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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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Esri
The address the register holds for St. Paul's Cathedral, in Münster, Germany.

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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.

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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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