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Date | Event | From | To |
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772 | Erected | Diocese of Osnabrück (erected) | |
16 August 1821 | Territory Added | Vicariate Apostolic of Nordic Missions | Diocese of Osnabrück
Diocese of Paderborn Diocese of Wrocław (Breslau) |
13 August 1930 | Territory Added | Vicariate Apostolic of North German Missions {Germania Settentrionale} (suppressed) | Diocese of Osnabrück
Archdiocese of Paderborn |
13 August 1930 | Metropolitan Changed | Diocese of Osnabrück (from Immediately Subject) | |
1 September 1930 | Territory Added | Prefecture Apostolic of Schlewig-Holstein (suppressed) | Diocese of Osnabrück |
14 September 1966 | Territory Lost | Diocese 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 1966 | Territory Added | Diocese of Hildesheim (Parts of Landkreis Grafschaft Hoya) | Diocese of Osnabrück |
8 November 1969 | Territory Lost | Diocese of Osnabrück (Vegesack and St. Mary (in Bremerhaven)) | Diocese of Hildesheim |
8 November 1969 | Territory Added | Diocese of Hildesheim (St. Joseph in Hemelingen) | Diocese of Osnabrück |
23 July 1973 | Territory Lost | Diocese of Osnabrück | Apostolic Administration of Schwerin (erected) |
24 October 1994 | Metropolitan Changed | Diocese of Osnabrück (from Köln) | |
19 April 2002 | Territory Added | Diocese of Münster (St. Paul in the part of Hengelage in Quakenbrück) | Diocese of Osnabrück |
Year | Catholics | Total Population | Percent Catholic | Diocesan Priests | Religious Priests | Total Priests | Catholics Per Priest | Permanent Deacons | Male Religious | Female Religious | Parishes | Source |
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1949 | 910,043 | 6,820,723 | 13.3% | 689 | 20 | 709 | 1,283 | 117 | 2,345 | 410 | ap1951 | |
1969 | 897,262 | 7,424,740 | 12.1% | 737 | 182 | 919 | 976 | 260 | 2,591 | 419 | ap1971 | |
1980 | 890,627 | 6,600,800 | 13.5% | 582 | 205 | 787 | 1,131 | 27 | 267 | 2,011 | 367 | ap1981 |
1990 | 879,759 | 5,915,049 | 14.9% | 528 | 170 | 698 | 1,260 | 51 | 227 | 1,635 | 372 | ap1991 |
1999 | 584,270 | 2,053,129 | 28.5% | 332 | 77 | 409 | 1,428 | 45 | 101 | 1,023 | 255 | ap2000 |
2000 | 581,599 | 2,098,994 | 27.7% | 326 | 76 | 402 | 1,446 | 49 | 102 | 1,056 | 255 | ap2001 |
2001 | 581,001 | 2,106,921 | 27.6% | 333 | 64 | 397 | 1,463 | 51 | 91 | 1,051 | 255 | ap2002 |
2002 | 582,542 | 2,106,921 | 27.6% | 336 | 80 | 416 | 1,400 | 50 | 80 | 1,051 | 255 | ap2003 |
2003 | 582,183 | 2,106,921 | 27.6% | 328 | 71 | 399 | 1,459 | 55 | 90 | 951 | 256 | ap2004 |
2004 | 580,615 | 2,106,921 | 27.6% | 320 | 72 | 392 | 1,481 | 55 | 91 | 965 | 256 | ap2005 |
2013 | 569,400 | 2,150,000 | 26.5% | 294 | 47 | 341 | 1,669 | 84 | 79 | 777 | 227 | ap2014 |
2016 | 563,873 | 2,148,174 | 26.2% | 274 | 52 | 326 | 1,729 | 83 | 63 | 693 | 221 | ap2017 |
2019 | 552,990 | 2,195,446 | 25.2% | 242 | 59 | 301 | 1,837 | 94 | 71 | 454 | 208 | ap2020 |
2021 | 539,935 | 2,205,740 | 24.5% | 228 | 52 | 280 | 1,928 | 91 | 62 | 569 | 208 | ap2022 |
Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.
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