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Diocese of Magdeburg

Dioecesis Magdeburgensis

Bistum Magdeburg
Cathedral of St. Sebastian, Magdeburg
Coat of arms
Location
CountryRoman Catholic Diocese of Magdeburg Germany
TerritoryMagdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt
Ecclesiastical provincePaderborn
MetropolitanArchdiocese of Paderborn
Statistics
Area23,000 km2 (8,900 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2013)
2,570,000
86,737 (3.4%)
Information
DenominationCatholic
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established27 June 1994
CathedralCathedral of St. Sebastian
Patron saintSt. Norbert of Xanten
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopGerhard Feige
Metropolitan ArchbishopHans-Josef Becker
Bishops emeritusLeopold Nowak
Map
Website
bistum-magdeburg.de

The Diocese of Magdeburg (Latin: Dioecesis Magdeburgensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church, located in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. Its seat is Magdeburg; it is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Paderborn.

The diocese was erected out of Paderborn territories in 1994. Its history dates back to the medieval Archbishopric of Magdeburg established in 968 AD.

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