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Diocese of Regensburg

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Bishop(s)

  • Rudolf Voderholzer, Bishop
  • Josef Graf, Auxiliary Bishop
  • Reinhard Pappenberger, Auxiliary Bishop

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 739
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of München und Freising {Munich}
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Germany
  • Square Kilometers: 14,665 (5,664 Square Miles)
  • Official Web Site: https://bistum-regensburg.de
  • Mailing Address: Niedermunstergasse 1, D-93047 Regensburg, Bundesrepublik Deutschland
  • Telephone: (0941)597.01
  • Fax: 597.1055

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
739ErectedDiocese of Regensburg (erected)
June 880Territory LostDiocese of Regensburg Diocese of Nitra (erected)
10th CenturyTerritory LostDiocese of Nitra
Diocese of Passau
Diocese of Regensburg
Archdiocese of Esztergom (erected)
973Territory LostDiocese of Regensburg Diocese of Praha (erected)
22 April 1927Territory AddedArchdiocese of München und Freising {Munich} (Kleinarreshausen) Diocese of Regensburg
7 January 1930Territory LostDiocese of Regensburg (Schönbrunn and Strasshaus) Diocese of Eichstätt
19 December 1936Territory LostDiocese of Regensburg (Forstwiesen) Diocese of Augsburg
7 January 1957Territory AddedArchdiocese of München und Freising {Munich} (Taubengrub) Diocese of Regensburg
2 May 1966Territory LostDiocese of Regensburg (Reichertswin and Diesenhof of Pielenhofen along with Engelsberg, Finsterheid, Holzheim, Richthofen, and Prönsdorf of Utzenhofen) Diocese of Eichstätt
11 June 1968Territory LostDiocese of Regensburg (Pollenhaid, Kugelhof, Hirschthal, and Auf der Höh) Diocese of Eichstätt

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
19491,224,4821,474,75283.0%1,2212921,5138097004,150532ap1951
19701,331,1041,555,10485.6%1,1262501,3769675414,335773ap1971
19801,352,8881,585,62185.3%1,0902651,355998164713,550625ap1981
19901,313,5611,544,45085.1%9992281,2271,070284162,674629ap1991
19991,337,9201,586,28884.3%9232081,1311,182563351,961630ap2000
20001,342,5281,594,37684.2%9092071,1161,202623211,853630ap2001
20011,343,1311,594,97984.2%8912011,0921,229673201,810630ap2002
20021,342,6711,619,38882.9%8832091,0921,229733141,701631ap2003
20031,339,0971,615,81482.9%8732181,0911,227793231,686631ap2004
20041,345,0221,643,58781.8%8642031,0671,260862941,573631ap2005
20101,230,5861,686,00073.0%8122141,0261,1991063601,273631ap2011
20141,200,2091,714,00070.0%7681779451,2701053571,103631ap2015
20171,176,1051,734,30067.8%7422129541,2321064171,230631ap2018
20201,158,2301,749,90066.2%7262159411,2301109411,080631ap2021
20221,102,5281,750,53263.0%7061238291,3291091,1161,032631ap2023

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 413, and Page 414
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 220, and Page 221
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 282
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 291, and Page 292
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 327, and Page 328
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 352
  • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 304, to Page 305
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 19, Page 208
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 49, Page 634

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