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Diocese of Fulda
Dioecesis Fuldensis
Bistum Fulda
Fulda Cathedral
Coat of arms
Location
Country
Germany
Ecclesiastical province
Paderborn
Metropolitan
Paderborn
Deaneries
10
Subdivisions
43 pastoral areas
Statistics
Area
10,318 km2 (3,984 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics
(as of 31 December 2017[1]) 1,720,203 392,840 (22.8%)
Parishes
274
Information
Denomination
Roman Catholic
Rite
Latin Rite
Established
5 October 1752
Cathedral
Fulda Cathedral
Patron saint
Saint Boniface main patron Saint Elisabeth second patron
Secular priests
262
Current leadership
Pope
Francis
Bishop
Michael Gerber
Auxiliary Bishops
Karlheinz Diez
Vicar General
Christof Steinert
Bishops emeritus
Heinz Josef Algermissen
Map
Current extent of the Diocese
Website
bistum-fulda.de
The Diocese of Fulda (Latin: Dioecesis Fuldensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in the north of the German state of Hessen. It is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Paderborn. The bishop's seat is in Fulda Cathedral.
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