Bishop of Passau

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The Diocese of Passau is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic church in Germany

The diocese is a suffragan of the the Archdiocese of München und Freising .

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

[edit] Ordinaries

• Leonhard von Laiming † (Jul 1423 Appointed - 24 Jun 1451 Died)
• Ulrich von Nußdorf † (10 Jul 1451 Appointed - 2 Sep 1479 Died)
• Georg Heßler † (28 Jan 1480 Appointed - 21 Sep 1482 Died)
• Friedrich Mauerkircher † (30 Oct 1482 Appointed - 22 Nov 1485 Died)
• Friedrich Graf von Öttingen † (2 Dec 1485 Appointed - 3 Mar 1490 Died)
• Christoph Schachner † (11 Mar 1490 Appointed - 4 Jan 1500 Died)
• Wiguläus Fröschl von Marzoll † (14 Jan 1500 Appointed - 6 Nov 1517 Died)
• Wolfgang Graf von Salm † (11 Nov 1540 Appointed - 5 Dec 1555 Died)
• Wolfgang von Closen † (20 Dec 1555 Appointed - 7 Aug 1561 Died)
• Urban Trennbach † (18 Aug 1561 Appointed - 9 Aug 1589 Died)
• Leopold Erzherzog von Österreich † (25 Jul 1605 Succeeded - 19 Apr 1626 Resigned)
• Leopold Wilhelm Erzherzog von Österreich † (8 Nov 1625 Appointed - 2 Nov 1662 Died)
• Karl Joseph Erzherzog von Österreich † (20 Nov 1662 Succeeded - 27 Jan 1664 Died)
• Wenzeslaus Reichsgraf von Thun † (27 Mar 1664 Appointed - 8 Jan 1673 Died)
• Sebastian Graf von Pötting-Persing † (11 Mar 1673 Appointed - 16 Mar 1689 Died)
• Johann Philipp Reichsgraf von Lamberg † (24 May 1689 Appointed - 30 Oct 1712 Died)
• Raymund Ferdinand Graf von Rabatta † (18 Jan 1713 Appointed - 25 Oct 1722 Died)
• Joseph Dominikus Franz Kilian Reichsgraf von Lamberg † (2 Jan 1723 Appointed - 30 Aug 1761 Died)
• Josef Maria Reichsgraf von Thun und Hohenstein † (19 Nov 1761 Appointed - 15 Jun 1763 Died)
• Leopold Ernst Graf von Firmian † (1 Sep 1763 Appointed - 13 Mar 1783 Died)
• Joseph Franz Anton Reichsgraf von Auersperg † (19 May 1783 Appointed - 21 Aug 1795 Died)
• Thomas Johann Kaspar Reichsgraf von Thun und Hohenstein † (4 Nov 1795 Appointed - 7 Oct 1796 Died)
• Leopold Leonhard Reichsgraf von Thun † (13 Dec 1796 Appointed - 22 Oct 1826 Died)
• Karl Joseph Freiherr von Riccabona † (25 Dec 1826 Appointed - 25 May 1839 Died)
• Heinrich von Hofstätter † (6 Jul 1839 Appointed - 12 May 1875 Died)
• Joseph Franz von Weckert † (4 Oct 1875 Appointed - 13 Mar 1889 Died)
• Antonius von Thoma † (24 Mar 1889 Appointed - 23 Oct 1889 Appointed, Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich})
• Michael von Rampf † (8 Dec 1889 Appointed - 29 Mar 1901 Died)
• Antonius von Henle † (3 Apr 1901 Appointed - 18 Oct 1906 Appointed, Bishop of Regensburg)
• Sigismund Felix Freiherr von Ow-Felldorf † (18 Oct 1906 Appointed - 11 May 1936 Died)
• Simon Konrad (Josef) Landersdorfer, O.S.B. † (11 Sep 1936 Appointed - 27 Oct 1968 Retired)
• Antonius Hofmann † (27 Oct 1968 Succeeded - 15 Oct 1984 Retired)
• Franz Xaver Eder (15 Oct 1984 Succeeded - 8 Jan 2001 Retired)
• Wilhelm Schraml (13 Dec 2001 Appointed - )