About Norbert Trelle
Born 1942. Norbert Trelle is a German catholic priest and catholic bishop.
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 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 untÃl 9 September 2017.
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German Roman Catholic Bishop
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Norbert Trelle was born on 5 September 1942 in Kassel.
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