Diocese of Regensburg
Ratisbonen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Regensburg, Germany
The Diocese of Regensburg is a Latin Church diocese covering northeastern Bavaria, Germany, founded in 739 by Saint Boniface and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising. Rudolf Voderholzer has been bishop since 2012.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 739
- Latin
- Ratisbonen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Wolfgang of Regensburg
- Annuario code
- 001002731
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,200,000
- Population
- 1,714,000
- Catholic share
- 70.0%
- Priests
- 830
- Catholics per priest
- 1,446
- Extent
- 14,665 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 82
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Rudolf Voderholzer
- Born
- 9 October 1959
- Birthplace
- München
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Regensburg Cathedral stands in Regensburg, 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.
The province of Munich and Freising
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Munich and Freising.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of München und FreisingMünchen und Freising
- Diocese of AugsburgAugsburg
- Diocese of PassauPassau
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
With its episcopal see at Regensburg, this Latin Church diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Ratisbonensis; German: Bistum Regensburg) covers parts of northeastern Bavaria across 14,665 km2 and stands subordinate to the archbishop of Munich and Freising. As of 2014 it counted 1.20 million Catholics, 70% of its total population. Saint Peter in Regensburg is the main diocesan church, and Rudolf Voderholzer is the current bishop. The diocese is organized into eight regions and 33 deaneries containing 769 parishes.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].