Roman Catholic Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart
Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart Dioecesis Rottenburgensis-Stutgardiensis Diözese Rottenburg-Stuttgart | |
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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 | Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
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 | Sede vacante |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Archbishop of Freiburg |
Auxiliary Bishops | Thomas Maria Renz, Gerhard Schneider, Matthäus Karrer (Auxiliary Bishop-elect), Johannes Kreidler (Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus)[1] |
Vicar General | Clemens Stroppel |
Bishops emeritus | Bernhard Rieger |
Map | |
Website | |
drs.de |
The Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart is a
Kingdom of Wurttemberg
.
History
- In 1803 a Vicar General for the "New" State of Bishop of Augsburg)
- The Diocese of Rottenburg was established on 16 August 1821 through the Diocese of Konstanz. With the enthronement of the first bishop, Johann Baptist von Keller, on May 20, 1828, the formation of the diocese was complete.
- On 18 January 1978, the bishopric was renamed to the current title Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart.[2]
Major churches
- The St. Martin's Cathedral is the episcopal see in Rottenburg
- The Co-cathedral is St. Eberhard in Stuttgart
- It also has three minor basilicas:
- the former Cathedral of Ellwangen Abbey ( ex territorial abbey), Basilika St. Vitus, in Ellwangen, first seat of the General Vicar of Wurttemberg
- Basilika St. Martin, in Ulm's Benedictine Wiblingen Abbey
- Basilika St. Martin von Tours und St. Oswald, in Weingarten, Württemberg.
- Another World Heritage Site (born Catholic, later Lutheran seminary and school) is the former Cistercian monastery
Episcopal ordinaries
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Suffragan Bishops of Rottenburg
- Evaria(1816.07.22 – 1828.01.28)
- Josef von Lipp June 14, 1847 – death May 3, 1869
- Karl Joseph von HefeleJune 17, 1869 – death June 5, 1893
- Coadjutor Bishopof Rottenburg (1886.08.31 – 1893.06.05)
- Father Franz Xaver von Linsenmann July 20, 1898 – September 21, 1898; never consecrated Bishop
- Paul Wilhelm von Keppler November 11, 1898 – death July 16, 1926
- Johannes Baptista Sproll March 29, 1927 – death March 4, 1949; succeeded as former Titular Bishop of Halmyrus(1916.03.03 – 1927.03.29) and Auxiliary Bishop of Rottenburg (1916.03.03 – 1927.03.29)
- Auxiliary Bishop: Franz Joseph Fischer (1929.12.19 – death 1958.07.24), Titular Bishop of Zuri(1929.12.19 – 1958.07.24)
- Carl Joseph Leiprecht July 4, 1949 – retired June 4, 1974, previously Titular Bishop of Scyrus (1948.10.07 – 1949.07.04) as Auxiliary Bishop of Rottenburg (1948.10.07 – 1949.07.04); died 1981
- Auxiliary Bishop: Wilhelm Sedlmeier (1953.02.07 – retired 1976), Titular Bishop of Aulon(1953.02.07 – death 1987.02.24)
- Auxiliary Bishop: Anton Herre (1970.10.12 – retired 1985.12.31), Titular Bishop of Galazia in Campania (1970.10.12 – death 1993.09.24)
- Auxiliary Bishop: Wilhelm Sedlmeier (1953.02.07 – retired 1976), Titular Bishop of
Suffragan Bishops of Rottenburg-Stuttgart
- Thiges(1970.10.12 – 1975.03.12) as Auxiliary Bishop of Rottenburg (1970.10.12 – 1975.03.12)
- Sorres(1976.10.13 – ...)
- Auxiliary Bishop: Bernhard Rieger (1984.12.20 – retired 1996.07.31), Titular Bishop of Tigava (1984.12.20 – death 2013.04.10)
- Cardinal-Priestof above Ognissanti in Via Appia Nuova as pro hac vice Title (2011.02.21 – ...)
- Gebhard Fürst July 7, 2000 – retired December 4, 2023
- Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop-elect Matthäus Karrer (2017.03.02 – ...), Titular Bishop of Tunnuna(2017.03.02 – ...).
- Auxiliary Bishop:
Statistics and extent
The Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart is located in the Württemberg part of the German State of Baden-Württemberg. As per 2014, it pastorally served 1,872,849 Catholics (37.0% of 5,068,000 total) on 19,500 km2 in 1,096 parishes and 40 missions with 1,016 priests (829 diocesan, 187 religious), 283 deacons, 3,368 lay religious (228 brothers, 3,140 sisters) and 26 seminarians.[2]
Deaneries
It comprises 45
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 (centre)
- Stuttgart-Nord (north)
- Tuttlingen
- Ulm
- Waiblingen
- Waldsee
- Wangen
- Zwiefalten
See also
References
- ^ "Rinunce e nomine". press.vatican.va.
- ^ a b c d "Diocese of Rottenburg–Stuttgart, Germany". GCatholic.
Sources and external links
- (in German) Diocesan website
- GCatholic.org
- Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. .
- Some information in this article is based on that in its German equivalent.