Suffragan diocese Mainz, Germany
Diocese of Mainz
Moguntin(us)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Mainz is an ancient Latin Church see in Rhineland-Palatinate and Hesse, Germany, with origins in the 4th century, formerly an archbishopric and electorate. Reorganized as a diocese in 1801, it is now a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Freiburg and led by Bishop Peter Kohlgraf since 2017.
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- Established
- 340
- Catholics
- 686,705
- Priests
- 378
- Territory
- 7,692 km²
Parishes and churches
308 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Kirche St. Bonifatius, MesselMesselView parish
- Kirche St. Bonifatius, Ober-AbtsteinachOber - AbtsteinachView parish
- Kirche St. Bonifatius, Riedstadt-GoddelauRiedstadt - GoddelauView parish
- Kirche St. Bonifaz, MainzMainzView parish
- Kirche St. Christoph, Neu-Isenburg-GravenbruchNeu-Isenburg-GravenbruchView parish
- Kirche St. Christophorus, Biblis-WattenheimBiblis-WattenheimView parish
- Kirche St. Cosmas und Damian, Gau-AlgesheimGau-AlgesheimView parish
- Kirche St. Cyriakus, HabitzheimOtzbergView parish
- Kirche St. Cyriakus, Seligenstadt- Klein WelzheimSeligenstadt- Klein WelzheimView parish
- Kirche St. Cäcilia, HeusenstammHeusenstammView parish
- Kirche St. Elisabeth, DarmstadtDarmstadtView parish
- Kirche St. Elisabeth, Groß Umstadt OT WiebelsbachGroß Umstadt OT WiebelsbachView parish
- Kirche St. Elisabeth, Offenbach/MainOffenbachView parish
- Kirche St. Elisabeth, RimbachRimbachView parish
- Kirche St. Emmeran, Mainz-AltstadtMainzView parish
- Kirche St. Fidelis, DarmstadtDarmstadtView parish
- Kirche St. Franziskus, Mainz-LerchenbergMainz - LerchenbergView parish
- Kirche St. Franziskus, Neu-IsenburgNeu-IsenburgView parish
- Kirche St. Franziskus, Rabenau-LondorfRabenau - LondorfView parish
- Kirche St. Gallus, Groß-UmstadtGroß-UmstadtView parish
- Kirche St. Gallus, Rödermark-UrberachRödermark - UrberachView parish
- Kirche St. Georg, Bingen-SponsheimBingen - SponsheimView parish
- Kirche St. Georg, Darmstadt-EberstadtDarmstadt - EberstadtView parish
- Kirche St. Georg, Mainz-BretzenheimMainz - BretzenheimView parish
- Kirche St. Georg, Mainz-KastelWiesbadenView parish
- Kirche St. Georg, Nieder-OlmNieder-OlmView parish
- Kirche St. Gereon, NackenheimNackenheimView parish
- Kirche St. Gordianus und Epimachus, Bingen-DietersheimBingen - DietersheimView parish
- Kirche St. Hedwig, Mainz-FinthenMainz - FinthenView parish
- Kirche St. Ignaz, Mainz-AltstadtMainzView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Peter Kohlgraf
- Born
- 21 March 1967
- Birthplace
- Köln
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The cathedral
Mainz Cathedral stands in Mainz, 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.
History
Founded in 304, the see of Mainz (Latin: Diœcesis Moguntina, German: Bistum Mainz), known historically in English as Mentz and by its French name Mayence, was raised in 780 to the Metropolitan Archbishopric of Mainz and returned to the rank of bishopric in 1802. Today it is a suffragan diocese within the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Freiburg, its territory lying across Rhineland-Palatinate and Hesse. The diocesan seat is the Mainz cathedral dedicated to Saints Martin and Stephen.
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- Bishop Peter Kohlgraf defies Vatican ban on lay homilies
- Bishop Peter Kohlgraf criticizes Vatican ban
- Bishop Kohlgraf won't sanction lay preaching
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