Suffragan diocese Passau, Germany
Diocese of Passau
Passavien(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Passau is a Latin Church diocese in Bavaria, Germany, founded in 739 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising. Stefan Oster, S.D.B., has been bishop since 2014.
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- Established
- 739
- Catholics
- 466,750
- Priests
- 275
- Territory
- 5,442 km²
Parishes and churches
189 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Pfarrkirche WindorfTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrkirche Windorf OtterskirchenTown not recordedMass times recorded
- Pfarrkirche WinhoringTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrkirche WinzerTown not recordedMass times recorded
- Pfarrkirche WittibreutTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrkirche WurmannsquickTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrkirche ZeilarnTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrkirche ZentingTown not recordedView parish
- Pfarrkirche ZwieselTown not recordedView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Stefan Oster
- Born
- 3 June 1965
- Birthplace
- Amberg
- Institute
- SOCIETÀ SALESIANA DI S. GIOVANNI BOSCO (SALESIANI) (S.D.B.)
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The cathedral
St. Stephen's Cathedral, Passau stands in Passau, 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
A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising, the Diocese of Passau (Latin: Diœcesis Passaviensis; German: Bistum Passau) is a Latin see of the Catholic Church in Germany covering 5,442 km². For centuries the Prince-Bishopric of Passau existed as an ecclesiastical principality, until its secularization in 1803.