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Diocese of Speyer

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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)

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

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