The Diocese of Erfurt is a

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of the

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. The diocese was created 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

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before being appointed as bishop of Erfurt.

Ordinaries

Hugo Aufderbeck Hugo Aufderbeck (23 March 1909 – 17 January 1981) was a Roman Catholic theologian. He served as Bishop and Apostolic Administrator in the Episcopal Office of Erfurt- Meiningen. Life Early years Aufderbeck was born in Hellefeld, a small vil ...

† (23 Jul 1973 Appointed – 17 Jan 1981 Died) *

Joachim Wanke Joachim (; ''Yəhōyāqīm'', "he whom Yahweh has set up"; ; ) was, according to Christian tradition, the husband of Saint Anne and the father of Mary, the mother of Jesus. The story of Joachim and Anne first appears in the Biblical apocryphal ...

(17 Jan 1981 Succeeded – 1 October 2012 Retired)

References

Entry at catholic-hierarchy.org
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Erfurt Erfurt () is the capital and largest city in the Central German state of Thuringia. It is located in the wide valley of the Gera river (progression: ), in the southern part of the Thuringian Basin, north of the Thuringian Forest. It sits i ...

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