Roman Catholic Diocese of Dresden–Meissen
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The Diocese of Dresden–Meissen (Latin: Dioecesis Dresdensis–Misnensis; German: Bistum Dresden–Meißen) is a Latin Church diocese of Catholic Church in Germany with its seat in Dresden. It is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Berlin.
Diocese of Dresden-Meissen Dioecesis Dresdensis-Misnensis Bistum Dresden-Meißen | |
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Location | |
Country | Germany |
Ecclesiastical province | Berlin |
Metropolitan | Berlin |
Statistics | |
Area | 16,934 km2 (6,538 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2019) 4,097,028 141,717 (3.5%) |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 968 Founded as the Bishopric of Meissen 24 June 1921 as Diocese of Meissen 15 November 1979 renamed Diocese of Dresden-Meissen |
Cathedral | Katholische Hofkirche, Dresden |
Co-cathedral | St. Peter's, Bautzen |
Patron saint | St. Benno of Meissen Donatus of Arezzo Afra of Augsburg |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Heinrich Timmerevers Bishop of Dresden-Meissen |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Heiner Koch |
Bishops emeritus | Joachim Reinelt |
Map | |
Website | |
bistum-dresden-meissen.de |
Founded as the Bishopric of Meissen (German: Bistum Meißen) in 968, it was dissolved in 1539 during the Protestant Reformation. The diocese was reestablished in 1921 and renamed Dresden–Meissen in 1980. Today its central church is Dresden Cathedral, the former Catholic Church of the Court of Saxony Sanctissimae Trinitatis built from 1739 until 1755 under Elector Frederick Augustus II, and its patron saint is Benno of Meissen.