Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint Gallen

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Parishes 142 Rite Latin Area 2,429 km² Patron saint Saint Gall Cathedral Abbey of Saint Gall		Denomination Roman Catholic Established 8 April 1847 Country Switzerland Bishop Markus Büchel Emeritus bishop Ivo Fürer

Metropolitan Immediately Subject to the Holy See Population- Total- Catholics (as of 2010)533,000261,400 (49%)

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint Gallen (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Galli) is a Roman Catholic diocese in St. Gallen, Switzerland.

The diocese was created in 1847 from the territory of the episcopal see of Chur-St. Gallen. Much of the territory had earlier been part of the Diocese of Konstanz.

The St Gallen Cathedral, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is the see of the diocese.

Ordinaries

Johann Georg Bossi (1835 - 1836)

Vacant (1837 - 1845)

Johann Peter Mirer (1846 - 1862)

Karl Johann Greith (1862 - 1882)

Augustin Egger (1882 - 1906)

Ferdinand Rüegg (1906 - 1913)

Robert Bürkler (1913 - 1930)

Alois Scheiwiler (1930 - 1938)

Joseph Meile (1938 - 1957)

Joseph Hasler (1957 - 1976)

Otmar Mäder (1976 - 1994)

Ivo Fürer (1995 - 2005)

Markus Büchel (2006 - )

References

Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint Gallen Wikipedia

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