Regensburg (Diocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Bishop(s)

Rudolf Voderholzer, Bishop
Josef Graf, Auxiliary Bishop
Reinhard Pappenberger, Auxiliary Bishop

General Information

Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
Erected: 739
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of München und Freising {Munich}
Rite: Latin (or Roman)
Country: Germany
Square Kilometers: 14,665 (5,664 Square Miles)
Official Web Site: https://bistum-regensburg.de
Mailing Address: Niedermunstergasse 1, D-93047 Regensburg, Bundesrepublik Deutschland
Telephone: (0941)597.01
Fax: 597.1055

Past and Present Ordinaries

Gebhard von Svevia † ( 994 Appointed - 27 Mar 1023 Died)
Gebhard von Hohenwart † ( 1023 Appointed - Mar 1036 Died)
Gebhard von Hohenlohe † ( 1036 Appointed - 2 Dec 1060 Died)
Otto von Riedenburg † ( 1060 Appointed - 6 Jul 1089 Died)
Gebhard von Gosham † ( 1089 Appointed - 14 Jul 1105 Died)
Hartwig von Spanheim † ( 1106 Appointed - 3 Mar 1126 Died)
Konrad (Chuno) von Raitenbuch † ( 1126 Appointed - 19 May 1132 Died)
Heinrich von Wolfratshausen † ( 1132 Appointed - 10 May 1155 Died)
Hartwig von Ortenburg † ( 1155 Appointed - 22 Aug 1164 Died)
Eberhard der Schwabe † ( 1164 Appointed - 24 Aug 1167 Died)
Konrad von Raitenbuch † (17 Oct 1167 Appointed - 11 Jun 1185 Died)
Konrad von Laichling † ( 1187 Appointed - 23 Apr 1204 Died)
Konrad von Frontenhausen † (23 Apr 1204 Appointed - 9 Apr 1226 Died)
Siegfried Ratisbona † (10 Jun 1227 Appointed - 19 Mar 1246 Died)
Albert von Pietengau † ( 1247 Appointed - 1259 Resigned)
St. Albert (the Great) von Bollstädt, O.P. † (5 Jan 1260 Appointed - Feb 1262 Resigned)
Leo Thundorfer † (11 May 1262 Appointed - 12 Jul 1277 Died)
Heinrich von Rotteneck † (18 Aug 1277 Appointed - 26 Jul 1296 Died)
Konrad von Luppurg † (1 Aug 1296 Appointed - 26 Jan 1313 Died)
Nikolus von Stachowitz (Ybbs) † (9 Apr 1313 Appointed - 11 Oct 1340 Died)
Friedrich von Zollern-Nürnberg † (8 Mar 1342 Appointed - Apr 1365 Died)
Konrad von Haimberg † (4 Dec 1368 Appointed - 31 Jul 1381 Died)
Theoderich von Abensberg † ( 1381 Appointed - 5 Nov 1383 Died)
Johann von Moosburg † (16 Oct 1384 Appointed - 25 Apr 1409 Died)
Albert Schenk von Stauffenberg † (24 Jul 1409 Confirmed - 10 Jul 1421 Died)
Johann von Streitberg † (24 Sep 1421 Confirmed - 1 Apr 1428 Died)
Konrad von Soest † (16 Jun 1428 Appointed - 10 May 1437 Died)
Friedrich von Parsberg † (28 Jun 1437 Confirmed - 28 Feb 1450 Died)
Friedrich von Plankenfels † (23 Mar 1450 Confirmed - 24 May 1457 Died)
Ruprecht von Rhein (Bayern-Moosbach) † (4 Sep 1457 Appointed - 1 Sep 1465 Died)
Heinrich von Absberg † (3 Jan 1466 Confirmed - 26 Jul 1492 Died)
Ruprecht Pfalzgraf Simmer von Bayern de Rhein † (26 Jul 1492 Succeeded - 19 Apr 1507 Died)
Johann bei Rhein † (27 Oct 1507 Appointed - 3 Feb 1538 Died)
Pankraz von Sinzenhofen † (15 Nov 1538 Confirmed - 24 Jul 1548 Died)
Georg Marschalk von Pappenheim † (5 Oct 1548 Confirmed - 10 Dec 1563 Died)
Veit von Fraunberg † (21 Jun 1564 Confirmed - 21 Jan 1567 Died)
David Kölderer von Burgstall † (24 Jan 1569 Confirmed - 22 Jun 1579 Died)
Philipp Wilhelm von Bayern † (13 Jun 1580 Confirmed - 28 May 1598 Died)
Zbynék Berka z Dubé a Liepé † ( 1582 Appointed - 1587 Resigned)
Sigmund Friedrich Fugger von Kirchberg † (26 Oct 1598 Confirmed - 5 Nov 1600 Died)
Wolfgang von Hausen † (14 Jan 1602 Confirmed - 3 Sep 1613 Died)
Albert von Törring † (17 Feb 1614 Confirmed - 12 Apr 1649 Died)
Franz Wilhelm von Wartenberg † (12 Apr 1649 Succeeded - 1 Dec 1661 Died)
Johann Georg von Herberstein † (9 Apr 1663 Confirmed - 12 Jun 1663 Died)
Adam Lorenz von Törring-Stein † (11 Feb 1664 Confirmed - 16 Aug 1666 Died)
Guidobald von Thun † (16 Mar 1667 Confirmed - 1 Jun 1668 Died)
Albrecht Sigmund von Bayern † (3 Jun 1669 Confirmed - 5 Nov 1685 Died)
