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Diocese of Limburg

Dioecesis Limburgensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Georg Bätzing, Bishop
  • Thomas Löhr, Auxiliary Bishop
  • Franz Kamphaus, Bishop Emeritus
  • Gerhard Pieschl, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 16 August 1821
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Köln {Cologne}
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Germany
  • Square Kilometers: 6,184 (2,388 Square Miles)
  • Official Web Site: http://www.bistumlimburg.de/
  • Mailing Address: Bischofliches Ordinariat, Rossmarkt 4, D-65549 Limburg, Bundesrepublik Deutschland
  • Telephone: (06431)2950
  • Fax: 295.476

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
16 August 1821ErectedDiocese of Trier Diocese of Limburg (erected)
6 March 1925Territory LostDiocese of Limburg (Dortelweil and Niedererlenbaeli) Diocese of Mainz
13 August 1930Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Limburg (from Freiburg im Breisgau)
17 March 1933Territory AddedDiocese of Trier (District of Wetzlar (parish of Wetzlar and vicar parish of Braunfels)) Diocese of Limburg

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1950606,9001,527,25039.7%520204724838490543240ap1951
1970912,1742,416,24537.8%4833268091,1274442,318320ap1971
1980962,0002,535,00037.9%4742987721,246165251,817328ap1981
1990783,8062,498,00031.4%4072236301,244323861,349331ap1991
1999725,6252,300,00031.5%3412195601,295513021,242329ap2000
2000718,4182,300,00031.2%3591845431,32354263983329ap2001
2001713,0272,300,00031.0%3291855141,38754252964329ap2002
2002705,4242,300,00030.7%3251945191,35961263824329ap2003
2003699,0092,382,12729.3%3141875011,39558251911329ap2004
2004693,2302,322,54329.8%3091945031,378612561,030329ap2005
2013648,6192,369,00027.4%2611814421,46768240651281ap2014
2016635,3262,480,00025.6%2521794311,47474236576209ap2017
2019624,9752,484,00025.2%2331834161,50275239527116ap2020
2021632,2802,512,96825.2%2221743961,59679230471117ap2022

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 287
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 23, Page 34, to Page 41
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 25, Page 465

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