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Suffragan diocese Görlitz, Germany

Diocese of Görlitz

Gorlicen(sis)

Latin Church

Latin rite diocese in eastern Germany covering eastern Saxony and southern Brandenburg, with its seat in Goerlitz. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Berlin. Its cathedral is the Kathedrale St. Jakobus in Goerlitz, and Bishop Wolfgang Ipolt has led the diocese since 2011.

On the map

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The address the register holds for Kathedrale St. Jakobus, Goerlitz, in Görlitz, Germany.

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Established
1972
Catholics
32,203
Priests
48
Territory
9,700 km²

Parishes and churches

20 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Bishop
Wolfgang Ipolt
Born
17 March 1954
Birthplace
Gotha

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The cathedral

Kathedrale St. Jakobus, Goerlitz stands in Görlitz, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

Görlitz (Latin: Dioecesis Gorlicensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Germany, currently led by its ordinary, Wolfgang Ipolt.

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