Suffragan diocese Eichstätt, Germany
Diocese of Eichstätt
Eystetten(sis)
Latin Church
Latin rite diocese in Bavaria with its seat in Eichstaett, a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bamberg. Bishop Gregor Maria Hanke, O.S.B. resigned on 8 June 2025 after more than 18 years and the see is vacant, administered by diocesan administrator Alfred Rottler.
On the map
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- Established
- 745
- Catholics
- 442,772
- Priests
- 304
- Territory
- 6,025 km²
Parishes and churches
278 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Pfarrei DollnsteinDollnsteinView parish
- Pfarrei DöllwangDeiningView parish
- Pfarrei DörndorfDenkendorfView parish
- Pfarrei EdelsfeldEdelsfeldView parish
- Pfarrei EgweilNassenfelsView parish
- Pfarrei EichenhofenSeubersdorfView parish
- Pfarrei Eichstätt, DompfarreiEichstättView parish
- Pfarrei Eichstätt, Heilig GeistEichstättView parish
- Pfarrei Eichstätt, Heilige FamilieEichstättView parish
- Pfarrei Eichstätt-RebdorfEichstättView parish
- Pfarrei EitensheimEitensheimView parish
- Pfarrei ElbersrothHerriedenView parish
- Pfarrei EllingenEllingenView parish
- Pfarrei EmsingTittingView parish
- Pfarrei Emsing/MorsbachTittingView parish
- Pfarrei EmskeimRöglingView parish
- Pfarrei EnkeringKindingView parish
- Pfarrei EnsfeldDollnsteinView parish
- Pfarrei ErkertshofenTittingView parish
- Pfarrei EutenhofenDietfurtView parish
- Pfarrei Expositur AberzhausenHeideckView parish
- Pfarrei Expositur BiburgRaitenbuchView parish
- Pfarrei Expositur DorsbrunnEllingenView parish
- Pfarrei Expositur GebertshofenLauterhofenView parish
- Pfarrei Expositur GunzenheimFünfstettenView parish
- Pfarrei Expositur GöggelsbuchAllersbergView parish
- Pfarrei Expositur HambergBreitenbrunnView parish
- Pfarrei Expositur LaaberVelburgView parish
- Pfarrei Expositur PavelsbachFreystadtView parish
- Pfarrei FeuchtFeuchtView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
No bishop is recorded for this diocese. See the bishop.
The cathedral
Eichstaett Cathedral stands in Eichstätt, 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
Founded in 745, the Diocese of Eichstätt (Latin: Dioecesis Eystettensis) is a Latin Church see of the Catholic Church in Bavaria, seated at Eichstätt and subject to the archbishop of Bamberg. From the Middle Ages until 1803 it existed as a state within the Holy Roman Empire, the Prince-Bishopric of Eichstätt.