Diocese of Magdeburg Dioecesis Magdeburgensis Bistum Magdeburg | |
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 Cathedral of St. Sebastian, Magdeburg | |
 Coat of arms | |
| Location | |
| Country |  Germany |
| Territory | Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt |
| Ecclesiastical province | Paderborn |
| Metropolitan | Archdiocese of Paderborn |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 23,000 km2 (8,900 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2013) 2,570,000 86,737 (3.4%) |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 27 June 1994 |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of St. Sebastian |
| Patron saint | St. Norbert of Xanten |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Gerhard Feige |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Hans-Josef Becker |
| Bishops emeritus | Leopold Nowak |
| Map | |
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| 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.