Archdiocese of Strasbourg

Historical Details

• Diocese of Strasbourg
  • Latin Name: Argentoratensis o Argentinensis
  • Erected: 4th Century
  • Immediately Subject to the Holy See
  • Country: France

Past and Present Ordinaries

• Erchenbald † ( 965 Appointed - 991 Died)
• Corrado di Hühnenburg † (10 Apr 1190 Appointed - 3 Nov 1202 Died)
• Henri de Veringen † ( 1202 Appointed - 11 Mar 1223 Died)
• Bertoldo de Teck † ( 1223 Appointed - 1244 Died)
• Enrico de Stahleck † ( 1245 Appointed - 3 Mar 1260 Died)
• Walter de Gerolseck † (27 Mar 1260 Appointed - 12 Feb 1263 Died)
• Enrico de Gerolseck † (22 Apr 1263 Appointed - 1273 Died)
• Corrado de Lichtenberg † ( 1273 Appointed - 1 Aug 1299 Died)
• Frederic de Lichtenberg † (15 Sep 1299 Appointed - 20 Dec 1305 Died)
• Johann von Durbheim † (18 Feb 1306 Appointed - 6 Nov 1328 Died)
• Berthold von Buchegg, O.T. † (28 Nov 1328 Appointed - 25 Nov 1353 Died)
• Jean de Lichtenberg † (15 Jan 1354 Appointed - 14 Sep 1365 Died)
• Johann von Luxemburg-Ligny † (23 Dec 1365 Appointed - 28 Apr 1371 Appointed, Archbishop of Mainz)
• Lamprecht von Brunn † (28 Apr 1371 Appointed - 28 Apr 1374 Appointed, Bishop of Bamberg)
• Friedrich de Blankenheim † (5 Jul 1375 Appointed - 7 Jul 1393 Appointed, Bishop of Utrecht)
• Guglielmo di Diest † (27 Jul 1393 Appointed - 6 Oct 1439 Died)
• Corrado di Busnang † (Nov 1439 Appointed - 11 Nov 1440 Resigned)
• Roberto de Simmern † (11 Nov 1440 Appointed - 18 Oct 1478 Died)
• Albert von Bayern † (18 Jan 1479 Appointed - 20 Aug 1506 Died)
• Wilhelm von Hohnstein † (14 Dec 1506 Confirmed - 29 Jun 1541 Died)
• Erasmus von Limburg † (9 Dec 1541 Appointed - 27 Nov 1568 Died)
• Jean de Manderscheid-Blankenheim † (26 Jun 1573 Confirmed - 2 May 1592 Died)
• Charles de Lorraine-Vaudémont (III) † (1 Jul 1592 Confirmed - 24 Nov 1607 Died)
• Leopold Ferdinand von Österreich † (24 Nov 1607 Succeeded - 19 Apr 1626 Resigned)
• Leopold Wilhelm von Österreich † (10 Oct 1626 Appointed - 21 Nov 1662 Died)
• Franz Egon von Fürstenberg † (30 Jul 1663 Confirmed - 1 Apr 1682 Died)
• Wilhelm Egon von Fürstenberg † (11 Jan 1683 Confirmed - 9 Apr 1704 Died)
• Armand-Gaston-Maximilien de Rohan de Soubise † (9 Apr 1704 Succeeded - 19 Jul 1749 Died)
• François-Armand-Auguste de Rohan-Soubise-Ventadour † (19 Jul 1749 Succeeded - 28 Jun 1756 Died)
• Louis-César-Constantin de Rohan-Guémené-Montbazon † (3 Jan 1757 Confirmed - 11 Mar 1779 Died)
• Louis-René-Edouard de Rohan-Guéménée † (11 Mar 1779 Succeeded - 29 Nov 1801 Resigned)
• Jean-Pierre Saurine † (29 Apr 1802 Confirmed - 9 May 1813 Died)
• Gustave-Maximilien-Juste de Croÿ-Solre † (23 Aug 1819 Confirmed - 17 Nov 1823 Confirmed, Archbishop of Rouen)
• Claude-Marie-Paul Tharin † (24 Nov 1823 Confirmed - 3 Apr 1827 Resigned)
• Jean-François-Marie Le Pappe de Trévern † (9 Apr 1827 Confirmed - 27 Aug 1842 Died)
• Andreas (André) Räß (Raess) † (27 Aug 1842 Succeeded - 17 Nov 1887 Died)
• Pierre-Paul Stumpf † (17 Nov 1887 Succeeded - 10 Aug 1890 Died)
• Adolf Fritzen (Fitzen) † (1 Jun 1891 Confirmed - 31 Jul 1919 Retired)
• Charles-Joseph-Eugène Ruch † (1 Aug 1919 Confirmed - 29 Aug 1945 Died)
• Jean-Julien Weber, P.S.S. † (29 Aug 1945 Succeeded - 30 Dec 1966 Retired)
• Léon-Arthur-Auguste Elchinger † (30 Dec 1966 Succeeded - 16 Jul 1984 Retired)
• Charles Amarin Brand † (16 Jul 1984 Appointed - 23 Oct 1997 Retired)
• Joseph Pierre Aimé Marie Doré, P.S.S. (23 Oct 1997 Appointed - 25 Aug 2006 Resigned)
• Jean-Pierre Grallet, O.F.M. (21 Apr 2007 Appointed - 18 Feb 2017 Retired)
• Luc Marie Daniel Ravel, C.R.S.V. (18 Feb 2017 Appointed - 27 May 2023 Resigned)
• Pascal Michel Ghislain Delannoy (28 Feb 2024 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Statistics

