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Diocese of Speyer

Dioecesis Spirensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Karl-Heinz Wiesemann, Bishop
  • Otto Georgens, Auxiliary Bishop

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 4th Century
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Bamberg
  • Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Germany
  • Square Kilometers: 6,210 (2,398 Square Miles)
  • Official Web Site: http://www.bistum-speyer.de/
  • Mailing Address: Bischofliches Ordinariat, Kleine Pfaffengasse 16, D-67346 Speyer, Bundesrepublik Deutschland
  • Telephone: (06232)1020
  • Fax: 102.300

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
4th CenturyErectedDiocese of Speyer (erected)
1 April 1818Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Speyer (from Mainz to Bamberg)
22 December 1910Territory AddedArchdiocese of Freiburg im Breisgau (Angelhof island) Diocese of Speyer

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1950518,5261,134,33545.7%51740557930842,315306ap1951
1970714,8051,584,12045.1%459675261,3581042,233313ap1971
1980733,1421,620,00045.3%502855871,248141131,734358ap1981
1990648,7321,458,89344.5%457765331,217291021,272350ap1991
1999641,4961,444,14144.4%396634591,39742811,063350ap2000
2000635,4181,444,14144.0%393584511,4084272975350ap2001
2001630,5111,439,21143.8%382574391,4364277918350ap2002
2002625,2441,444,14143.3%382554371,4304673859350ap2003
2003621,3781,440,27543.1%377544311,4414670854348ap2004
2004616,4851,385,98244.5%373534261,4474767821348ap2005
2010581,6551,307,67844.5%337393761,5465950708346ap2011
2014557,5611,543,63236.1%310333431,6256840582346ap2015
2017537,5161,562,78434.4%289243131,71767477500346ap2018
2020507,4581,570,39132.3%259463051,66369432432346ap2021
2022508,7001,574,33032.3%242272691,89165377393346ap2023

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 460
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 241
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 303
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 320
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 362
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 385
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 351
  • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 313, to Page 315
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 3, Page 64, and Page 65

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