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Diocese of Speyer Dioecesis Spirensis Bistum Speyer | |
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Ecclesiastical province | Bamberg |
Metropolitan | Archdiocese of Bamberg |
Statistics | |
Area | 6,025 km2 (2,326 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2022) 1,574,330 508,700 (32.3%) |
Parishes | 346 |
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Denomination | Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 4th Century |
Cathedral | Speyer Cathedral |
Patron saint | Mary, Mother of God |
Secular priests | 242 (Diocesan) 27 (Religious Orders) 65 Permanent Deacons |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Karl-Heinz Wiesemann Bishop of Speyer |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Ludwig Schick Archbishop of Bamberg |
Auxiliary Bishops | Otto Georgens |
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Website | |
bistum-speyer.de |
The Diocese of Speyer (Latin: Dioecesis Spirensis) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in Germany. The diocese is located in the South of the Rhineland-Palatinate and comprises also the Saarpfalz district in the east of the Saarland. The bishop's see is in the Palatinate city of Speyer.
The current bishop is Karl-Heinz Wiesemann.
As of 31 December 2022, 32.3% of the population of the diocese was Catholic.