Diocese of Aachen
Aquisgranen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Aachen, Germany
The Diocese of Aachen, Germany, was first established in 1802, suppressed in 1825, and re-established on August 13, 1930. It is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Cologne, and Bishop Helmut Dieser has led it since September 23, 2016.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 29 November 1801
- Latin
- Aquisgranen(sis)
- Patron
- Mary, Mother of Jesus
- Annuario code
- 001000580
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,110,948
- Population
- 2,028,699
- Catholic share
- 54.8%
- Priests
- 535
- Catholics per priest
- 2,077
- Extent
- 3,937 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 282
of the people living within its bounds
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
- Bishop
- Helmut Dieser
- Born
- 15 May 1962
- Birthplace
- Neuwied
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
Aachen Cathedral stands in Aachen, 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.
The province of Cologne
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Cologne.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of KölnKöln
- Diocese of EssenEssen
- Diocese of LimburgLimburg
- Diocese of MünsterMünster
- Diocese of TrierTrier
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
One of the six dioceses in the ecclesiastical province of Cologne, the Diocese of Aachen (Latin: Dioecesis Aquisgranensis) is a Latin diocese in Germany with its bishop's seat at Aachen. The incumbent bishop, Helmut Dieser, was appointed by Pope Francis on 23 September 2016.
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].