Diocese of Augsburg
Augustan(us) Vindelicorum
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Augsburg, Germany
Latin rite diocese in Bavarian Swabia, one of the oldest German sees, with a first cathedral built around 810 under Saint Simpert. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising. Its seat is Augsburg Cathedral (Dom Unserer Lieben Frau Heimsuchung).
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 600
- Latin
- Augustan(us) Vindelicorum
- Patron
- St. Ulric of Augsburg, St. Simbert of Augsburg, St. Afra
- Annuario code
- 001000754
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,325,316
- Population
- 2,316,270
- Catholic share
- 57.2%
- Priests
- 822
- Catholics per priest
- 1,612
- Extent
- 13,250 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 100
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
- Bertram Meier
- Born
- 20 July 1960
- Birthplace
- Buchloe
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
Augsburg Cathedral stands in Augsburg, 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 Munich and Freising
A suffragan of Munich and Freising.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of München und FreisingMünchen und Freising
- Diocese of PassauPassau
- Diocese of RegensburgRegensburg
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Among the Latin dioceses of the Catholic Church in Germany stands Augsburg (Latin: Dioecesis Augustanus Vindelicorum), which serves as a suffragan see under the Archdiocese of Munich.
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].