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 |
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| Ordination | 2 February 1968 by Cardinal Josef Frings |
| Consecration | 1 May 1992 by Cardinal Joachim Meisner |
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| Born | 5 September 1942 |
| Nationality | German |
| Motto | Fundamentum Est Christus Jesus |
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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
[edit]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 Egnatia. Trelle received his episcopal consecration on the following 1 May from Joachim Cardinal Meisner, archbishop of Cologne, with the auxiliary bishop emeritus of Cologne, Augustinus Frotz, and the auxiliary bishop of Cologne, Klaus Dick, 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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