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Diocese of Passau

Dioecesis Passaviensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Stefan Oster, S.D.B., Bishop

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 737
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of München und Freising {Munich}
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Germany
  • Square 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 Deutschland
  • Telephone: (0851)393.1101
  • Fax: 393.1109

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
737ErectedDiocese of Passau (erected)
10th CenturyTerritory LostDiocese of Nitra
Diocese of Passau
Diocese of Regensburg
Archdiocese of Esztergom (erected)
18 January 1469Territory LostDiocese of Passau Diocese of Wien (erected)
28 January 1785Territory LostDiocese of Passau Diocese of Linz (erected)
Diocese of Sankt Pölten (erected)
29 December 1910Territory LostDiocese 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 1910Territory AddedDiocese 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 1922Territory AddedDiocese of Regensburg (Ereiung, Zaining, and Voeglsberg) Diocese of Passau
31 December 1927Territory AddedArchdiocese of München und Freising {Munich} (Loding) Diocese of Passau
9 April 1938Territory LostDiocese of Passau (Lands belonging to the Schmid and Scham families (in Aresing); and Estates of Gasberg and Stöffling) Archdiocese of München und Freising {Munich}

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1950500,623560,83089.3%5801557356813862,137293ap1951
1970517,264551,33793.8%2871844711,0983271,841283ap1971
1980530,135571,55092.8%4321836158622821,564286ap1981
1990529,136570,00092.8%3571364931,07332691,210286ap1991
1999541,780585,42292.5%3181524701,1528194931286ap2000
2000540,567588,37291.9%3141444581,18011182875286ap2001
2001519,861589,99088.1%3091364451,16813171799286ap2002
2002519,721588,87288.3%3031324351,19415163748286ap2003
2003517,476592,33187.4%3021284301,20315157724286ap2004
2004515,852591,20587.3%2911114021,28317138684286ap2005
2013483,650544,22088.9%309924011,20637121443285ap2014
2016473,784610,00077.7%2841053891,21740154401285ap2017
2019462,788625,00074.0%289883771,22742117312285ap2020
2021466,750630,35374.0%275653401,3724691276285ap2022

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 392, and Page 393
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 213
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 271
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 275
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 308
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 329, and Page 330
  • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 300, to Page 302
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 3, Page 64, and Page 65
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 14, Page 228
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 20, Page 36

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