Suffragan diocese Münster, Germany
Diocese of Münster
Monasterien(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Münster is a Latin Church diocese in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, founded around 800 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Cologne. Heiner Wilmer was appointed its bishop on 26 March 2026.
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- Established
- 800
- Catholics
- 1,953,081
- Priests
- 1,129
- Territory
- 15,268 km²
Parishes and churches
709 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- St. MarienRecklinghausen-SüdView parish
- St. MarienReken-Maria VeenView parish
- St. MarienRhedeView parish
- St. MarienRheinberg-BudbergView parish
- St. MarienSonsbeck-LabbeckView parish
- St. MarienVechta-OytheView parish
- St. MarienWaltropView parish
- St. MarienWangerland-SchilligView parish
- St. MarienWarendorfView parish
- St. MarienWesel-FlürenView parish
- St. MarienWilhelmshavenView parish
- St. Marien (Lohberg)Dinslaken-LohbergView parish
- St. Mariä EmpfängnisKleveView parish
- St. Mariä GeburtSchöppingen-EggerodeView parish
- St. Mariä HeimsuchungDatteln-AhsenView parish
- St. Mariä HeimsuchungHörstel-BevergernView parish
- St. Mariä HeimsuchungRheine-HauenhorstView parish
- St. Mariä HimmelfahrtAhausMass times recorded
- St. Mariä HimmelfahrtAhaus-AlstätteView parish
- St. Mariä HimmelfahrtBottrop-FeldhausenView parish
- St. Mariä HimmelfahrtDamme-OsterfeineView parish
- St. Mariä HimmelfahrtGescherView parish
- St. Mariä HimmelfahrtHamminkelnView parish
- St. Mariä HimmelfahrtKamp-Lintfort-EyllView parish
- St. Mariä HimmelfahrtKevelaerView parish
- St. Mariä HimmelfahrtKleveView parish
- St. Mariä HimmelfahrtKleve-KeekenView parish
- St. Mariä HimmelfahrtMettingen-SchlickeldeView parish
- St. Mariä HimmelfahrtMünster-DyckburgView parish
- St. Mariä HimmelfahrtNottuln-AppelhülsenView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Heiner Wilmer
- Born
- 9 April 1961
- Birthplace
- Schapen
- Institute
- SACERDOTI DEL SACRO CUORE DI GESÙ (DEHONIANI)
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The cathedral
St. Paul's Cathedral stands in Münster, 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
Münster (Latin: Dioecesis Monasteriensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Germany, standing as a suffragan see of the Archdiocese of Cologne.
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