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Diocese of Görlitz

Dioecesis Gorlicensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Wolfgang Ipolt, Bishop

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Elevated: 27 June 1994
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Berlin
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Germany
  • Square Kilometers: 9,284 (3,585 Square Miles)
  • Official Web Site: http://www.bistum-goerlitz.de/
  • Mailing Address: Carl-von-Ossietzky-Strasse 41/43, D-02826 Gorlitz, Bundesrepublik Deutschland
  • Telephone: (03581)478.20
  • Fax: 478.212

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Apostolic Administration of Görlitz
28 June 1972ErectedArchdiocese of Wrocław {Breslavia} (Territory in Germany) Apostolic Administration of Görlitz (erected)
Diocese of Görlitz
27 June 1994ElevatedApostolic Administration of Görlitz Diocese of Görlitz

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Apostolic Administration of Görlitz
198070,0001,000,0007.0%817887955821959ap1981
199060,000930,0006.5%734777797417357ap1991
Diocese of Görlitz
199949,200920,0005.3%626687235613057ap2000
200049,200920,0005.3%606667455611557ap2001
200148,500920,0005.3%585637696810655ap2002
200248,500910,0005.3%615667346610455ap2003
200348,000905,0005.3%54458827659755ap2004
200435,000890,0003.9%55257614639152ap2005
200632,203792,8244.1%57259545438146ap2007
201328,503829,2003.4%47350570555320ap2014
201628,795696,3054.1%46248599824419ap2017
201929,671704,3404.2%42547631664017ap2020
202129,790707,3404.2%39746647973416ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Apostolic Administration of Görlitz
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 64, Page 737, to Page 738
  • Diocese of Görlitz
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 87, Page 219, to Page 221

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