Roman Catholic Diocese of Mainz

Diocese of Mainz

Diœcesis Moguntinus

Bistum Mainz
Mainz Cathedral
Coat of arms
Location
CountryGermany
Ecclesiastical provinceFreiburg
MetropolitanArchdiocese of Freiburg
Statistics
Area7,692 km2 (2,970 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2019)
2,982,141
686,705 (24.1%)
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established4th Century
CathedralMainz Cathedral
Patron saintSt. Martin of Tours
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopPeter Kohlgraf
Metropolitan ArchbishopStephan Burger
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]

  1. ^ website of the Archdiocese of Freiburg
  2. ^ "Diocese of Mainz" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  3. ^ "Diocese of Mainz" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  4. ^ gcatholic.org