Diocese of Dresden-Meissen
Dresden(sis)-Misnen(sis)
Diocese immediately subject to the Holy See · Latin Church · Dresden-Meissen, Germany
Latin rite diocese in Saxony with its seat in Dresden, the successor of the medieval see of Meissen. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Berlin. Its cathedral is the Katedrale Ss. Trinitatis, the former Catholic Court Church of Saxony built 1739 to 1755.
The see
- Rank
- Diocese immediately subject to the Holy See
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1921
- Latin
- Dresden(sis)-Misnen(sis)
- Patron
- St. Benno of Meissen, Donatus of Arezzo, Afra of Augsburg
- Annuario code
- 001001322
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 139,269
- Population
- 4,085,026
- Catholic share
- 3.4%
- Priests
- 155
- Catholics per priest
- 899
- Extent
- 16,934 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 8.2
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
- Heinrich Timmerevers
- Born
- 25 August 1952
- Birthplace
- Garrel-Nikolausdorf
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
Katedrale Ss. Trinitatis (Hofkirche), Dresden stands in Dresden-Meissen, 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 Berlin
A suffragan of Berlin.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of BerlinBerlin
- Diocese of GörlitzGörlitz
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Seated in Dresden and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Berlin, the Diocese of Dresden-Meissen (Latin: Dioecesis Dresdensis-Misnensis; German: Bistum Dresden-Meißen) traces its origins to the Bishopric of Meissen (German: Bistum Meißen), founded in 968. That see was dissolved in 1539 amid the Protestant Reformation, reestablished in 1921, and given its present name, Dresden-Meissen, in 1980. Its central church today is Dresden Cathedral, once the Catholic Church of the Court of Saxony Sanctissimae Trinitatis, raised between 1739 and 1755 under Elector Frederick Augustus II. Benno of Meissen is the diocesan patron.
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].