Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart
Dioecesis Rottenburgensis-Stutgardiensis |
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Country | Germany |
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Ecclesiastical province | Freiburg |
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Metropolitan | Archdiocese of Freiburg |
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Area | 19,514 km2 (7,534 sq mi) |
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Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members) | (as of 2010) 5,064,000 1,921,236 (37.9%) |
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Parishes | 1,037 |
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Denomination | Catholic |
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Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
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Rite | Roman Rite |
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Established | 16 August 1821 |
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Cathedral | St. Martin's Cathedral, Rottenburg |
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Co-cathedral | St. Eberhard Co-Cathedral, Stuttgart |
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Patron saint | Martin of Tours |
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Secular priests | 902 |
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Pope | Francis |
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Bishop | Gebhard Fürst Bishop of Rottenburg-Stuttgart |
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Metropolitan Archbishop | Archbishop of Freiburg |
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Auxiliary Bishops | Thomas Maria Renz, Matthäus Karrer (Auxiliary Bishop-elect), Johannes Kreidler (Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus)[1] |
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Vicar General | Clemens Stroppel |
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Bishops emeritus | Bernhard Rieger |
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The Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart (lat: Dioecesis Rottenburgensis-Stutgardiensis) is a suffragan diocese of the Latin Rite, in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Freiburg of the Roman Catholic Church, in Baden-Württemberg Bundesland (federated state) in southwestern Germany.
Major churches
St. Eberhard's Co-Cathedral, Stuttgart
Episcopal ordinaries
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(all Roman Rite)[2]
Suffragan Bishops of Rottenburg
- Johann Baptist von Keller January 28, 1828 – death October 17, 1845; previously Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg (Germany) (1816.06.15 – 1828.01.28) and Titular Bishop of Evaria (1816.07.22 – 1828.01.28)
- Josef von Lipp [de] June 14, 1847 – death May 3, 1869
- Karl Joseph von Hefele June 17, 1869 – death June 5, 1893
- Wilhelm von Reiser [de] June 5, 1893 – death May 11, 1898; succeeded as former Titular Bishop of Ænos (1886.08.31 – 1893.06.05) and Coadjutor Bishop of 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 [de] 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)
Suffragan Bishops of Rottenburg-Stuttgart
- Georg Moser March 12, 1975 – death May 9, 1988; previously Titular Bishop of Thiges (1970.10.12 – 1975.03.12) as Auxiliary Bishop of Rottenburg (1970.10.12 – 1975.03.12)
- Auxiliary Bishop: Franz Josef Kuhnle ((1976.10.13 – retired 1990.11.07), Titular Bishop of 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)
- Walter Kasper April 17, 1989 – retired May 31, 1999; also Secretary of Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity (1999.03.16 – 2001.02.21), created Cardinal-Deacon of Ognissanti in Via Appia Nuova (2001.02.21 [2001.03.25] – 2011.02.21), President of Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity (2001.03.03 – 2010.07.01), President of Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews (2001.03.03 – 2010.07.01), promoted Cardinal-Priest of above Ognissanti in Via Appia Nuova as pro hac vice Title (2011.02.21 – ...)
- Auxiliary Bishop: Johannes Kreidler (1991.06.06 – retired 2017.03.02), Titular Bishop of Edistiana (1991.06.06 – ...)
- Auxiliary Bishop: Thomas Maria Renz (1997.04.29 – ...), Titular Bishop of Rucuma (1997.04.29 – ...)
- Gebhard Fürst July 7, 2000 – ...) incumbent
- Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop-elect Matthäus Karrer (2017.03.02 – ...), Titular Bishop of Tunnuna (2017.03.02 – ...).
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 :