Latin Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Germany
"Bishop of Mainz" redirects here. For a list of pre-modern bishops, see Elector of Mainz.
"Diocese of Mainz" redirects here. For the ancient and medieval diocese, see Electorate of Mainz.
Diocese of Mainz
Diœcesis Moguntinus
Bistum Mainz
Mainz Cathedral
Coat of arms
Location
Country
Germany
Ecclesiastical province
Freiburg
Metropolitan
Archdiocese of Freiburg
Statistics
Area
7,692 km2 (2,970 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics
(as of 2019) 2,982,141 686,705 (24.1%)
Information
Denomination
Catholic Church
Sui iuris church
Latin Church
Rite
Roman Rite
Established
4th Century
Cathedral
Mainz Cathedral
Patron saint
St. Martin of Tours
Current leadership
Pope
Francis
Bishop
Peter Kohlgraf
Metropolitan Archbishop
Stephan Burger
Auxiliary Bishops
Udo Bentz
Vicar General
Udo Bentz
Bishops emeritus
Franziskus Eisenbach
Map
Website
bistummainz.de
The Diocese of Mainz, (Latin: Diœcesis Moguntinus) historically known in English as Mentz as well as by its French name Mayence, is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Germany. It was founded in 304, promoted in 780 to Metropolitan Archbishopric of Mainz and demoted back in 1802 to bishopric. The diocese is suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Freiburg.[1][2][3] Its district is located in the states of Rhineland-Palatinate and Hesse. The seat of the diocese is in Mainz at the Cathedral dedicated to Saints Martin and Stephen.[4]
^website of the Archdiocese of Freiburg
^"Diocese of Mainz" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
^"Diocese of Mainz" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
^gcatholic.org
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