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.
- Pfarrei Homburg Hl. Johannes XXIII.HomburgView parish
- Pfarrei Homburg Hl. KreuzHomburgView parish
- Pfarrei Kaiserslautern Hl. GeistKaiserslauternView parish
- Pfarrei Kaiserslautern Hl. MartinKaiserslauternView parish
- Pfarrei Kaiserslautern Maria SchutzKaiserslauternView parish
- Pfarrei Kandel Hll. Vierzehn NothelferKandelView parish
- Pfarrei Kirchheimbolanden Hl. AnnaKirchheimbolandenView parish
- Pfarrei Klingenmünster Hl. Maria MagdalenaKlingenmünsterView parish
- Pfarrei Kusel Hl. RemigiusKuselView parish
- Pfarrei Lambrecht Hl. Johannes XXIII.LambrechtView parish
- Pfarrei Landau Hl. AugustinusLandauView parish
- Pfarrei Landau Mariä HimmelfahrtLandauView parish
- Pfarrei Landstuhl Hl. Namen JesuLandstuhlView parish
- Pfarrei Lauterecken Hl. Franz XaverLautereckenView parish
- Pfarrei Ludwigshafen Hl. CäciliaLudwigshafenView parish
- Pfarrei Ludwigshafen Hl. Edith SteinLudwigshafenView parish
- Pfarrei Maikammer Maria, Mutter der KircheMaikammerView parish
- Pfarrei Mandelbachtal Hl. Jakobus der ÄltereMandelbachtalView parish
- Pfarrei Martinshöhe Hl. Bruder KonradMartinshöheView parish
- Pfarrei Maxdorf Hl. Antonius von PaduaMaxdorfView parish
- Pfarrei Neustadt Hl. GeistNeustadtView parish
- Pfarrei Neustadt Hl. Theresia von AvilaNeustadtView parish
- Pfarrei Otterberg Mariä HimmelfahrtOtterbergView parish
- Pfarrei Pirmasens Sel. Paul Josef NardiniPirmasensView parish
- Pfarrei Queidersbach Hl. Franz von AssisiQueidersbachView parish
- Pfarrei Ramstein Hl. WendelinusRamstein-MiesenbachView parish
- Pfarrei Rheinzabern Mariä HeimsuchungRheinzabernView parish
- Pfarrei Rockenhausen Hl. Franz von AssisiRockenhausenView parish
- Pfarrei Rodalben Maria KöniginRodalbenView parish
- Pfarrei Schifferstadt Hl. Edith SteinSchifferstadtView 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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