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Diocese of Mainz

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Bishop(s)

  • Peter Kohlgraf, Bishop
  • Franziskus Eisenbach, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Elevated: 29 November 1801
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Freiburg im Breisgau
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Germany
  • Square Kilometers: 7,692 (2,971 Square Miles)
  • Official Web Site: http://www.bistum-mainz.de/
  • Mailing Address: Bischofliches Ordinariat, Postfach 1560, D-55005 Mainz; Bischofsplatz 2, D-55116 Mainz, Bundesrepublik Deutschland
  • Telephone: (06131)253.0
  • Fax: 253.401

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Diocese of Mainz
4th CenturyErectedDiocese of Mainz (erected)
Archdiocese of Mainz
747ElevatedDiocese of Mainz Archdiocese of Mainz
Diocese of Mainz
29 November 1801ElevatedArchdiocese of Mainz Diocese of Mainz (Archdiocese to a Diocese)
5 December 1930Territory AddedDiocese of Fulda (Treis ad Lumdam, Dorheim, Schwalheim, Eödgenr, Massenheim, and part of Mittel-Gründau, Bühnerhof, and Hüttengesäss-Neuwiedermus) Diocese of Mainz

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Diocese of Mainz
1950631,1001,794,60035.2%437795161,2231281,907284ap1951
1970893,3572,344,97038.1%5331246571,3592011,6221,037ap1971
1980939,3722,637,00035.6%564946581,427401361,145346ap1981
1990856,4612,300,00037.2%5381076451,32776132796344ap1991
1999825,3092,746,00030.1%4771045811,420104142657344ap2000
2000820,9322,770,00029.6%475925671,447106130616344ap2001
2001814,2052,770,00029.4%464895531,472111119458344ap2002
2002809,2232,770,00029.2%456935491,473113123423344ap2003
2003803,9232,807,89628.6%476945701,410115121423344ap2004
2004796,5622,807,89628.4%442945361,486122135411344ap2005
2013754,4412,886,85426.1%416955111,476124125374321ap2014
2016742,1652,899,49125.6%396824781,552124111332309ap2017
2019718,7152,982,14124.1%369534221,70370338303ap2020
2021726,1303,012,75324.1%346564021,80670339303ap2022

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Archdiocese of Mainz
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 321, and Page 322
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 184
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 232
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 245
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 271, and Page 272
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 292, and Page 293
    • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 288, to Page 290
  • Diocese of Mainz
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 24, Page 51

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