Suffragan diocese Speyer, Germany
Diocese of Speyer
Spiren(sis)
Latin Church
Latin rite diocese in the southern Rhineland-Palatinate and the Saarpfalz district of Saarland, one of Germany's historic sees. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bamberg. Its cathedral is the Romanesque Imperial Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption and St Stephen in Speyer, begun in 1030.
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- Established
- 400
- Catholics
- 508,700
- Priests
- 242
- Territory
- 6,025 km²
Parishes and churches
71 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Dom zu Speyer (Kaiser- und Mariendom)SpeyerView parish
- Pfarrei Annweiler Hl. ElisabethAnnweilerView parish
- Pfarrei Bad Bergzabern Hl. Edith SteinBad BergzabernView parish
- Pfarrei Bad Dürkheim Hl. Theresia vom Kinde JesusBad DürkheimView parish
- Pfarrei Bellheim Hl. Hildegard von BingenBellheimView parish
- Pfarrei Bexbach Hl. NikolausBexbachView parish
- Pfarrei Blieskastel Hl. FamilieBlieskastel-LautzkirchenView parish
- Pfarrei Blieskastel Hl. Franz von AssisiBlieskastelView parish
- Pfarrei Bobenheim-Roxheim Hl. PetrusBobenheim-RoxheimView parish
- Pfarrei Contwig Hl. PirminiusContwigView parish
- Pfarrei Dahn Hl. PetrusDahnView parish
- Pfarrei Dannstadt-Schauernheim Hl. SebastianDannstadt-SchauernheimView parish
- Pfarrei Deidesheim Hl. MichaelDeidesheimView parish
- Pfarrei Dudenhofen Hl. Hildegard von BingenDudenhofenView parish
- Pfarrei Edenkoben Hl. AnnaEdenkobenView parish
- Pfarrei Ensheim Hl. VeronikaSaarbrückenView parish
- Pfarrei Feilbingert Hl. DisibodFeilbingertView parish
- Pfarrei Frankenthal Hl. DreifaltigkeitFrankenthalView parish
- Pfarrei Germersheim Sel. Paul Josef NardiniGermersheimView parish
- Pfarrei Gersheim Hl. KreuzGersheimView parish
- Pfarrei Grünstadt Hl. ElisabethGrünstadtView parish
- Pfarrei Göllheim Hl. Philipp der EinsiedlerGöllheimView parish
- Pfarrei Hauenstein Hl. Katharina von AlexandrienHauensteinView parish
- Pfarrei Haßloch Hl. Klara von AssisiHaßlochView parish
- Pfarrei Herxheim Hl. LaurentiusHerxheimView parish
- Pfarrei Hettenleidelheim Hl. LukasHettenleidelheimView parish
- Pfarrei Hl. Franz von AssisiLudwigshafenView parish
- Pfarrei Hl. Katharina von SienaLudwigshafenView parish
- Pfarrei Hl. TheodardRülzheimView parish
- Pfarrei Hll. Petrus und PaulusLudwigshafenView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Karl-Heinz Wiesemann
- Born
- 1 August 1960
- Birthplace
- Herford
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The cathedral
Speyer Cathedral stands in Speyer, 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
Located in the south of the Rhineland-Palatinate and taking in the Saarpfalz district in the east of the Saarland, the Diocese of Speyer (Latin: Dioecesis Spirensis) is a Latin see of the Catholic Church in Germany, with the bishop seated in the Palatinate city of Speyer. Karl-Heinz Wiesemann is the current bishop. As of 31 December 2022, Catholics made up 32.3% of the diocese's population.
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- Speyer Diocese faces decline
- Fr. Peter Konteh cautions religious against shunning help amid mental health struggles
- Bishop Karl-Heinz Wiesemann leaves Speyer
- Pope accepts resignation of Bishop Karl-Heinz Wiesemann, 66
- Pope accepts bishop's resignation
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