Roman Catholic Diocese of Erfurt
Diocese of Erfurt Dioecesis Erfordiensis Bistum Erfurt | |
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St. Elisabeth of Thuringia | |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Ulrich Neymeyr |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Hans-Josef Becker Archbishop of Paderborn |
| Auxiliary Bishops | Reinhard Hauke |
| Bishops emeritus | Joachim Wanke |
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| bistum-erfurt.de | |
The Diocese of Erfurt (
Catholic church in Germany. The diocese was created in 1973 as the apostolic administration of Erfurt-Meiningen, and was elevated in 1994 to the current diocese of Erfurt. The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Paderborn
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After the former bishop Joachim Wanke resigned in 2012 the diocese was without bishop until November 2014 when Ulrich Neymeyr took office. Neymeyr served as auxiliary bishop in the Diocese of Mainz before being appointed as bishop of Erfurt.
Ordinaries
- Hugo Aufderbeck (23 July 1973 Appointed – 17 January 1981 Died)
- Joachim Wanke (17 January 1981 Succeeded – 1 October 2012 Retired)
- Ulrich Neymeyr (19 September 2014 – present)
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