Roman Catholic Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart
| Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart Dioecesis Rottenburgensis-Stutgardiensis | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Germany |
| Ecclesiastical province | Freiburg |
| Metropolitan | Archdiocese of Freiburg |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 19,514 km2 (7,534 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2010) 5,064,000 1,921,236 (37.9%) |
| Parishes | 1,037 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 16 August 1821 |
| Cathedral | St. Martin's Cathedral, Rottenburg |
| Co-cathedral | St. Eberhard Co-Cathedral, Stuttgart |
| Patron saint | Martin of Tours |
| Secular priests | 902 |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop |
Gebhard Fürst Bishop of Rottenburg-Stuttgart |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Archbishop of Freiburg |
| Auxiliary Bishops | Johannes Kreidler, Thomas Maria Renz |
| Vicar General | Clemens Stroppel |
| Emeritus Bishops | Franz Josef Kuhnle, Bernhard Rieger |
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| Website | |
| www.drs.de | |
Bishop Gebhard Fürst 2004 in Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt
The Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart (lat: Dioecesis Rottenburgensis-Stutgardiensis) is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in Germany. The diocese is located in the Württemberg part of the German State of Baden-Württemberg.
History
The Diocese of Rottenburg was established in 1821 through the Papal Bull De salute animarum. With the enthronement of the first bishop, Johann Baptist von Keller, on May 20, 1828, the formation of the diocese was complete. In 1978, the diocese changed its name to the current form of Rottenburg-Stuttgart.
Diocesan arrangement
The Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart is a suffragan diocese of Freiburg and is made up of 45 deaneries containing 1,039 parishes:
Deaneries
- Aalen
- Backnang
- Balingen
- Biberach
- Böblingen
- Calw
- Ehingen
- Ellwangen
- Esslingen-Nürtingen
- Freudenstadt
- Friedrichshafen
- Geislingen
- Göppingen
- Heidenheim
- Heilbronn
- Hohenlohe
- Laupheim
- Leutkirch
- Ludwigsburg
- Mergentheim
- Mühlacker
- Neckarsulm
- Neresheim
- Oberndorf
- Ochsenhausen
- Ravensburg
- Reutlingen
- Riedlingen
- Rottenburg am Neckar
- Rottweil
- Saulgau
- Schwäbisch Gmünd
- Schwäbisch Hall
- Spaichingen
- Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt
- Stuttgart-Filder
- Stuttgart-Mitte
- Stuttgart-Nord
- Tuttlingen
- Ulm
- Waiblingen
- Waldsee
- Wangen
- Zwiefalten
St. Martin's Cathedral, Rottenburg
Bishops
| Name | Term in office |
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| Johann Baptist von Keller | 28 Jan 1828 – 17 Oct 1845 |
| Josef von Lipp | 14 Jun 1847 – 3 May 1869 |
| Karl Joseph von Hefele | 17 Jun 1869 – 5 Jun 1893 |
| Wilhelm von Reiser | 5 Jun 1893 – 11 May 1898 |
| Franz Xaver von Linsenmann | 20 Jul 1898 – 21 Sep 1898 |
| Paul Wilhelm von Keppler | 11 Nov 1898 – 16 Jul 1926 |
| Johannes Baptista Sproll | 29 Mar 1927 – 4 Mar 1949 |
| Carl Joseph Leiprecht | 4 Jul 1949 – 4 Jun 1974 |
| Georg Moser | 12 Mar 1975 – 9 May 1988 |
| Walter Kasper | 17 Apr 1989 – 31 May 1999 |
| Gebhard Fürst | since 7 Jul 2000 |
Cathedrals
St. Eberhard's Cathedral, Stuttgart
See also
References
- The information in this article is based on that in its German equivalent.
External links
- (German) Diocesan website
Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Rottenburg". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
Roman Catholic dioceses in Germany | |
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| Province of Bamberg | |
| Province of Berlin | |
| Province of Cologne | |
| Province of Freiburg | |
| Province of Hamburg | |
| Province of Munich and Freising | |
| Province of Paderborn | |
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