Joseph Clemens von Bayern von Wittelsbach † (4 Nov 1685 Succeeded - 29 Sep 1694 Confirmed, Bishop of Liège)
Joseph Clemens von Bayern von Wittelsbach † (22 May 1699 Appointed - 12 Nov 1723 Died)
Clemens August Maria von Bayern † (19 May 1716 Confirmed - 26 Apr 1719 Confirmed, Bishop of Münster)
Johann Theodor von Bayern † (14 Oct 1721 Confirmed - 27 Jan 1763 Died)
Klemens Wenzeslaus von Sachsen † (4 May 1763 Confirmed - 20 Aug 1768 Resigned)
Anton Ignaz von Fugger-Glött † (12 Jun 1769 Confirmed - 15 Feb 1787 Died)
Max Polykarp von Törring-Jettenbach † (28 Sep 1787 Confirmed - 30 Dec 1789 Died)
Joseph Konrad von Schroffenberg, C.R.S.A. † (21 Jun 1790 Confirmed - 4 Apr 1803 Died)
Karl Theodor von Dalberg † (1 Feb 1805 Appointed - 10 Feb 1817 Died)
Johann Nepomuk von Wolf † (6 Apr 1818 Confirmed - 23 Aug 1829 Died)
Johann Michael von Sailer † (23 Oct 1829 Succeeded - 20 May 1832 Died)
Franz Xaver von Schwäbl † (15 Apr 1833 Confirmed - 12 Jul 1841 Died)
Valentin von Riedel † (24 Jan 1842 Confirmed - 6 Nov 1857 Died)
Ignaz von Senestréy † (18 Mar 1858 Confirmed - 16 Aug 1906 Died)
Franz Anton von Henle † (6 Dec 1906 Confirmed - 11 Oct 1927 Died)
Michael Buchberger † (19 Dec 1927 Appointed - 10 Jun 1961 Died)
Rudolf Graber † (28 Mar 1962 Appointed - 14 Sep 1981 Retired)
Manfred Müller † (16 Jun 1982 Appointed - 15 Jan 2002 Retired)
Gerhard Ludwig Müller (1 Oct 2002 Appointed - 2 Jul 2012 Appointed, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith)
Rudolf Voderholzer (6 Dec 2012 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
739	Erected		Diocese of Regensburg (erected)
June 880	Territory Lost	Diocese of Regensburg	Diocese of Nitra (erected)
10th Century	Territory Lost	Diocese of Nitra Diocese of Passau Diocese of Regensburg	Archdiocese of Esztergom (erected)
973	Territory Lost	Diocese of Regensburg	Diocese of Praha (erected)
29 December 1910	Territory Added	Diocese of Passau (Obernhuber in Forstlehen, Angermeier and Wiehhauser in Binderberg, Geishauser in Bach, Hagl in Foerster, and Maier in Furth)	Diocese of Regensburg
29 December 1910	Territory Lost	Diocese of Regensburg (Geier in Stauern, Nussbaumer in Steinoed, Falter, Zauner and Nussbaumer in Schmalzgrub, Neumayer in Schmauss, Freilinger in Freiling, and Schmauss in Fuchsgrub)	Diocese of Passau
30 August 1911	Territory Added	Archdiocese of Bamberg (Hub)	Diocese of Regensburg
21 May 1917	Territory Lost	Diocese of Regensburg (Au am Aign and Winden am Aign)	Diocese of Augsburg
6 April 1922	Territory Lost	Diocese of Regensburg (Ereiung, Zaining, and Voeglsberg)	Diocese of Passau
9 February 1925	Territory Lost	Diocese of Regensburg (Poetzling)	Archdiocese of München und Freising {Munich}
14 April 1926	Territory Added	Diocese of Eichstätt (BamertsJiof)	Diocese of Regensburg
14 April 1926	Territory Lost	Diocese of Regensburg (Eichensee, Kühnhausen, Kugelstadt, and part of Hepberg)	Diocese of Eichstätt
13 July 1926	Territory Lost	Diocese of Regensburg (Kleinwolfersdorf)	Archdiocese of München und Freising {Munich}
22 April 1927	Territory Added	Archdiocese of München und Freising {Munich} (Kleinarreshausen)	Diocese of Regensburg
7 January 1930	Territory Lost	Diocese of Regensburg (Schönbrunn and Strasshaus)	Diocese of Eichstätt
19 December 1936	Territory Lost	Diocese of Regensburg (Forstwiesen)	Diocese of Augsburg
7 January 1957	Territory Added	Archdiocese of München und Freising {Munich} (Taubengrub)	Diocese of Regensburg
2 May 1966	Territory Lost	Diocese of Regensburg (Reichertswin and Diesenhof of Pielenhofen along with Engelsberg, Finsterheid, Holzheim, Richthofen, and Prönsdorf of Utzenhofen)	Diocese of Eichstätt
11 June 1968	Territory Lost	Diocese of Regensburg (Pollenhaid, Kugelhof, Hirschthal, and Auf der Höh)	Diocese of Eichstätt

