Diocese of Erfurt
Erfordien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Erfurt, Germany
The Diocese of Erfurt is a Latin Church diocese in Thuringia, Germany. It was created in 1973 as the Apostolic Administration of Erfurt-Meiningen and erected as a diocese in 1994, and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Paderborn.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 27 June 1994
- Latin
- Erfordien(sis)
- Patron
- St. Elizabeth of Thuringia
- Annuario code
- 001001370
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 152,282
- Population
- 2,188,589
- Catholic share
- 7.0%
- Priests
- 173
- Catholics per priest
- 880
- Extent
- 12,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 13
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Ulrich Neymeyr
- Born
- 12 August 1957
- Birthplace
- Worms-Herrnsheim
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Erfurt Cathedral stands in Erfurt, 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.
The province of Paderborn
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Paderborn.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of PaderbornPaderborn
- Diocese of FuldaFulda
- Diocese of MagdeburgMagdeburg
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The see of Erfurt (Latin: Dioecesis Erfordiensis) began in 1973 as the apostolic administration of Erfurt-Meiningen and was raised to a full Latin Church diocese in 1994, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Paderborn. When Bishop Joachim Wanke resigned in 2012, the see stood vacant until November 2014, when Ulrich Neymeyr took office, having previously served as auxiliary bishop in the Diocese of Mainz.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].