Roman Catholic Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart

Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart

Dioecesis Rottenburgensis-Stutgardiensis

Diözese Rottenburg-Stuttgart
Location
Country Germany
Ecclesiastical provinceFreiburg
MetropolitanArchdiocese of Freiburg
Statistics
Area19,514 km2 (7,534 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2010)
5,064,000
1,921,236 (37.9%)
Parishes1,037
Information
DenominationCatholic
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established16 August 1821
CathedralSt. Martin's Cathedral, Rottenburg
Co-cathedralSt. Eberhard Co-Cathedral, Stuttgart
Patron saintMartin of Tours
Secular priests902
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopSede vacante
Metropolitan ArchbishopArchbishop of Freiburg
Auxiliary BishopsThomas Maria Renz, Gerhard Schneider, Matthäus Karrer (Auxiliary Bishop-elect), Johannes Kreidler (Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus)[1]
Vicar GeneralClemens Stroppel
Bishops emeritusBernhard Rieger
Map
Website
drs.de

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.

  1. ^ "Rinunce e nomine". press.vatican.va.