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The Diocese of Regensburg ( la, Dioecesis Ratisbonensis) is a
Roman Catholic
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*'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a lette ...
ecclesiastical territory seated in
Regensburg
Regensburg or is a city in eastern Bavaria, at the confluence of the Danube, Naab and Regen rivers. It is capital of the Upper Palatinate subregion of the state in the south of Germany. With more than 150,000 inhabitants, Regensburg is the f ...
, Germany. Its district covers parts of northeastern
Bavaria
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; it is subordinate to the
archbishop of Munich and Freising
The following people were bishops, prince-bishops or archbishops of Freising or Munich and Freising in Bavaria:
Bishops of Freising
* St. Corbinian (724–730); founded the Benedictine abbey in Freising, although the diocese was not orga ...
. , the diocese had 1.20 million Catholics, constituting 70% of its total population. The current bishop is
Rudolf Voderholzer
Rudolf Voderholzer (October 9, 1959) is a prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He is bishop of Regensburg since 2012.
Life
Born in Munich, Voderholzer studied at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich where he received an MA in 1985 and ...
. The main diocesan church is
Saint Peter in Regensburg. The diocese is divided into eight regions and 33 deaneries with 769
parish
A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one or m ...
es. It covers an area of 14,665 km².
History
The diocese was founded in 739 by
Saint Boniface
Boniface, OSB ( la, Bonifatius; 675 – 5 June 754) was an English Benedictines, Benedictine monk and leading figure in the Anglo-Saxon mission to the Germanic parts of the Frankish Empire during the eighth century. He organised significant ...
;
it was originally subordinate to the
archbishop of Salzburg
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Salzburg ( la, Archidioecesis Salisburgensis) is an archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in Austria. The archdiocese is one of two Austrian archdioceses, serving alongside the Archdiocese of ...
. By the
Reichsdeputationshauptschluss
The ' (formally the ', or "Principal Conclusion of the Extraordinary Imperial Delegation"), sometimes referred to in English as the Final Recess or the Imperial Recess of 1803, was a resolution passed by the ' (Imperial Diet) of the Holy Roman Em ...
of 1803, the Bishopric was incorporated into the new
Archbishopric of Regensburg.
Ordinaries
*Friedrich von Parsberg † (24 May 1437 Appointed – Nov 1449 Died)
*Friedrich von Plankenfels † (23 Jan 1450 Appointed – 24 May 1457 Died)
*
Ruprecht Pfalzgraf von Rhein † (2 Sep 1457 Appointed – 10 Oct 1465 Died)
*
Heinrich von Absberg Heinrich may refer to:
People
* Heinrich (given name), a given name (including a list of people with the name)
* Heinrich (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name)
*Hetty (given name), a given name (including a list of peo ...
† (3 Nov 1465 Appointed – 26 Jul 1492 Died)
*
Ruprecht Pfalzgraf bei Rhein † (26 Jul 1492 Succeeded – 19 Apr 1507 Died)
*
Johann Pfalzgraf bei Rhein † (Apr 1509 Appointed – 3 Feb 1538 Died)
*Pankraz von Sinzenhofen † (25 Apr 1538 Appointed – 27 Jul 1548 Died)
*Georg Marschalk von Pappenheim † (8 Aug 1548 Appointed – 10 Dec 1563 Died)
*Veit von Fraunberg † (29 Dec 1563 Appointed – 21 Jan 1567 Died)
*David Kölderer von Burgstall † (6 Feb 1567 Appointed – 22 Jun 1579 Died)
*
Philipp Wilhelm Herzog von Bayern † (Oct 1579 Appointed – 21 May 1598 Died)
*
Sigmund Fugger von Kirchberg und Weißenhorn
Sigmund Friedrich Fugger von Kirchberg und Weißenhorn (1542 - 15 November 1600) was a German cleric of the Fugger family, most notable as bishop of Regensburg from 2 July 1598 to 1600.
Life
A son of the businessman and humanist Hans Jakob Fugg ...
