Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart Dioecesis Rottenburgensis-Stutgardiensis Diözese Rottenburg-Stuttgart | |
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| Location | |
| Country |  Germany |
| Ecclesiastical province | Freiburg |
| Metropolitan | Archdiocese of Freiburg |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 19,514 km2 (7,534 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2010) 5,064,000 1,921,236 (37.9%) |
| Parishes | 1,037 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 16 August 1821 |
| Cathedral | St. Martin's Cathedral, Rottenburg |
| Co-cathedral | St. Eberhard Co-Cathedral, Stuttgart |
| Patron saint | Martin of Tours |
| Secular priests | 902 |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop-Elect | Klaus Krämer |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Archbishop of Freiburg |
| Auxiliary Bishops | Thomas Maria Renz, Gerhard Schneider, Matthäus Karrer (Auxiliary Bishop-elect), Johannes Kreidler (Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus)[1] |
| Vicar General | Clemens Stroppel |
| Bishops emeritus | Bernhard Rieger |
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| Website | |
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The Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Germany. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Freiburg in Baden-Württemberg, Bundesland. It covers the same territory of the former Kingdom of Wurttemberg.
- ^ "Rinunce e nomine". press.vatican.va.