Roman Catholic Diocese of Essen
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Diocese of Essen
Dioecesis Essendiensis
Bistum Essen
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Essen Cathedral
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| Location | |
| Country | Germany |
| Ecclesiastical province | Cologne |
| Metropolitan | Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Statistics | |
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| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2006) 2,615,873 930,653 (35.6%) |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 1 January 1958 |
| Cathedral | Essen Cathedral |
| Patron saint | Our Lady of Good Counsel |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Franz-Josef Overbeck Bishop of Essen |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Rainer Maria Woelki |
| Auxiliary Bishops | Ludger Schepers, Franz Vorrath |
| Emeritus Bishops | Felix Genn |
| Map | |
| File:Karte Bistum Essen.png | |
| Website | |
| bistum-essen.de | |
The Diocese of Essen is a bishopric of the Catholic Church in Germany, founded on 1 January 1958. The Bishop of Essen is seated in Essen Cathedral (Essener Dom or Essener Münster), once the church of Essen Abbey, and over one thousand years old.
The diocese contains about one million Catholics in the heavily urbanized and industrial Ruhr Area.[1]
Contents
Bishops
- Franz Cardinal Hengsbach (1957–1991)
- Hubert Luthe (1991–2002)
- Felix Genn (2003–2008)
- Franz-Josef Overbeck (since December 20, 2009); he was appointed Bishop of the Military Ordinariate of Germany, while remaining Bishop of Essen, by Pope Benedict XVI on February 24, 2011
See also
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Roman Catholic dioceses in Germany
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| Province of Bamberg | |
| Province of Berlin | |
| Province of Cologne | |
| Province of Freiburg | |
| Province of Hamburg | |
| Province of Munich and Freising | |
| Province of Paderborn | |
| Sui iuris Jurisdictions | |
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