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Diocese of Fulda Dioecesis Fuldensis Bistum Fulda | |
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Location | |
Country | Germany |
Ecclesiastical province | Paderborn |
Metropolitan | Paderborn |
Deaneries | 10 |
Subdivisions | 43 pastoral areas |
Statistics | |
Area | 10,318 km2 (3,984 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 31 December 2017[1]) 1,720,203 392,840 (22.8%) |
Parishes | 274 |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Established | 5 October 1752 |
Cathedral | Fulda Cathedral |
Patron saint | Saint Boniface main patron Saint Elisabeth second patron |
Secular priests | 262 |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Michael Gerber |
Auxiliary Bishops | Karlheinz Diez |
Vicar General | Christof Steinert |
Bishops emeritus | Heinz Josef Algermissen |
Map | |
Current extent of the Diocese | |
Website | |
bistum-fulda.de |
The Diocese of Fulda (Latin: Dioecesis Fuldensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in the north of the German state of Hessen. It is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Paderborn. The bishop's seat is in Fulda Cathedral.