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Roman Catholic Diocese of Magdeburg

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Cathedral of St. Sebastian
Location
Territory23,000 km²
Ecclesiastical provincePaderborn
MetropolitanHans-Josef Becker
Archbishop of Paderborn
Statistics
Population
- Total

120,000 Catholics (4.4%)
Information
RiteRoman Rite
Established27 June 1994
CathedralCathedral of St. Sebastian
Patron saint St. Norbert of Xanten
Current leadership
PopeBenedict XVI
Map
Website
www.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

  1. Leo Nowak (1994-2004)
  2. Gerhard Feige (since 2005)