Diocese immediately subject to the Holy See Dresden-Meissen, Germany
Diocese of Dresden-Meissen
Dresden(sis)-Misnen(sis)
Latin Church
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.
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- Established
- 1921
- Catholics
- 139,269
- Priests
- 155
- Territory
- 16,934 km²
Parishes and churches
34 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Pfarrei St. Martin DresdenTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrei St. PaulusSchleizView parish
- Pfarrei St. Paulus DöbelnTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrei St. Philipp Neri Leipzig-WestTown not recordedView parish
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The bishop
- Bishop
- Heinrich Timmerevers
- Born
- 25 August 1952
- Birthplace
- Garrel-Nikolausdorf
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The cathedral
Katedrale Ss. Trinitatis (Hofkirche), Dresden stands in Dresden-Meissen, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
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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.
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- Second German bishop in two weeks resigns, citing ‘toll of office’
- Pope accepts Heinrich Timmerevers' resignation
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