Roman Catholic Diocese of Regensburg

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Diocese of Regensburg

Dioecesis Ratisbonensis

Bistum Regensburg
St. Wolfgang of Ratisbon
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopRudolf Voderholzer
Metropolitan ArchbishopReinhard Marx
Archbishop of Munich and Freising
Auxiliary BishopsReinhard Pappenberger, Josef Graf
Vicar GeneralMichael Fuchs
Map
Website
bistum-regensburg.de
Regensburg Cathedral

The Diocese of Regensburg (

archbishop of Munich and Freising. As of 2014, the diocese had 1.20 million Catholics, constituting 70% of its total population. The current bishop is Rudolf Voderholzer.[2] The main diocesan church is Saint Peter in Regensburg. The diocese is divided into eight regions and 33 deaneries with 769 parishes
. It covers an area of 14,665 km2.

History

The diocese was founded in 739 by

Archbishopric of Regensburg
.

Ordinaries

Sexual abuse scandal

In July 2017, allegations surfaced that there was "a high degree of plausibility" that at least 547 members of the diocese's prestigious Domspatzen choir were either physically abused, sexually abused, or both between the years 1945 and 1992.

Gerhard Ludwig Muller
bears "clear responsibility for the strategic, organizational and communicative weaknesses" in the Diocese'

See also

References

  1. ^ "Regensburg (Diocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]".
  2. ^ "Bishop Rudolf Voderholzer [Catholic-Hierarchy]".
  3. ^ "Regensburg History and Background".
  4. ^ a b c d "Decades of sexual abuse reported in choir once led by retired pope Benedict's brother | CBC News".

External links

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