Roman Catholic Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart

Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart Dioecesis Rottenburgensis-Stutgardiensis
Rottenburg Cathedral
Location
Country	Germany
Ecclesiastical province	Freiburg
Metropolitan	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	Roman Catholic
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	Gebhard Fürst Bishop of Rottenburg-Stuttgart
Metropolitan Archbishop	Archbishop of Freiburg
Auxiliary Bishops	Johannes Kreidler, Thomas Maria Renz
Vicar General	Clemens Stroppel
Emeritus Bishops	Franz Josef Kuhnle, Bernhard Rieger
Map

Website
www.drs.de

Bishop 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.

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.

Diocesan arrangement

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

Deaneries

St. Martin's Cathedral, Rottenburg

Bishops


Name	Term in office
Johann Baptist von Keller	28 Jan 1828 – 17 Oct 1845
Josef von Lipp	14 Jun 1847 – 3 May 1869
Karl Joseph von Hefele	17 Jun 1869 – 5 Jun 1893
Wilhelm von Reiser	5 Jun 1893 – 11 May 1898
Franz Xaver von Linsenmann	20 Jul 1898 – 21 Sep 1898
Paul Wilhelm Keppler	11 Nov 1898 – 16 Jul 1926
Johannes Baptista Sproll	29 Mar 1927 – 4 Mar 1949
Carl Joseph Leiprecht	4 Jul 1949 – 4 Jun 1974
Georg Moser	12 Mar 1975 – 9 May 1988
Walter Kasper	17 Apr 1989 – 31 May 1999
Gebhard Fürst	since 7 Jul 2000

Cathedrals

St. Martin's Cathedral in Rottenburg
Co-cathedral of St. Eberhard in Stuttgart

St. Eberhard's Cathedral, Stuttgart

References

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

External links

(German) Diocesan website
"Rottenburg". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 1913.

Roman Catholic dioceses in Germany

Province of Bamberg	Archdiocese of Bamberg Diocese of Eichstätt Diocese of Speyer Diocese of Würzburg

Province of Berlin	Archdiocese of Berlin Diocese of Dresden-Meissen Diocese of Görlitz

Province of Cologne	Archdiocese of Cologne Diocese of Aachen Diocese of Essen Diocese of Limburg Diocese of Münster Diocese of Trier

Province of Freiburg	Archdiocese of Freiburg Diocese of Mainz Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart

Province of Hamburg	Archdiocese of Hamburg Diocese of Hildesheim Diocese of Osnabrück

Province of Munich and Freising	Archdiocese of Munich and Freising Diocese of Augsburg Diocese of Passau Diocese of Regensburg

Province of Paderborn	Archdiocese of Paderborn Diocese of Erfurt Diocese of Fulda Diocese of Magdeburg

Sui iuris Jurisdictions	Military Ordinariate of Germany Apostolic Exarchate in Germany and Scandinavia for the Ukrainians

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 167748163 LCCN: n81009077 GND: 4050734-8 SUDOC: 030941970 BNF: cb11687778j (data)

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