Year Catholics Total Population Percent Catholic Diocesan Priests Religious Priests Total Priests Catholics Per Priest Permanent Deacons Male Religious Female Religious Parishes Source

1949 1,224,482 1,474,752 83.0% 1,221 292 1,513 809 700 4,150 532 ap1951

1970 1,331,104 1,555,104 85.6% 1,126 250 1,376 967 541 4,335 773 ap1971

1980 1,352,888 1,585,621 85.3% 1,090 265 1,355 998 16 471 3,550 625 ap1981

1990 1,313,561 1,544,450 85.1% 999 228 1,227 1,070 28 416 2,674 629 ap1991

1999 1,337,920 1,586,288 84.3% 923 208 1,131 1,182 56 335 1,961 630 ap2000

2000 1,342,528 1,594,376 84.2% 909 207 1,116 1,202 62 321 1,853 630 ap2001

2001 1,343,131 1,594,979 84.2% 891 201 1,092 1,229 67 320 1,810 630 ap2002

2002 1,342,671 1,619,388 82.9% 883 209 1,092 1,229 73 314 1,701 631 ap2003

2003 1,339,097 1,615,814 82.9% 873 218 1,091 1,227 79 323 1,686 631 ap2004

2004 1,345,022 1,643,587 81.8% 864 203 1,067 1,260 86 294 1,573 631 ap2005

2010 1,230,586 1,686,000 73.0% 812 214 1,026 1,199 106 360 1,273 631 ap2011

2014 1,200,209 1,714,000 70.0% 768 177 945 1,270 105 357 1,103 631 ap2015

2017 1,176,105 1,734,300 67.8% 742 212 954 1,232 106 417 1,230 631 ap2018

2020 1,158,230 1,749,900 66.2% 726 215 941 1,230 110 941 1,080 631 ap2021

2022 1,102,528 1,750,532 63.0% 706 123 829 1,329 109 1,116 1,032 631 ap2023

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
1949	1,224,482	1,474,752	83.0%	1,221	292	1,513	809		700	4,150	532	ap1951
1970	1,331,104	1,555,104	85.6%	1,126	250	1,376	967		541	4,335	773	ap1971
1980	1,352,888	1,585,621	85.3%	1,090	265	1,355	998	16	471	3,550	625	ap1981
1990	1,313,561	1,544,450	85.1%	999	228	1,227	1,070	28	416	2,674	629	ap1991
1999	1,337,920	1,586,288	84.3%	923	208	1,131	1,182	56	335	1,961	630	ap2000
2000	1,342,528	1,594,376	84.2%	909	207	1,116	1,202	62	321	1,853	630	ap2001
2001	1,343,131	1,594,979	84.2%	891	201	1,092	1,229	67	320	1,810	630	ap2002
2002	1,342,671	1,619,388	82.9%	883	209	1,092	1,229	73	314	1,701	631	ap2003
2003	1,339,097	1,615,814	82.9%	873	218	1,091	1,227	79	323	1,686	631	ap2004
2004	1,345,022	1,643,587	81.8%	864	203	1,067	1,260	86	294	1,573	631	ap2005
2010	1,230,586	1,686,000	73.0%	812	214	1,026	1,199	106	360	1,273	631	ap2011
2014	1,200,209	1,714,000	70.0%	768	177	945	1,270	105	357	1,103	631	ap2015
2017	1,176,105	1,734,300	67.8%	742	212	954	1,232	106	417	1,230	631	ap2018
2020	1,158,230	1,749,900	66.2%	726	215	941	1,230	110	941	1,080	631	ap2021
2022	1,102,528	1,750,532	63.0%	706	123	829	1,329	109	1,116	1,032	631	ap2023