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 KaldorfTittingView parish
- Pfarrei KastlKastlView parish
- Pfarrei KemnathenBreitenbrunnView parish
- Pfarrei KevenhüllBerchingView parish
- Pfarrei KindingKindingView parish
- Pfarrei KipfenbergKipfenbergView parish
- Pfarrei KirchanhausenBeilngriesView parish
- Pfarrei KirchbuchBeilngriesView parish
- Pfarrei KlapfenbergVelburgView parish
- Pfarrei KottingwörthBeilngriesView parish
- Pfarrei Kuratie ErasbachBerchingView parish
- Pfarrei Kuratie HeidenheimGnotzheimView parish
- Pfarrei Kuratie KarlshofLauterhofenView parish
- Pfarrei Kuratie Markt BerolzheimTreuchtlingenView parish
- Pfarrei Kuratie Nürnberg, St. GabrielNürnbergView parish
- Pfarrei Kuratie PfaffenhofenKastlView parish
- Pfarrei Kuratie PommelsbrunnPommelsbrunnView parish
- Pfarrei Kuratie Pommelsbrunn/HersbruckHersbruckView parish
- Pfarrei KönigsteinEdelsfeldView parish
- Pfarrei LaibstadtHeideckView parish
- Pfarrei LauterhofenLauterhofenView parish
- Pfarrei LeinburgAltdorfView parish
- Pfarrei LengenfeldVelburgView parish
- Pfarrei LiebenstadtHeideckView parish
- Pfarrei LitzlohePilsachView parish
- Pfarrei MeckenhausenHilpoltsteinView parish
- Pfarrei MegesheimHainsfarthView parish
- Pfarrei MeilenhofenAdelschlagView parish
- Pfarrei MitteleschenbachMitteleschenbachView parish
- Pfarrei MonheimMonheimView 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.