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 HerriedenHerriedenView parish
- Pfarrei HilpoltsteinHilpoltsteinView parish
- Pfarrei HitzhofenHitzhofenView parish
- Pfarrei Hl. Edith SteinNürnbergView parish
- Pfarrei Hl. KreuzNeuburgView parish
- Pfarrei HofstettenHitzhofenView parish
- Pfarrei HolnsteinBerchingView parish
- Pfarrei HuisheimHuisheimView parish
- Pfarrei HörmannsdorfParsbergView parish
- Pfarrei IllschwangIllschwangView parish
- Pfarrei Ingolstadt, Herz JesuIngolstadtView parish
- Pfarrei Ingolstadt, St. AntonIngolstadtView parish
- Pfarrei Ingolstadt, St. AugustinIngolstadtMass times recorded
- Pfarrei Ingolstadt, St. CanisiusIngolstadtMass times recorded
- Pfarrei Ingolstadt, St. ChristophorusIngolstadtView parish
- Pfarrei Ingolstadt, St. JosefIngolstadtView parish
- Pfarrei Ingolstadt, St. KonradIngolstadtView parish
- Pfarrei Ingolstadt, St. PeterIngolstadtView parish
- Pfarrei Ingolstadt, St. PiusIngolstadtMass times recorded
- Pfarrei Ingolstadt-EttingIngolstadtView parish
- Pfarrei Ingolstadt-GerolfingIngolstadtView parish
- Pfarrei Ingolstadt-Gerolfing/WeicheringKarlshuldView parish
- Pfarrei Ingolstadt-Mailing/FeldkirchenIngolstadtView parish
- Pfarrei Ingolstadt-MühlhausenIngolstadtView parish
- Pfarrei Ingolstadt-PettenhofenIngolstadtView parish
- Pfarrei Ingolstadt-UnsernherrnIngolstadtView parish
- Pfarrei IrfersdorfDenkendorfView parish
- Pfarrei IrlahüllDenkendorfView parish
- Pfarrei JahrsdorfHilpoltsteinView parish
- Pfarrei JoshofenBergheimView 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.