Diocese of Maria Einsiedeln

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Benedictine territorial abbey at Einsiedeln, Switzerland, immediately subject to the Holy See and home to the Black Madonna pilgrimage shrine. Governed since December 2013 by Abbot Urban Federer, who sits in the Swiss Bishops' Conference.

Abbot: Urban Federer
Latin name: Einsiedlen(sis)
Established: 1965
Cathedral: Abbey Church of Our Lady of the Hermits (Einsiedeln)
Patron: Saint Meinrad
Rank: Abbazia Territoriale Immediatamente Soggetta Alla S.s.
Rite: Latin
Province: Immediately subject to the Holy See

Chancery: Benediktinerabtei, CH-8840 Einsiedeln, Schweiz
Telephone: Tel. [055]418.61.11; fax 418.61.12
Email: [email protected]

Contact as printed in the Annuario Pontificio.

Neighbouring dioceses

Diocese of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg 54 km
Diocese of Sankt Gallen 57 km
Vaduz LI 59 km
Feldkirch AT 65 km
Diocese of Chur 67 km
Diocese of Basel 92 km

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Sources: official site + Wikipedia · Annuario code 001000294 · ontology v0.3.2 · updated 2026-06-08

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