www.bistum-hildesheim.de ⓘ
historicRegion	Saxony ⓘ
historicStatus	one of the oldest dioceses in northern Germany ⓘ
isSubjectTo	Holy See ⓘ
languageOfLiturgy	German ⓘ Latin ⓘ
locatedIn	Germany ⓘ Hildesheim ⓘ Lower Saxony ⓘ
metropolitanSee	Ecclesiastical province of Hamburg ⓘ surface form: Archdiocese of Hamburg
oversees	Catholic parishes in Lower Saxony ⓘ Catholic parishes in Saxony-Anhalt ⓘ
partOf	Ecclesiastical province of Hamburg ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
rite	Latin Rite ⓘ surface form: Roman Rite
suiIurisChurch	Latin Rite ⓘ surface form: Latin Church
territoryIncludes	parts of Lower Saxony ⓘ parts of Saxony-Anhalt ⓘ
usesCalendar	Gregorian calendar (Western churches) ⓘ surface form: Gregorian calendar
usesLaw	Canon law ⓘ surface form: Code of Canon Law

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Roman Catholic Diocese of Hildesheim → bishopTitle → Roman Catholic Diocese of Hildesheim self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bishop of Hildesheim

Roman Catholic Diocese of Osnabrück → borderingDiocese → Roman Catholic Diocese of Hildesheim ⓘ

Basilica of St. Clemens, Hanover → diocese → Roman Catholic Diocese of Hildesheim ⓘ

Hildesheim Cathedral → diocese → Roman Catholic Diocese of Hildesheim ⓘ