Archdiocese of Bremen-Hamberg, Germany

Also known as

• Diocese of Bremen-Hamberg
• Diocese of Bremen
• Archidioecesis Bremensis

Founded

• 1 November 787 as the Diocese of Bremen

Elevated

• 864 to an Archdiocese

Suppressed

• 1648

Bishop

• Saint Ansgar
• Saint Rember
• Saint Uni of Bremen
• Saint Willehad of Bremen
• Archbishop Christoph Herzog von Braunschweig-Lüneburg
• Archbishop Georg Herzog von Braunschweig-Lüneburg
• Archbishop Gerhard Graf von Hoya
• Archbishop Heinrich Herzog von Sachsen-Lauenburg
• Archbishop Johann Rode
• Bishop Christophorus Radelennes
• Bishop Dietrich Huls
• Bishop Hermann Nortorp
• Bishop Hermann von Rethem

Notes

The civil state of Brement was united with Hamburg in 848, and the diocese expanded to cover both. Much evangelism work in northern Germany was based in Bremen. The city was burned by Hungarians in 918. Beginning in the 11th century, the temporal power of the archbishops included all the countships in the diocese, but declined during the 14th century.

The city of Bremen was a center of the Reformation, and joined the Smalkaldic League; by the 16th century the cathedral chapter had become Protestant. The revival of Catholicism in 1625 was temporary; the archdiocese was captured by Swedes who secularized it in 1648, and suppressed the cathedral chapter.

Additional Information

• Catholic-Hierarchy
• Patron Saints of the Diocese

MLA Citation

• “Archdiocese of Bremen-Hamberg, Germany”. Gazetteer of the Faith. Saints.SQPN.com. 27 August 2010. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/archdiocese-of-bremen-hamberg-germany/>