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Suffragan diocese Eichstätt, Germany

Diocese of Eichstätt

Eystetten(sis)

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

Esri
The address the register holds for Eichstaett Cathedral, in Eichstätt, Germany.

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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.

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.