Roman Catholic Diocese of Erfurt

Diocese of Erfurt Dioecesis Erfordiensis Bistum Erfurt
Erfurt Cathedral
Location
Country	Germany
Territory	Erfurt, Thuringia
Ecclesiastical province	Paderborn
Metropolitan	Archdiocese of Paderborn
Statistics
Area	12,000 km² (4,600 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2006) 2,300,000 163,938 (7.1%)
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	27 June 1994
Cathedral	Erfurt Cathedral
Patron saint	St. Elisabeth of Thuringia
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Ulrich Neymeyr
Metropolitan Archbishop	Hans-Josef Becker Archbishop of Paderborn
Auxiliary Bishops	Reinhard Hauke
Emeritus Bishops	Joachim Wanke
Map

Website
bistum-erfurt.de

The Diocese of Erfurt is a diocese of the Catholic church in Germany. The diocese was erected in 1973 as the apostolic administration of Erfurt-Meiningen, and was elevated in 1994 to the current diocese of Erfurt. The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Paderborn.

After the former bishop Joachim Wanke resigned in 2012 the diocese was without bishop until November 2014 when Ulrich Neymeyr took office. Neymeyr served as auxiliary bishop in the Diocese of Mainz before being appointed as bishop of Erfurt.

Ordinaries

Hugo Aufderbeck † (23 Jul 1973 Appointed - 17 Jan 1981 Died)
Joachim Wanke (17 Jan 1981 Succeeded - 1 October 2012 Retired)

Roman Catholic dioceses in Germany

Province of Bamberg	Archdiocese of Bamberg Diocese of Eichstätt Diocese of Speyer Diocese of Würzburg

Province of Berlin	Archdiocese of Berlin Diocese of Dresden-Meissen Diocese of Görlitz

Province of Cologne	Archdiocese of Cologne Diocese of Aachen Diocese of Essen Diocese of Limburg Diocese of Münster Diocese of Trier

Province of Freiburg	Archdiocese of Freiburg Diocese of Mainz Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart

Province of Hamburg	Archdiocese of Hamburg Diocese of Hildesheim Diocese of Osnabrück

Province of Munich and Freising	Archdiocese of Munich and Freising Diocese of Augsburg Diocese of Passau Diocese of Regensburg

Province of Paderborn	Archdiocese of Paderborn Diocese of Erfurt Diocese of Fulda Diocese of Magdeburg

Sui iuris Jurisdictions	Military Ordinariate of Germany Apostolic Exarchate in Germany and Scandinavia for the Ukrainians

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