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
Diocese of Strasbourg
1950	893,899	1,216,490	73.5%	1,155	170	1,325	674		300	1,200	725	ap1951
1970	1,100,000	1,412,385	77.9%	1,205		1,205	912				767	ap1971
1980	1,170,000	1,543,000	75.8%	993	434	1,427	819		625	3,616	773	ap1981
Archdiocese of Strasbourg
1990	1,290,000	1,620,000	79.6%	848	319	1,167	1,105	23	461	2,649	767	ap1991
1999	1,368,000	1,713,416	79.8%	697	312	1,009	1,355	45	444	2,006	767	ap2000
2000	1,300,000	1,708,025	76.1%	682	313	995	1,306	45	453	1,970	767	ap2001
2001	1,300,000	1,713,416	75.9%	658	313	971	1,338	45	436	1,866	750	ap2002
2002	1,300,000	1,713,416	75.9%	644	313	957	1,358	45	417	1,793	767	ap2003
2003	1,300,000	1,713,416	75.9%	619	288	907	1,433	50	418	1,728	762	ap2004
2004	1,350,000	1,800,000	75.0%	649	271	920	1,467	51	367	1,686	767	ap2005
2010	1,360,000	1,900,000	71.6%	572	258	830	1,638	73	341	1,257	767	ap2011
2014	1,380,000	1,843,000	74.9%	517	205	722	1,911	80	282	1,050	767	ap2015
2017	1,400,000	1,860,000	75.3%	484	213	697	2,008	87	275	942	767	ap2018
2020	1,385,000	1,900,000	72.9%	459	171	630	2,198	85	225	805	767	ap2021
2022	1,388,000	1,903,000	72.9%	328	156	484	2,867	88	201	716	767	ap2023
2023	1,394,800	1,912,300	72.9%	415	157	572	2,438	91	207	658	767	ap2024

