Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart

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Basic Information
Bishop: Dr. Gebhard Fürst
Auxiliary bishop: Dr. Johannes Kreidler
Thomas Maria Renz
Vicar general: Dr. Clemens Stroppel
Archdiocese: Freiburg
Deaconates: 45
Parishes: 1,039
Area: 19,514 km²
Population: 5,000,000 (31 Dec. 2002)
Catholics: 2,020,453
Percentage: 40,4%
Website: www.drs.de
Bischop Dr. Gebhard Fürst 2004 in Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt
Bischop Dr. 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.

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[edit] 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.

[edit] Diocese Arrangement

The Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart is a suffragan diocese of Freiburg and is made up of 45 deaneries containing 1,039 parishes:

[edit] Deaneries

St. Martin's Cathedral, Rottenburg
St. Martin's Cathedral, Rottenburg

[edit] Ordinaries

  • Heinrich Graf von Moers † (Nov 1441 Appointed - 2 Jun 1450 Died)
  • Rudolf Graf von Diepholz † (30 Aug 1454 Appointed - 24 Mar 1455 Died)
  • Konrad Graf von Diepholz † (11 Jun 1455 Appointed - 21 May 1482 Died)
  • Konrad Graf von Rietberg † (13 Jul 1482 Appointed - 9 Feb 1508 Died)
  • Erich Herzog von Braunschweig-Grubenhagen † (6 Mar 1508 Appointed - 14 May 1532 Died)
  • Franz Graf von Waldeck † (11 Jun 1532 Appointed - 15 Jul 1553 Died)
  • Johann Graf von Hoya zu Stolzenau † (5 Oct 1553 Appointed - 5 Apr 1574 Died)
  • Heinrich Herzog von Sachsen-Lauenburg † ( 1574 Appointed - 3 May 1585 Died)
  • Wilhelm von Schenking zu Bevern † (30 Jul 1585 Appointed - 8 Aug 1585 Died)
  • Bernhard Graf von Waldeck † (25 Oct 1585 Appointed - 25 May 1588 Resigned)
  • Philipp Sigismund Herzog von Braunschweig-Lüneburg † (5 Jun 1591 Appointed - 19 Mar 1623 Died)
  • Eitel Friedrich Graf von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen † (28 Apr 1623 Appointed - 19 Sep 1625 Died)
  • Franz Wilhelm Reichsgraf von Wartenberg † (27 Oct 1625 Appointed - 1 Dec 1661 Died)
  • Ernst August von Braunschweig-Lüneburg † ( 1662 Appointed - 29 Jan 1698 Died)
  • Karl Joseph Ignaz Herzog von Lothringen † (14 Apr 1698 Appointed - 4 Dec 1715 Died)
  • Ernst August von Braunschweig-Lüneburg † ( 1716 Appointed - 14 Aug 1728 Died)
  • Clemens August Maria Herzog von Bayern † (4 Nov 1728 Appointed - 6 Feb 1761 Died)
  • Friedrich von York und Albany † ( 1764 Appointed - 10 Nov 1802 Resigned)
  • Paul Ludolf Melchers, S.J. † (3 Aug 1857 Appointed - 8 Jan 1866 Appointed, Archbishop of Köln {Cologne})
  • Johannes Heinrich Beckmann † (5 Apr 1866 Appointed - 30 Jul 1878 Died)
  • Johann Bernard Höting † (10 Feb 1882 Appointed - 21 Oct 1898 Died)
  • Heinrich Hubert Aloysius Voß (Voss) † (12 Apr 1899 Appointed - 3 Mar 1914 Died)
  • Hermann Wilhelm Berning † (14 Jul 1914 Appointed - 23 Nov 1955 Died)
  • Gerhard Franz (Franziskus) Demann † (21 May 1956 Appointed - 27 Mar 1957 Died)
  • Helmut Hermann Wittler † (22 Jul 1957 Appointed - 9 Sep 1987 Resigned)
  • Ludwig Averkamp (9 Sep 1987 Succeeded - 24 Oct 1994 Appointed, Archbishop of Hamburg)
  • Franz-Josef Hermann Bode (12 Sep 1995 Appointed - )

[edit] Cathedrals

St. Eberhard's Cathedral, Stuttgart
St. Eberhard's Cathedral, Stuttgart

[edit] See also

List of Bishops of Rottenburg-Stuttgart

[edit] References

  • The information in this article is based on that in its German equivalent.

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