Passau (Diocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy] (original) (raw)

Bishop(s) Stefan Oster, S.D.B., Bishop General Information Type of Jurisdiction: DioceseErected: 737 Metropolitan: Archdiocese of M�nchen und Freising {Munich} Rite: Latin (or Roman)Country: GermanySquare Kilometers: 5,442 (2,101 Square Miles)Official Web Site: http://www.bistum-passau.de/ Mailing Address: Bischofliches Ordinariat, Domplatz 7, D-94032 Passau, Bundesrepublik DeutschlandTelephone: (0851)393.1101Fax: 393.1109

Past and Present Ordinaries

Historical Summary

Date Event From To
737 Erected Diocese of Passau (erected)
10th Century Territory Lost Diocese of Nitra Diocese of PassauDiocese of Regensburg Archdiocese of Esztergom (erected)
18 January 1469 Territory Lost Diocese of Passau Diocese of Wien (erected)
28 January 1785 Territory Lost Diocese of Passau Diocese of Linz (erected)Diocese of Sankt P�lten (erected)
29 December 1910 Territory Lost Diocese of Passau (Obernhuber in Forstlehen, Angermeier and Wiehhauser in Binderberg, Geishauser in Bach, Hagl in Foerster, and Maier in Furth) Diocese of Regensburg
29 December 1910 Territory Added Diocese of Regensburg (Geier in Stauern, Nussbaumer in Steinoed, Falter, Zauner and Nussbaumer in Schmalzgrub, Neumayer in Schmauss, Freilinger in Freiling, and Schmauss in Fuchsgrub) Diocese of Passau
6 April 1922 Territory Added Diocese of Regensburg (Ereiung, Zaining, and Voeglsberg) Diocese of Passau
31 December 1927 Territory Added Archdiocese of M�nchen und Freising {Munich} (Loding) Diocese of Passau
9 April 1938 Territory Lost Diocese of Passau (Lands belonging to the Schmid and Scham families (in Aresing); and Estates of Gasberg and St�ffling) Archdiocese of M�nchen und Freising {Munich}

Statistics

Year Catholics Total Population Percent Catholic Diocesan Priests Religious Priests Total Priests Catholics Per Priest Permanent Deacons Male Religious Female Religious Parishes Source
1950 500,623 560,830 89.3% 580 155 735 681 386 2,137 293 ap1951
1970 517,264 551,337 93.8% 287 184 471 1,098 327 1,841 283 ap1971
1980 530,135 571,550 92.8% 432 183 615 862 282 1,564 286 ap1981
1990 529,136 570,000 92.8% 357 136 493 1,073 3 269 1,210 286 ap1991
1999 541,780 585,422 92.5% 318 152 470 1,152 8 194 931 286 ap2000
2000 540,567 588,372 91.9% 314 144 458 1,180 11 182 875 286 ap2001
2001 519,861 589,990 88.1% 309 136 445 1,168 13 171 799 286 ap2002
2002 519,721 588,872 88.3% 303 132 435 1,194 15 163 748 286 ap2003
2003 517,476 592,331 87.4% 302 128 430 1,203 15 157 724 286 ap2004
2004 515,852 591,205 87.3% 291 111 402 1,283 17 138 684 286 ap2005
2013 483,650 544,220 88.9% 309 92 401 1,206 37 121 443 285 ap2014
2016 473,784 610,000 77.7% 284 105 389 1,217 40 154 401 285 ap2017
2019 462,788 625,000 74.0% 289 88 377 1,227 42 117 312 285 ap2020
2021 466,750 630,353 74.0% 275 65 340 1,372 46 91 276 285 ap2022

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

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

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