Diocese of Görlitz
Gorlicen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Görlitz, Germany
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.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1972
- Latin
- Gorlicen(sis)
- Patron
- St. Hedwig of Silesia
- Annuario code
- 001001506
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 32,203
- Population
- 792,824
- Catholic share
- 4.1%
- Priests
- 48
- Catholics per priest
- 671
- Extent
- 9,700 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 3.3
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
- Wolfgang Ipolt
- Born
- 17 March 1954
- Birthplace
- Gotha
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
Kathedrale St. Jakobus, Goerlitz stands in Görlitz, 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 Berlin
A suffragan of Berlin.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of BerlinBerlin
- Diocese of Dresden-MeissenDresden-Meissen
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Görlitz (Latin: Dioecesis Gorlicensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Germany, currently led by its ordinary, Wolfgang Ipolt.
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].