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Revision as of 14:39, 25 October 2011
Diocese of Magdeburg Dioecesis Magdeburgensis | |
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 Cathedral of St. Sebastian | |
| Location | |
| Country | Germany |
| Ecclesiastical province | Paderborn |
| Metropolitan | Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 23,000 km2 (8,900 sq mi) |
| Population - Catholics | 120,000 (4.4%) |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 27 June 1994 |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of St. Sebastian |
| Patron saint | St. Norbert of Xanten |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Benedict XVI |
| Bishop | Gerhard Feige Bishop of Magdeburg |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Hans-Josef Becker Archbishop of Paderborn |
| Bishops emeritus | Leopold Nowak |
| Map | |
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| Website | |
| bistum-magdeburg.de | |
The Diocese of Magdeburg is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic church located in the Germany. Its seat is Magdeburg; it is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Paderborn.
The Diocese was erected in 1994 out of territories belonging to the Archdiocese of Paderborn.
List of bishops of Magdeburg
- Leo Nowak (1994-2004)
- Gerhard Feige (since 2005)
External links
| Province of Bamberg | |
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| 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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