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Diocese of Bolzano-Bressanone {Bozen-Brixen}

Dioecesis Bauzanensis-Brixinensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Ivo Muser, Bishop

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Name Changed: 1 September 1964
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Trento
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Italy
  • Square Kilometers: 7,400 (2,858 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Triveneto
  • Official Web Site: http://www.bz-bx.net/
  • Mailing Address: Vescovado, Piazza Duomo 2, 39100 Bolzano, Italia
  • Telephone: 0471.30.62.00
  • Fax: 0471.30.63.60

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Diocese of Sabiona-Säben
6th CenturyErectedDiocese of Sabiona-Säben (erected)
Diocese of Brixen {Bressanone}
10th CenturyName ChangedDiocese of Sabiona-Säben Diocese of Brixen {Bressanone}
1 April 1818Territory AddedDiocese of Konstanz {Constance} Diocese of Augsburg
Diocese of Brixen {Bressanone}
9 April 1921Territory LostDiocese of Brixen {Bressanone} Apostolic Administration of Innsbruck (erected) (Austrian territory)
6 July 1964Territory AddedArchdiocese of Trento (Bauzan and Magasa and Turano) Diocese of Brixen {Bressanone}
6 July 1964Territory LostDiocese of Brixen {Bressanone} (Cortina d'Ampezzo, Pieve di Livinallongo, and Colle Santa Lucia) Diocese of Belluno e Feltre
6 August 1964Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Brixen {Bressanone} (from Immediately Subject)
Diocese of Bolzano-Bressanone {Bozen-Brixen}
1 September 1964Name ChangedDiocese of Brixen {Bressanone} Diocese of Bolzano-Bressanone {Bozen-Brixen}

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Diocese of Brixen {Bressanone}
1950100,039199,90550.0%233109342292178541137ap1951
1959105,592105,72899.9%250140390270222512137ap1960
Diocese of Bolzano-Bressanone {Bozen-Brixen}
1970404,081407,69399.1%5903479374314751,519252ap1971
1980428,000431,07899.3%4913047955384071,217327ap1981
1990434,000438,00099.1%42625468063813281,003280ap1991
1999446,300459,06997.2%3722275997455306792280ap2000
2000448,512459,68797.6%3652215867655289775280ap2001
2001457,898464,60198.6%3612175787927299749280ap2002
2002459,833466,60098.5%34921656581311289721280ap2003
2003458,675466,48298.3%34827662473511336680280ap2004
2004461,184470,05598.1%34220855083811267668280ap2005
2006465,365479,75897.0%33920454385713251627280ap2007
2012485,354503,74796.3%29419248699821229514281ap2013
2015491,900512,10096.1%2711844551,08124226468281ap2016
2018501,619525,09295.5%2391744131,21429221402281ap2019
2020506,186531,34195.3%2291653941,28429204356281ap2021
2022511,018534,91295.5%2041593631,40730187298281ap2023

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Diocese of Sabiona-Säben
    • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 265, to Page 266
  • Diocese of Brixen {Bressanone}
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 148
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 111
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 141
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 121
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 127
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 131
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 57, Page 363, and Page 364
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 57, Page 367, and Page 368

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