Diocese of Essen

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The Diocese of Essen is a diocese of the Catholic church in Germany. It has about one million Catholics.

Based in the Ruhr, it consists of a heavily urbanized area. The diocese was founded on 1 January, 1958 to bring the Catholic Church hierarchy closer to the working poor of this industrial region.^[1]

Though the Diocese is not yet 50 years old, the Cathedral is over a thousand years old, having been a parish church before it was raised to being the seat of a Bishop.

[edit] Bishops

• Franz Hengsbach (1957 - 1991)
• Hubert Luthe (1991 - 2002)
• Felix Genn (2003 - present)

[edit] See also

• Essen

[edit] Notes

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