† (2 Jul 1598 Appointed – 5 Nov 1600 Died)
*Wolfgang von Hausen † (19 Dec 1600 Appointed – 3 Sep 1613 Died)
*Albert Reichsfreiherr von Törring † (22 Oct 1613 Appointed – 12 Apr 1649 Died)
*
Franz Wilhelm Reichsgraf von Wartenberg † (12 Apr 1649 Succeeded – 1 Dec 1661 Died)
*Johann Georg Graf von Herberstein † (28 Feb 1662 Appointed – 12 Jun 1663 Died)
*Adam Lorenz Reichsgraf von Törring-Stein † (6 Aug 1663 Appointed – 16 Aug 1666 Died)
*Guidobald Reichsgraf von Thun † (7 Mar 1666 Appointed – 1 Jun 1668 Died)
*Albrecht Sigmund Herzog von Bayern † (30 Jul 1668 Appointed – 5 Nov 1685 Died)
*
Joseph Clemens Kajetan Herzog von Bayern † (4 Nov 1685 Succeeded – 29 Sep 1694 Resigned)
*
Clemens August Maria Herzog von Bayern † (26 Mar 1716 Appointed – 26 Apr 1719 Resigned)
*
Johann Theodor Herzog von Bayern † (29 Jul 1719 Appointed – 27 Jan 1763 Died)
*
Klemens Wenzeslaus Herzog von Sachsen † (27 Apr 1763 Appointed – 20 Aug 1768 Resigned)
*Anton Ignaz Reichsgraf von Fugger-Glött † (18 Jan 1769 Appointed – 15 Feb 1787 Died)
*Max Polykarp Reichsgraf von Törring-Jettenbach † (20 Apr 1787 Appointed – 30 Dec 1789 Died)
*Joseph Konrad Freiherr von Schroffenberg, C.R.S.A. † (30 Mar 1790 Appointed – 4 Apr 1803 Died)
*
Karl Theodor Freiherr von Dalberg † (1 Feb 1805 Appointed – 10 Feb 1817 Died)
*Johann Nepomuk Freiherr von Wolf † (13 Sep 1821 Appointed – 23 Aug 1829 Died)
*
Johann Michael Sailer
Johann Michael Sailer (17 October 1751, in Aresing – 20 May 1832, in Regensburg) was a German Jesuit theologian and philosopher, and Bishop of Regensburg. Sailer was a major contributor to the Catholic Enlightenment.
Biography
Sailer was born ...
† (23 Oct 1829 Succeeded – 29 May 1832 Died)
*
Georg Michael Wittman † (25 Jul 1832 Appointed – 8 Mar 1833 Died)
*Franz Xaver von Schwäbl † (17 Mar 1833 Appointed – 12 Jul 1841 Died)
*Valentin von Riedel † (12 Sep 1841 Appointed – 6 Nov 1857 Died)
*
Ignatius von Senestrey
Bishop Ignatius von Senestrey (born 13 July 1818, Bärnau, Bavaria, Germany – d. 16 August 1906, Regensburg, Germany) was Bishop of Regensburg, Germany from 1858 to 1906.
He was ordained a parish priest by on 19 March 1842, aged 23. in Regen ...
† (27 Jan 1858 Appointed – 16 Aug 1906 Died)
*Antonius von Henle † (18 Oct 1906 Appointed – 11 Oct 1927 Died)
*
Michael Buchberger
Michael Buchberger (8 June 1874, Jetzendorf – 10 June 1961, Straubing) was a Roman Catholic priest, notable as the seventy-fourth bishop of Regensburg since the diocese's foundation in 739.
Life
Buchberger was ordained as a priest on 29 J ...
† (19 Dec 1927 Appointed – 10 Jun 1961 Died)
*Rudolf Graber † (28 Mar 1962 Appointed – 14 Sep 1981 Retired)
*
Manfred Müller † (16 Jun 1982 Appointed – 15 Jan 2002 Retired, 20 May 2015 Died)
*
Gerhard Ludwig Müller
Gerhard Ludwig Müller (; born 31 December 1947) is a German cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as the Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) from his appointment by Pope Benedict XVI in 2012 until 2017. He was ...
(1 Oct 2002 Appointed – 2 Jul 2012 Transferred); elevated to Cardinal in 2014
*
Rudolf Voderholzer
Rudolf Voderholzer (October 9, 1959) is a prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He is bishop of Regensburg since 2012.
Life
Born in Munich, Voderholzer studied at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich where he received an MA in 1985 and ...
(6 Dec 2012 Appointed – present)
Sexual abuse scandal
In July 2017, allegations surfaced that there was "a high degree of plausibility" that at least 547 members of the diocese's prestigious Domspatzen choir were either physically abused, sexually abused, or both between the years 1945 and 1992.
[ ] Current bishop
Rudolf Voderholzer
Rudolf Voderholzer (October 9, 1959) is a prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He is bishop of Regensburg since 2012.
Life
Born in Munich, Voderholzer studied at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich where he received an MA in 1985 and ...
had already announced plans to offer victims compensation of between 5,000 and 20,000 euros ($5,730 US and $22,930) each by the end of 2017.
The report faulted
Georg Ratzinger
Georg Ratzinger PA (15 January 19241 July 2020) was a German Catholic priest and musician, known for his work as the conductor of the Regensburger Domspatzen, the cathedral choir of Regensburg. He was the elder brother of the Pope Emeritus Be ...
, the brother of Pope Benedict XVI and director of the choir between the years 1964 and 1994,
for "in particular for 'looking away' or for failing to intervene."
The report also stated that former Bishop
Gerhard Ludwig Muller bears "clear responsibility for the strategic, organizational and communicative weaknesses" in the Diocese'
See also
*
Dominican Convent, Regensburg
References
External links
*
Official website
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Roman Catholic dioceses in Germany
Roman Catholic dioceses in the Holy Roman Empire
739 establishments
Dioceses established in the 8th century
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8th-century establishments in Germany