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Diocese of Osnabrück

Dioecesis Osnabrugensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Dominicus (Michael) Meier, O.S.B., Bishop
  • Johannes Wübbe, Auxiliary Bishop
  • Franz-Josef Hermann Bode, Bishop Emeritus
  • Theodor Kettmann, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 772
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Hamburg
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Germany
  • Square Kilometers: 12,580 (4,859 Square Miles)
  • Official Web Site: http://www.bistum-osnabrueck.de/
  • Mailing Address: Hasestrasse 40/A, D-49074 Osnabruck, Bundesrepublik Deutschland
  • Telephone: (0541)318.0

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
772ErectedDiocese of Osnabrück (erected)
16 August 1821Territory AddedVicariate Apostolic of Nordic Missions Diocese of Osnabrück
Diocese of Paderborn
Diocese of Wrocław (Breslau)
13 August 1930Territory AddedVicariate Apostolic of North German Missions {Germania Settentrionale} (suppressed) Diocese of Osnabrück
Archdiocese of Paderborn
13 August 1930Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Osnabrück (from Immediately Subject)
1 September 1930Territory AddedPrefecture Apostolic of Schlewig-Holstein (suppressed) Diocese of Osnabrück
14 September 1966Territory LostDiocese of Osnabrück (Parts of Landkreise Holzminden, Hameln-Pyrmont, Verden; Landkreis Schaumburg-Lippe; Cuxhaven; the rest of Amt Ritzebüttel; islands of Neuwerk and Scharhörn; and parts of Hameln and Nienburg) Diocese of Hildesheim
14 September 1966Territory AddedDiocese of Hildesheim (Parts of Landkreis Grafschaft Hoya) Diocese of Osnabrück
8 November 1969Territory LostDiocese of Osnabrück (Vegesack and St. Mary (in Bremerhaven)) Diocese of Hildesheim
8 November 1969Territory AddedDiocese of Hildesheim (St. Joseph in Hemelingen) Diocese of Osnabrück
23 July 1973Territory LostDiocese of Osnabrück Apostolic Administration of Schwerin (erected)
24 October 1994Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Osnabrück (from Köln)
19 April 2002Territory AddedDiocese of Münster (St. Paul in the part of Hengelage in Quakenbrück) Diocese of Osnabrück

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1949910,0436,820,72313.3%689207091,2831172,345410ap1951
1969897,2627,424,74012.1%7371829199762602,591419ap1971
1980890,6276,600,80013.5%5822057871,131272672,011367ap1981
1990879,7595,915,04914.9%5281706981,260512271,635372ap1991
1999584,2702,053,12928.5%332774091,428451011,023255ap2000
2000581,5992,098,99427.7%326764021,446491021,056255ap2001
2001581,0012,106,92127.6%333643971,46351911,051255ap2002
2002582,5422,106,92127.6%336804161,40050801,051255ap2003
2003582,1832,106,92127.6%328713991,4595590951256ap2004
2004580,6152,106,92127.6%320723921,4815591965256ap2005
2013569,4002,150,00026.5%294473411,6698479777227ap2014
2016563,8732,148,17426.2%274523261,7298363693221ap2017
2019552,9902,195,44625.2%242593011,8379471454208ap2020
2021539,9352,205,74024.5%228522801,9289162569208ap2022

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 379, and Page 380
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 208
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 264
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 267
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 299
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 321
  • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 298, to Page 299
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 23, Page 34, to Page 41
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 58, Page 917, and Page 918
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 61, Page 799, and Page 800
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 87, Page 228, to Page 230
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 87, Page 323
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 94, Page 630

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