Roman Catholic Diocese of Erfurt

The Diocese of Erfurt (Latin: Dioecesis Erfordiensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic church in Germany. The diocese was created in 1973 as the apostolic administration of Erfurt-Meiningen, and was elevated in 1994 to the current diocese of Erfurt. The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Paderborn.

Diocese of Erfurt Dioecesis Erfordiensis Bistum Erfurt
Erfurt Cathedral
Coat of arms
Location
Country	{Germany
Territory	Erfurt, Thuringia
Ecclesiastical province	Paderborn
Metropolitan	Archdiocese of Paderborn
Statistics
Area	12,000 km2 (4,600 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2013) 2,188,589 152,282 (7%)
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	27 June 1994
Cathedral	Erfurt Cathedral
Patron saint	St. Elisabeth of Thuringia
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Ulrich Neymeyr
Metropolitan Archbishop	Hans-Josef Becker Archbishop of Paderborn
Auxiliary Bishops	Reinhard Hauke
Bishops emeritus	Joachim Wanke
Map
Website
bistum-erfurt.de

After the former bishop Joachim Wanke resigned in 2012 the diocese was without bishop until November 2014 when Ulrich Neymeyr took office. Neymeyr served as auxiliary bishop in the Diocese of Mainz before being appointed as bishop of Erfurt.

Ordinaries

• Hugo Aufderbeck (23 July 1973 Appointed – 17 January 1981 Died)
• Joachim Wanke (17 January 1981 Succeeded – 1 October 2012 Retired)
• Ulrich Neymeyr (19 September 2014 – present)

References

• Entry at catholic-hierarchy.org

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