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Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart

Dioecesis Rottenburgensis-Stutgardiensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Vacant
  • Matthäus Karrer, Auxiliary Bishop
  • Thomas Maria Renz, Auxiliary Bishop
  • Gerhard Schneider, Auxiliary Bishop
  • Gebhard Fürst, Bishop Emeritus
  • Johannes Kreidler, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Name Changed: 18 January 1978
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Freiburg im Breisgau
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Germany
  • Square Kilometers: 19,500 (7,531 Square Miles)
  • Official Web Site: http://www.drs.de/
  • Mailing Address: Bischofliches Ordinariat, Eugen-Bolz-Platz 1, D-72108 Rottenburg am Neckar, Bundesrepublik Deutschland
  • Telephone: (07472)1690
  • Fax: 169.561

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Diocese of Rottenburg
16 August 1821ErectedDiocese of Konstanz {Constance} (suppressed) Archdiocese of Freiburg im Breisgau (erected)
Diocese of Rottenburg (erected)
1 January 1971Territory AddedArchdiocese of Freiburg im Breisgau (Schlüchtern) Diocese of Rottenburg
30 September 1974Territory LostDiocese of Rottenburg (Sankt Gallen in Tuttlingen called "Bruderhof" and "Hohentwiel") Archdiocese of Freiburg im Breisgau
Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart
18 January 1978Name ChangedDiocese of Rottenburg Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Diocese of Rottenburg
19501,302,6643,316,86539.3%1,0262641,2901,0093995,387754ap1951
19701,991,4714,993,13839.9%1,3512831,6341,218204155,597934ap1971
Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart
19802,118,3415,349,00039.6%1,1913911,5821,339775003,958981ap1981
19902,061,9365,000,00041.2%1,0513501,4011,4711174403,012996ap1991
19992,043,6725,000,00040.9%9722391,2111,6872073343,110996ap2000
20002,034,5185,000,00040.7%9812431,2241,6621993303,110997ap2001
20012,025,9645,000,00040.5%9582381,1961,6932183263,110997ap2002
20022,020,4535,000,00040.4%9382241,1621,7382103113,110997ap2003
20032,010,6615,000,00040.2%9612131,1741,7122052962,978997ap2004
20041,998,2025,000,00040.0%9292151,1441,7462042982,978997ap2005
20101,921,2365,064,00037.9%9121871,0991,7482672283,1401,037ap2011
20141,872,8495,068,00037.0%8291871,0161,8432832283,1401,096ap2015
20171,846,9975,127,51036.0%8171619781,8882841941,7031,028ap2018
20201,863,3805,172,36036.0%8001489481,9652881781,1001,023ap2021

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Diocese of Rottenburg
    • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 307
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 63, Page 240
  • Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 70, Page 351, and Page 352

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