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Diocese of Münster

Dioecesis Monasteriensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Felix Genn, Bishop
  • Christoph Hegge, Auxiliary Bishop
  • Rolf Lohmann, Auxiliary Bishop
  • Wilfried Theising, Auxiliary Bishop
  • Stefan Zekorn, Auxiliary Bishop
  • Dieter Geerlings, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 800
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Köln {Cologne}
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Germany
  • Square Kilometers: 15,268 (5,897 Square Miles)
  • Official Web Site: http://www.bistum-muenster.de/
  • Mailing Address: Bischofliches Generalvikariat, Domplatz 27, D-48143 Munster, Bundesrepublik Deutschland
  • Telephone: (0251)495.16.002

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
800ErectedDiocese of Münster (erected)
12 May 1559Territory LostDiocese of Münster
Diocese of Utrecht
Diocese of Groningen (erected)
12 May 1559Territory LostDiocese of Münster
Diocese of Utrecht
Diocese of Deventer (erected)
28 November 1937Territory AddedArchdiocese of Köln {Cologne} (Boundaries adjusted)
Diocese of Münster (Boundaries adjusted)
23 February 1957Territory LostArchdiocese of Köln {Cologne}
Diocese of Münster
Archdiocese of Paderborn
Diocese of Essen (erected) (Bochum, Bottrop, Duisburg, Essen, Gelsenkirchen, Gladbeck, Lüdenscheid, and Mülhein (in Ruhr), Oberhausen, Wattenscheid; rural districts of Altena and Ennepe-Ruhrkreis (except Her decke and Wetter))
19 April 2002Territory LostDiocese 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
19502,057,7953,606,66957.1%1,466841,5501,3276808,465622ap1951
19702,158,8023,731,68057.9%1,2975451,8421,1718257,223586ap1971
19802,118,1763,667,61057.8%1,1974291,6261,302646905,850686ap1981
19902,086,2793,811,14754.7%1,1513471,4981,3921426464,701689ap1991
19992,090,2714,167,19350.2%1,0922851,3771,5172014523,674689ap2000
20002,085,5264,212,63149.5%9842671,2511,6672094183,390689ap2001
20012,073,9644,221,39349.1%9422661,2081,7161904083,279688ap2002
20022,072,0374,243,61948.8%1,0722471,3191,5701963953,060682ap2003
20032,065,1034,256,71948.5%1,0682431,3111,5752263853,066681ap2004
20042,056,4274,317,93747.6%1,0692341,3031,5782363642,957675ap2005
20131,953,0814,333,91945.1%9311981,1291,7292963472,193304ap2014
20161,927,0004,228,84145.6%9601961,1561,6663092861,750227ap2017
20191,853,1854,318,44642.9%1,0752431,3181,4062943171,664211ap2020
20211,859,8604,336,95442.9%9812281,2091,5382912941,509211ap2022

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 345, and Page 346
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 194
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 247
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 246
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 272
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 293
  • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 294, to Page 296
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 30, Page 64, and Page 65

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