Territory Erfurt, Thuringia Rite Roman Rite Area 12,000 km² Patron saint Elizabeth of Hungary Bishop Ulrich Neymeyr | Denomination Roman Catholic Established 27 June 1994 Country Germany Auxiliary bishop Reinhard Hauke Cathedral Erfurt Cathedral | |
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Metropolitan Archdiocese of Paderborn Population
- Total
- Catholics (as of 2006)
2,300,000
163,938 (7.1%) Ecclesiastical province Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Paderborn | ||
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.
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