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Diocese of Augsburg
Dioecesis Augustanus Vindelicorum
Bistum Augsburg
Augsburg Cathedral
Location
Country
Germany
Ecclesiastical province
Munich and Freising
Metropolitan
Archdiocese of Munich and Freising
Statistics
Area
13,250 km2 (5,120 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics
(as of 2015) 2,316,270 1,325,316 (57.2%)
Parishes
998
Information
Denomination
Catholic
Sui iuris church
Latin Church
Rite
Roman Rite
Established
6th Century
Cathedral
Augsburg Cathedral
Co-cathedral
Basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul, Dillingen
Patron saint
St. Ulric of Augsburg St. Simbert of Augsburg St. Afra
Current leadership
Pope
Francis
Bishop
Bertram Meier
Metropolitan Archbishop
Reinhard Marx
Auxiliary Bishops
Anton Losinger Florian Wörner
Vicar General
Harald Heinrich
Bishops emeritus
Konrad Zdarsa
Walter Mixa
Josef Grünwald
Map
Website
bistum-augsburg.de
Diocese of Augsburg (Latin: Dioecesis Augustanus Vindelicorum) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in Germany. The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Munich.[1][2]
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^"Diocese of Augsburg" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
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