Roman Catholic Diocese 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 Archdiocese of München und Freising.

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

Ordinaries

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