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

Affiliated Bishops, Living

• Philippe Gabriel Marie Augustin Ballot (Apostolic Administrator: 27 May 2023 to 21 Apr 2024)
• Pascal Michel Ghislain Delannoy (Archbishop: 28 Feb 2024 - )
• Vincent Dollmann (Priest: 24 Jun 1990; Auxiliary Bishop: 17 May 2012 to 25 May 2018)
• Joseph Pierre Aimé Marie Doré, P.S.S. (Archbishop: 23 Oct 1997 to 25 Aug 2006)
• Lucien Prosper Ernest Fischer, C.S.Sp.
• Marie Pierre François Auguste Gaschy, C.S.Sp.
• Jean-Pierre Grallet, O.F.M. (Auxiliary Bishop: 27 Sep 2004; Archbishop: 21 Apr 2007 to 18 Feb 2017)
• Vincent Alexandre Édouard Élie Jordy (Priest: 28 Jun 1992; Auxiliary Bishop: 19 Sep 2008 to 22 Jul 2011)
• Joseph Laurent Koerber, C.S.Sp.
• Christian George Nicolas Kratz (Priest: 25 Jun 1978; Auxiliary Bishop: 18 Dec 2000)
• Roland Minnerath (Priest: 25 Jun 1978 to 13 Feb 2004)
• Luc Marie Daniel Ravel, C.R.S.V. (Archbishop: 18 Feb 2017 to 27 May 2023)
• Gilles Lucien Paul Reithinger, M.E.P. (Deacon: 21 Jun 1998; Priest: 27 Jun 1999; Auxiliary Bishop: 26 Jun 2021 to 14 Feb 2024)
• Jean-Marie Antoine Joseph Speich (Priest: 9 Oct 1982 to 17 Aug 2013)

