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Diocese of Würzburg

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Bishop(s)

  • Franz Jung, Bishop
  • Paul Reder, Auxiliary Bishop
  • Friedhelm Hofmann, Bishop Emeritus
  • Ulrich Boom, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 741
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Bamberg
  • Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Germany
  • Square Kilometers: 8,532 (3,295 Square Miles)
  • Official Web Site: http://www.bistum-wuerzburg.de/
  • Mailing Address: Bischofliches Ordinariat, Sterngasse 16, D-97070 Wurzburg, Bundesrepublik Deutschland
  • Telephone: (0931)386.0
  • Fax: 386.10099

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
741ErectedDiocese of Würzburg (erected)
22 December 1910Territory LostDiocese of Würzburg (Gottersdorf and Kummershof) Archdiocese of Freiburg im Breisgau
25 January 1913Territory LostDiocese of Würzburg (Hohenfelden, Lichtenhain, and Mosen) Diocese of Fulda
25 January 1913Territory AddedDiocese of Fulda (Kranichfeld, Stedten, and Kostitz) Diocese of Würzburg
17 April 1936Territory AddedArchdiocese of Bamberg (Königsberg) Diocese of Würzburg
23 July 1973Territory LostDiocese of Fulda
Diocese of Würzburg
Apostolic Administration of Erfurt-Meiningen (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1950872,6491,485,61858.7%8462901,1367687825,123484ap1951
1970975,6381,621,42660.2%8173021,11987115714,391634ap1971
1980943,5621,280,96973.7%708282990953294853,917613ap1981
1990913,5141,208,00075.6%6112338441,082794192,347617ap1991
1999898,8241,327,78667.7%6021977991,1241193561,671620ap2000
2000896,7831,330,86467.4%5732237961,1261253891,575620ap2001
2001890,8381,333,80366.8%5721837551,1791303391,550620ap2002
2002886,2331,338,07766.2%5561897451,1891383181,415619ap2003
2003880,8871,342,26265.6%5462007461,1801343421,357618ap2004
2004873,6761,344,40465.0%5502087581,1521453491,249618ap2005
2010826,5041,334,00062.0%477705471,51098224980619ap2011
2014784,6051,297,72760.5%4821636451,2162062791,073618ap2015
2017767,1001,298,90059.1%4531506031,2722052531,055612ap2018
2020773,1401,318,02358.7%4161245401,431208384885609ap2021
2022774,0001,320,09358.6%3731295021,541201365574603ap2023

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 273
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 163
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 208, and Page 209
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 201
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 218, and Page 219
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 234
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 212
  • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 324, to Page 325
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 5, Page 94
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 28, Page 295

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