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Suffragan diocese Magdeburg, Germany

Diocese of Magdeburg

Magdeburgen(sis)

Latin Church

Latin rite diocese in Saxony-Anhalt erected in 1994, a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Paderborn. Its seat is the Kathedrale Sankt Sebastian in Magdeburg. Bishop Gerhard Feige has led the diocese since 2005.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Kathedrale Sankt Sebastian, Magdeburg, in Magdeburg, Germany.

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Established
1994
Catholics
86,737
Priests
99
Territory
23,000 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Bishop
Gerhard Feige
Born
19 November 1951
Birthplace
Halle

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The cathedral

Kathedrale Sankt Sebastian, Magdeburg stands in Magdeburg, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

Carved out of Paderborn territories in 1994, the Diocese of Magdeburg (Latin: Dioecesis Magdeburgensis) is a Latin Church see in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt, seated at Magdeburg and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Paderborn. Its roots reach back to the medieval Archbishopric of Magdeburg, established in 968 AD.

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