Norbert Trelle
His Excellency Norbert Trelle | |
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Bishop of Hildesheim | |
![]() Bishop Norbert Trelle | |
Church | Roman Catholic |
Diocese | Diocese of Hildesheim |
Appointed | 29 November 2005 |
Installed | 11 February 2006 |
Term ended | 9 September 2017 |
Predecessor | Josef Homeyer |
Other post(s) | Auxiliary Bishop of Köln |
Orders | |
Ordination | 2 February 1968 by Cardinal Josef Frings |
Consecration | 1 May 1992 by Cardinal Joachim Meisner |
Personal details | |
Born | Kassel Germany | 5 September 1942
Nationality | German |
Motto | Fundamentum Est Christus Jesus |
Coat of arms | ![]() |
Norbert Trelle (born 5 September 1942) is a prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as auxiliary bishop of Cologne from 1992 till 2005, when he became bishop of Hildesheim.
Life[]
Born in Kassel, Trelle was ordained to the priesthood on 2 February 1968.
On 25 March 1992 he was appointed auxiliary bishop of Cologne and titular bishop of . Trelle received his episcopal consecration on the following 1 May from Joachim Cardinal Meisner, archbishop of Cologne, with the auxiliary bishop emeritus of Cologne, , and the auxiliary bishop of Cologne, , serving as co-consecrators.
On 29 November 2005 he was appointed bishop of Hildesheim, where he was installed on 11 February 2006 untíl 9 September 2017.
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- 1942 births
- 20th-century German Roman Catholic bishops
- 21st-century German Roman Catholic bishops
- Roman Catholic bishops of Hildesheim
- People from Kassel
- Living people
- 20th-century German Roman Catholic priests
- German Roman Catholic bishop stubs