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• Jean-Louis-Joseph (Martin) Adam, C.S.Sp. †
• Denis-Auguste Affre † (Coadjutor Bishop: 27 Apr 1840 to 13 Jul 1840)
• Paul Aldringen † (Auxiliary Bishop: 28 Apr 1627 to 28 Mar 1644)
• Émile Augustin Allgeyer, C.S.Sp. †
• Alphonse-Gérard Bannwarth † (Priest: 10 Aug 1932 to 22 May 1963)
• Adolphus Louis Barth de Walbach †
• Albert von Bayern † (Bishop: 18 Jan 1479 to 20 Aug 1506)
• Adam Betz (Petz) † (Auxiliary Bishop: 18 Jul 1605 to 25 Nov 1626)
• Paul Joseph Biéchy, C.S.Sp. †
• Friedrich de Blankenheim † (Bishop: 5 Jul 1375 to 7 Jul 1393)
• Henri-Marie-Gaston Boisnormand de Bonnechose † (Priest: 21 Dec 1833 to 17 Jan 1848)
• Charles Amarin Brand † (Priest: 11 Jul 1943 to 28 Dec 1971; Auxiliary Bishop: 18 Nov 1976 to 30 Jul 1981; Archbishop (Personal Title): 16 Jul 1984; Archbishop: 1 Jun 1988 to 23 Oct 1997)
• Lamprecht von Brunn † (Bishop: 28 Apr 1371 to 28 Apr 1374)
• Berthold von Buchegg, O.T. † (Bishop: 28 Nov 1328 to 25 Nov 1353)
• José (Joseph) Bulber, O.M.I. †
• Corrado di Busnang † (Bishop: Nov 1439 to 11 Nov 1440)
• Egidio von Byderborch, O. Carm. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 29 Nov 1428)
• Jean-Baptiste Claudel, C.Ss.R. †
• Joseph Ludwig Colmar † (Priest: 20 Dec 1783 to 7 Aug 1802)
• François-Xavier Corbet (Corbey), C.S.Sp. †
• Gustave-Maximilien-Juste de Croÿ-Solre † (Bishop: 23 Aug 1819 to 17 Nov 1823)
• Jean-Marie Cuchot d’Herbain † (Deacon: 20 Dec 1749; Priest: 18 Dec 1751 to 30 Mar 1778)
• Louis Philippe d’Auneau de Visé † (Priest: 1711; Auxiliary Bishop: 14 Mar 1718 to 21 Jun 1729)
• Johann Delphius † (Auxiliary Bishop: 30 Oct 1556 to 1582)
• Florian-Jean-Baptiste Demange, M.E.P. †
• Guglielmo di Diest † (Bishop: 27 Jul 1393 to 6 Oct 1439)
• Joseph Diss, S.M.A. †
• Augustin Dontenwill, O.M.I. †
• Victor-Valentin (Colomban-Marie) Dreyer, O.F.M. †
• Johann von Durbheim † (Bishop: 18 Feb 1306 to 6 Nov 1328)
• Emile Durrheimer, S.M.A. †
• Toussaint Duvernin † (Auxiliary Bishop: 23 May 1757 to 8 Aug 1785)
• Léon-Arthur-Auguste Elchinger † (Priest: 4 Apr 1931; Coadjutor Bishop: 26 Oct 1957; Bishop: 30 Dec 1966 to 16 Jul 1984)
• Joseph Fady, M. Afr. †
• Jakob Flucke, O.P. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 17 Dec 1455 to 1475)
• Charles-Émile Freppel † (Priest: 23 Nov 1849 to 21 Mar 1870)
• Adolf Fritzen (Fitzen) † (Bishop: 1 Jun 1891 to 31 Jul 1919)
• Franz Egon von Fürstenberg † (Bishop: 30 Jul 1663 to 1 Apr 1682)
• Wilhelm Egon von Fürstenberg † (Bishop: 11 Jan 1683 to 9 Apr 1704)
• Enrico de Gerolseck † (Bishop: 22 Apr 1263 to 1273)
• Walter de Gerolseck † (Bishop: 27 Mar 1260 to 12 Feb 1263)
• Francis-Xavier Gsell, M.S.C. †
• Gabriel Haug † (Priest: 1640; Auxiliary Bishop: 9 Apr 1646 to 10 Jan 1691)
• Ernest Hauger, S.M.A. †
• Roger Joseph Heckel, S.J. † (Coadjutor Bishop: 27 Mar 1980 to 26 Sep 1982)
• Léon Hégelé † (Priest: 8 Apr 1950; Auxiliary Bishop: 9 Sep 1985 to 18 Dec 2000)
• Augustin Hermann (Herman), S.M.A. †
• Valentin Herrgott, M.E.P. †
• Sébastien Herscher †
• Bruno-Augustin Hippel, S.A.C. †
• Jean-Joseph Hirth, M. Afr. †
• Henri Alfred Bernardin Hoffmann, O.F.M. Cap. †
• Wilhelm von Hohnstein † (Bishop: 14 Dec 1506 to 29 Jun 1541)
• Corrado di Hühnenburg † (Bishop: 10 Apr 1190 to 3 Nov 1202)
• Ignace Hummel, S.M.A. †
• Alfred Louis Keiling, C.S.Sp. †
• Johann Kerer † (Priest: 1469 to 5 May 1493)
• Alphonse Charles Kirmann, S.M.A. †
• Eugène Klein, M.S.C. †
• Léon Klerlein, C.S.Sp. †
• Aloys Kobès, C.S.Sp. †
• Michael Felix Korum † (Priest: 23 Dec 1865 to 12 Aug 1881)
• Joseph-Antoine Lang, S.M.A. †
• Jean Jacques (Johann Jakob) Lantz † (Auxiliary Bishop: 3 Apr 1786 to 6 Jan 1799)
