Diocese of Würzburg
Herbipolen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Würzburg, Germany
Latin rite diocese in Lower Franconia, Bavaria, established in 741. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bamberg. Its cathedral is Wuerzburg Cathedral, the Kiliansdom, dedicated to Saints Kilian, Kolonat and Totnan; Bishop Franz Jung has led the diocese since 2018.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 741
- Latin
- Herbipolen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Kilian, Saint Totnan, Saint Colman
- Annuario code
- 001000172
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 774,000
- Population
- 1,320,093
- Catholic share
- 58.6%
- Priests
- 373
- Catholics per priest
- 2,075
- Extent
- 8,532 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 91
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
- Franz Jung
- Born
- 4 June 1966
- Birthplace
- Mannheim
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
Wuerzburg Cathedral stands in Würzburg, 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 Bamberg
A suffragan of Bamberg.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of BambergBamberg
- Diocese of EichstättEichstätt
- Diocese of SpeyerSpeyer
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Founded in 741, the see of Würzburg (Latin: Dioecesis Herbipolensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Germany, situated in Lower Franconia around the city of Würzburg, with the bishop seated at Würzburg Cathedral. Its temporal power ended entirely after the Napoleonic wars; the earlier civil history belongs to the Prince-Bishopric of Würzburg.
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].