Osnabr�ck (Diocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy] (original) (raw)

Bishop(s) Dominicus (Michael) Meier, O.S.B., Bishop Johannes W�bbe, Auxiliary Bishop Franz-Josef Hermann Bode, Bishop Emeritus Theodor Kettmann, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus General Information Type of Jurisdiction: DioceseErected: 772 Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Hamburg Rite: Latin (or Roman)Country: GermanySquare Kilometers: 12,580 (4,859 Square Miles)Official Web Site: http://www.bistum-osnabrueck.de/ Mailing Address: Hasestrasse 40/A, D-49074 Osnabruck, Bundesrepublik DeutschlandTelephone: (0541)318.0

Past and Present Ordinaries

Statistics

Year Catholics Total Population Percent Catholic Diocesan Priests Religious Priests Total Priests Catholics Per Priest Permanent Deacons Male Religious Female Religious Parishes Source
1949 910,043 6,820,723 13.3% 689 20 709 1,283 117 2,345 410 ap1951
1969 897,262 7,424,740 12.1% 737 182 919 976 260 2,591 419 ap1971
1980 890,627 6,600,800 13.5% 582 205 787 1,131 27 267 2,011 367 ap1981
1990 879,759 5,915,049 14.9% 528 170 698 1,260 51 227 1,635 372 ap1991
1999 584,270 2,053,129 28.5% 332 77 409 1,428 45 101 1,023 255 ap2000
2000 581,599 2,098,994 27.7% 326 76 402 1,446 49 102 1,056 255 ap2001
2001 581,001 2,106,921 27.6% 333 64 397 1,463 51 91 1,051 255 ap2002
2002 582,542 2,106,921 27.6% 336 80 416 1,400 50 80 1,051 255 ap2003
2003 582,183 2,106,921 27.6% 328 71 399 1,459 55 90 951 256 ap2004
2004 580,615 2,106,921 27.6% 320 72 392 1,481 55 91 965 256 ap2005
2013 569,400 2,150,000 26.5% 294 47 341 1,669 84 79 777 227 ap2014
2016 563,873 2,148,174 26.2% 274 52 326 1,729 83 63 693 221 ap2017
2019 552,990 2,195,446 25.2% 242 59 301 1,837 94 71 454 208 ap2020
2021 539,935 2,205,740 24.5% 228 52 280 1,928 91 62 569 208 ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.

Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

Source(s)

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