• Jean-François-Marie Le Pappe de Trévern † (Bishop: 9 Apr 1827 to 27 Aug 1842)
• Corrado de Lichtenberg † (Bishop: 1273 to 1 Aug 1299)
• Frederic de Lichtenberg † (Bishop: 15 Sep 1299 to 20 Dec 1305)
• Jean de Lichtenberg † (Bishop: 15 Jan 1354 to 14 Sep 1365)
• Erasmus von Limburg † (Bishop: 9 Dec 1541 to 27 Nov 1568)
• Jérôme-Théodore Lingenheim, S.M.A. †
• Charles de Lorraine-Vaudémont (III) † (Administrator: 1 Jul 1592 to 24 Nov 1607)
• Johann von Luxemburg-Ligny † (Bishop: 23 Dec 1365 to 28 Apr 1371)
• Jean de Manderscheid-Blankenheim † (Bishop: 26 Jun 1573 to 2 May 1592)
• Charles Marbach † (Priest: 17 Dec 1864; Auxiliary Bishop: 4 Jun 1891 to Sep 1901)
• François Joseph Maurer, C.S.Sp. †
• Léon-Adolphe Messmer, O.F.M. Cap. †
• Simon Nikolaus Eusebius von Montjoye-Hirsingen (von Froberg) † (Priest: 22 Dec 1731 to 21 Mar 1763)
• Marie-Joseph-Aloÿs Munsch, C.S.Sp. †
• Jean Ogé, S.M.A. †
• Leopold Ferdinand von Österreich † (Coadjutor Bishop: 18 Aug 1599; Bishop: 24 Nov 1607 to 19 Apr 1626)
• Leopold Wilhelm von Österreich † (Administrator: 10 Oct 1626 to 21 Nov 1662)
• Johann Ostwein, O.P. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 1497 to 1514)
• René-Marie-Joseph Perros, M.E.P. †
• Johann Peter von Quentell † (Auxiliary Bishop: 16 May 1698 to 14 Aug 1699)
• Andreas (André) Räß (Raess) † (Coadjutor Bishop: 14 Dec 1840; Bishop: 27 Aug 1842 to 17 Nov 1887)
• Johann Franz Riccilli (Riccius) † (Priest: 1694; Auxiliary Bishop: 15 Jul 1739 to 25 May 1756)
• Armand-Gaston-Maximilien de Rohan de Soubise † (Coadjutor Bishop: 18 Apr 1701; Bishop: 9 Apr 1704 to 19 Jul 1749)
• Louis-René-Edouard de Rohan-Guéménée † (Coadjutor Bishop: 24 Mar 1760; Bishop: 11 Mar 1779 to 29 Nov 1801)
• Louis-César-Constantin de Rohan-Guémené-Montbazon † (Bishop: 3 Jan 1757 to 11 Mar 1779)
• François-Armand-Auguste de Rohan-Soubise-Ventadour † (Priest: 23 Dec 1741; Coadjutor Bishop: 30 Jul 1742; Bishop: 19 Jul 1749 to 28 Jun 1756)
• Charles-Joseph-Eugène Ruch † (Bishop: 1 Aug 1919 to 29 Aug 1945)
• Wilhelm Florentin von Salm-Salm † (Deacon: 13 Dec 1767; Priest: 17 Mar 1771 to 20 May 1776)
• Jean-Pierre Saurine † (Bishop: 29 Apr 1802 to 9 May 1813)
• Auguste Sieffert, C.Ss.R. †
• Roberto de Simmern † (Bishop: 11 Nov 1440 to 18 Oct 1478)
• Jacques-Emile Sontag, C.M. †
• Enrico de Stahleck † (Bishop: 1245 to 3 Mar 1260)
• François Steinmetz, S.M.A. †
• Cesaire Stern, O.F.M. †
• Joseph-Paul Strebler, S.M.A. †
• Pierre-Paul Stumpf † (Priest: 18 Dec 1847; Coadjutor Bishop: 13 May 1881; Apostolic Administrator: 25 Feb 1883; Bishop: 17 Nov 1887 to 10 Aug 1890)
• Bertoldo de Teck † (Bishop: 1223 to 1244)
• Claude-Marie-Paul Tharin † (Bishop: 24 Nov 1823 to 3 Apr 1827)
• Guillaume Tual † (Priest: 1685; Auxiliary Bishop: 4 Feb 1715 to 24 Feb 1716)
• Henri de Veringen † (Bishop: 1202 to 11 Mar 1223)
• Jean Vivant † (Auxiliary Bishop: 28 Nov 1729 to 16 Feb 1739)
• Charles Vogel, M.E.P. †
• François-Xavier Vogt, C.S.Sp. †
• Louis Wach, S.M.A. †
• Joseph Oswald Timothée Waller, S.M.A. †
• Louis-Philippe Walter, C.S.Sp. †
• Jean-Julien Weber, P.S.S. † (Coadjutor Bishop: 1 Jun 1945; Bishop: 29 Aug 1945; Archbishop (Personal Title): 25 Mar 1962 to 30 Dec 1966)
• Konrad Wickgram † (Auxiliary Bishop: 1512 to 1535)
• Adéodat-Jean-Roch Wittner, O.F.M. †
• Edmond Édouard Wolff, S.M.A. †
• Jean-Évangéliste Zäpfel (Zaepfell) † (Priest: 1762 to 3 Jun 1802)
• Franz Zorn von Bulach † (Priest: 10 Aug 1891; Auxiliary Bishop: 24 Oct 1901 to 1919)
• Erchenbald † (Bishop: 965 to 991)
• Hermann † (Auxiliary Bishop: 1447 to 1455)

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