Roman Catholic Diocese of Würzburg
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Archdiocese of Würzburg
Dioecesis Herbipolensis
Bistum Würzburg
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Location | |
Country | Germany |
Ecclesiastical province | Bamberg |
Statistics | |
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Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2010) 1,334,000 826,504 (62%) |
Parishes | 619 |
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Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 741 |
Cathedral | Cathedral of Saints Killian, Colonat and Totnan (Dom Ss. Killian, Kolonat und Totnan) |
Current leadership | |
Bishop | Friedhelm Hofmann |
Auxiliary Bishops | Ulrich Boom |
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Diocese of Würzburg Diocese of Würzburg |
The Diocese of Würzburg is a diocese of Catholic Church in Germany. The diocese is located in Lower Franconia, around the city of Würzburg, and the bishop is seated at Würzburg Cathedral. Founded in 741, the diocese lost all temporal power after the Napoleonic wars.
See Bishopric of Würzburg for more information about the history of the diocese.
Ordinaries
- Gottfried Schenk von Limpurg † (19 Nov 1443 Appointed - 1 Apr 1455 Died)
- Johann von Grumbach † (14 Apr 1455 Appointed - 11 Apr 1466 Died)
- Rudolf von Scherenberg † (30 Apr 1466 Appointed - 29 Apr 1495 Died)
- Lorenz von Bibra † (12 May 1495 Appointed - 6 Feb 1519 Died)
- Koenrad von Thüngen † (15 Feb 1519 Appointed - 16 Jun 1540 Died)
- Konrad von Bibra † (1 Jul 1540 Appointed - 4 Aug 1544 Died)
- Melchior Zobel von Giebelstadt † (Aug 1544 Appointed - 15 Apr 1558 Died)
- Friedrich von Wirsberg † (27 Apr 1558 Appointed - 12 Nov 1573 Died)
- Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn † (1 Dec 1573 Appointed - 9 Sep 1617 Died)
- Johann Gottfried von Aschhausen † (5 Oct 1617 Appointed - 29 Dec 1622 Died)
- Philipp Adolf von Ehrenberg † (6 Feb 1623 Appointed - 16 Jul 1631 Died)
- Franz Graf von Hatzfeld † (7 Aug 1631 Appointed - 30 Jul 1642 Died)
- Johann Philipp Reichsgraf von Schönborn † (16 Aug 1642 Appointed - 12 Feb 1673 Died)
- Johann Hartmann Reichsritter von Rosenbach † (13 Mar 1673 Appointed - 19 Apr 1675 Died)
- Peter Philipp Reichsgraf von Dernbach † (Jul 1675 Appointed - 24 Apr 1683 Died)
- Konrad Wilhelm Reichsfreiherr von Wernau † (31 May 1683 Appointed - 5 Sep 1684 Died)
- Johann Gottfried II von Gutenberg † (16 Oct 1684 Appointed - 14 Dec 1698 Died)
- Johann Philipp Reichsfreiherr von Greifenclau zu Vollraths † (9 Feb 1699 Appointed - 3 Aug 1719 Died)
- Johann Philipp Franz Reichsgraf von Schönborn † (18 Sep 1719 Appointed - 18 Aug 1724 Died)
- Christoph Franz Reichsfreiherr von Hutten † (2 Oct 1724 Appointed - 25 Mar 1729 Died)
- Friedrich Karl Reichsgraf von Schönborn † (18 May 1729 Appointed - 26 Jul 1746 Died)
- Anselm Franz Reichsgraf von Ingelheim † (29 Aug 1746 Appointed - 9 Feb 1749 Died)
- Karl Philipp Reichsfreiherr von Greifenclau zu Vollraths † (14 Apr 1749 Appointed - 25 Nov 1754 Died)
- Adam Friedrich Reichsgraf von Seinsheim † (7 Jan 1755 Appointed - 18 Feb 1779 Died)
- Franz Ludwig Reichsfreiherr von Erthal † (18 Mar 1779 Appointed - 14 Feb 1795 Died)
- Georg Karl Ignaz Freiherr von Fechenbach zu Laudenbach † (12 Mar 1795 Appointed - 9 Apr 1808 Died)
- Adam Friedrich Freiherr von Groß zu Trockau † (6 Sep 1818 Appointed - 21 Mar 1840 Died)
- Georg Anton von Stahl † (17 Apr 1840 Appointed - 13 Jul 1870 Died)
- Johann Valentin von Reißmann † (26 Oct 1870 Appointed - 17 Nov 1875 Died)
- Franz Joseph von Stein † (19 Oct 1878 Appointed - 24 Dec 1897 Appointed, Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich})
- Ferdinand von Schlör † (5 Mar 1898 Appointed - 2 Jun 1924 Died)
- Matthias Ehrenfried † (30 Sep 1924 Appointed - 30 May 1948 Died)
- Julius August Döpfner † (11 Aug 1948 Appointed - 15 Jan 1957 Appointed, Bishop of Berlin)
- Josef Stangl † (27 Jun 1957 Appointed - 8 Jan 1979 Resigned)
- Paul-Werner Scheele (31 Aug 1979 Appointed - 14 Jul 2003 Retired)
- Friedhelm Hofmann (25 Jun 2004 Appointed - )
References