Roman Catholic Diocese of Münster
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The Diocese of Münster (Latin: Dioecesis Monasteriensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Germany.[1][2] It is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Cologne. Bishop Felix Genn is the current bishop of the Diocese of Münster. He was ordained to the priesthood on 11 July 1976 and was appointed to the See of Münster on 19 December 2008.
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Diocese of Münster Dioecesis Monasteriensis Bistum Münster (in German) | |
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Location | |
Country | Germany |
Ecclesiastical province | Cologne |
Metropolitan | Cologne |
Statistics | |
Area | 15,268 km2 (5,895 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2014) 4,333,919 1,953,081 (45.1%) |
Parishes | 304 |
Information | |
Established | 800 |
Cathedral | Cathedral of St. Paul |
Secular priests | 1,129 |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Felix Genn |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Rainer Maria Woelki |
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Map | |
Website | |
bistum-muenster.de |
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