Diocese of Fulda
Fulden(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Fulda, Germany
The Diocese of Fulda is a Latin Church diocese in the German state of Hesse, with roots in the abbey founded by Saint Boniface and erected as a diocese in 1752. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Paderborn and led by Bishop Michael Gerber since 2019.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 5 October 1752
- Latin
- Fulden(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Boniface
- Annuario code
- 001001450
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 392,840
- Population
- 1,720,203
- Catholic share
- 22.8%
- Priests
- 262
- Catholics per priest
- 1,499
- Extent
- 10,318 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 38
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
- Michael Gerber
- Born
- 15 January 1970
- Birthplace
- Oberkirch
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
Fulda Cathedral stands in Fulda, 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 ErfurtErfurt
- Diocese of MagdeburgMagdeburg
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In the north of the German state of Hessen lies the Diocese of Fulda (Latin: Dioecesis Fuldensis), a Latin Church see suffragan to the Archdiocese of Paderborn. The bishop's seat is Fulda Cathedral.
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].