Diocese of Maria Einsiedeln
Einsiedlen(sis)
Territorial abbey immediately subject to the Holy See · Latin Church · Maria Einsiedeln, Switzerland
Benedictine territorial abbey at Einsiedeln, Switzerland, immediately subject to the Holy See and home to the Black Madonna pilgrimage shrine. Governed since December 2013 by Abbot Urban Federer, who sits in the Swiss Bishops' Conference.
The see
- Rank
- Territorial abbey immediately subject to the Holy See
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1965
- Latin
- Einsiedlen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Meinrad
- Annuario code
- 001000294
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 40
- Priests
- 33
- Catholics per priest
- 1
- Extent
- 1 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 40
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Abbot
- Urban Federer
- Born
- 17 August 1968
- Birthplace
- Zurigo-Fluntern
- Institute
- Congregazione Benedettina di Svizzera
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Abbey Church of Our Lady of the Hermits stands in Maria Einsiedeln, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
In the Swiss village of Einsiedeln stands Einsiedeln Abbey (German: Kloster Einsiedeln), a Catholic monastery in the care of the Benedictine Order. It ranks among the most important baroque monastic sites and is the largest place of pilgrimage in Switzerland: the Black Madonna of Einsiedeln, kept in the Chapel of Grace, draws roughly 800,000 pilgrims and tourists each year. The resident community of Benedictine monks numbers around 40.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].