Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart

Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart

*Dioecesis Rottenburgensis-Stutgardiensis*

Diözese Rottenburg-Stuttgart
Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart; Dioecesis Rottenburgensis-Stutgardiensis; Diözese Rottenburg-Stuttgart
Catholic
	Rottenburg Cathedral
	Coat of arms
Location
Country	Germany
Ecclesiastical province	Freiburg
Metropolitan	Archdiocese of Freiburg
Statistics
Area	19,514 km2 (7,534 sq mi)
Population Total; Catholics;	(as of 2010); 5,064,000; 1,921,236 (37.9%);
Parishes	1,037
Information
Denomination	Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	16 August 1821
Cathedral	St. Martin's Cathedral, Rottenburg
Co-cathedral	St. Eberhard Co-Cathedral, Stuttgart
Patron saint	Martin of Tours
Secular priests	902
Current leadership
Pope	‹See Tfd›Leo XIV
Bishop	Klaus Krämer
Metropolitan Archbishop	Archbishop of Freiburg
Auxiliary Bishops	Thomas Maria Renz, Gerhard Schneider, Matthäus Karrer
Vicar General	Clemens Stroppel
Bishops emeritus	Gebhard Fürst
Map
Website
	drs.de

The Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Germany. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Freiburg in Baden-Württemberg, Bundesland. It covers the same territory of the former Kingdom of Wurttemberg.

History

In 1803 a Vicar General for the "New" State of Wurttemberg was appointed by Prince Primate Karl Theodor von Dalberg as an auxiliary bishop (Franz Karl Joseph Fürst von Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst, he consecrated the current Co-Cathedral in Stuttgart, later became Bishop of Augsburg). The first see of the vicariate was in Ellwangen Abbey but in 1817 it moved to Rottenburg.
The Diocese of Rottenburg was established on 16 August 1821 through the papal bull De salute animarum, on territory separated from the suppressed Diocese of Konstanz. With the enthronement of the first bishop, Johann Baptist von Keller, on May 20, 1828, the formation of the diocese was complete.
On 18 January 1978, the diocese was renamed to the current title Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart.

Major churches

The St. Martin's Cathedral is the episcopal see in Rottenburg
The Co-cathedral is St. Eberhard in Stuttgart
It also has three minor basilicas :
- the former Cathedral of Ellwangen Abbey (ex territorial abbey), Basilika St. Vitus, in Ellwangen, first seat of the General Vicar of Wurttemberg
- Basilika St. Martin, in Ulm's Benedictine Wiblingen Abbey
- Basilika St. Martin von Tours und St. Oswald, in Weingarten, Württemberg.
Another World Heritage Site (originally Catholic, later Lutheran seminary and school) is the former Cistercian monastery Kloster Maulbronn, in Maulbronn.

Episcopal ordinaries

(all Roman Rite)

Suffragan Bishops of Rottenburg

Johann Baptist von Keller January 28, 1828 – death October 17, 1845; previously Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg (Germany) (1816.06.15 – 1828.01.28) and Titular Bishop of Evaria (1816.07.22 – 1828.01.28)
Josef von Lipp [de] June 14, 1847 – death May 3, 1869
Karl Joseph von Hefele June 17, 1869 – death June 5, 1893
Wilhelm von Reiser [de] June 5, 1893 – death May 11, 1898; succeeded as former Titular Bishop of Ænos (1886.08.31 – 1893.06.05) and Coadjutor Bishop of Rottenburg (1886.08.31 – 1893.06.05)
Father Franz Xaver von Linsenmann July 20, 1898 – September 21, 1898; never consecrated Bishop
Paul Wilhelm von Keppler [de] November 11, 1898 – death July 16, 1926
Johannes Baptista Sproll March 29, 1927 – death March 4, 1949; succeeded as former Titular Bishop of Halmyrus (1916.03.03 – 1927.03.29) and Auxiliary Bishop of Rottenburg (1916.03.03 – 1927.03.29)
- Auxiliary Bishop: Franz Joseph Fischer (1929.12.19 – death 1958.07.24), Titular Bishop of Zuri (1929.12.19 – 1958.07.24)
Carl Joseph Leiprecht July 4, 1949 – retired June 4, 1974, previously Titular Bishop of Scyrus (1948.10.07 – 1949.07.04) as Auxiliary Bishop of Rottenburg (1948.10.07 – 1949.07.04); died 1981
- Auxiliary Bishop: Wilhelm Sedlmeier (1953.02.07 – retired 1976), Titular Bishop of Aulon (1953.02.07 – death 1987.02.24)
- Auxiliary Bishop: Anton Herre (1970.10.12 – retired 1985.12.31), Titular Bishop of Galazia in Campania (1970.10.12 – death 1993.09.24)

Suffragan Bishops of Rottenburg-Stuttgart

Georg Moser March 12, 1975 – death May 9, 1988; previously Titular Bishop of Thiges (1970.10.12 – 1975.03.12) as Auxiliary Bishop of Rottenburg (1970.10.12 – 1975.03.12)
- Auxiliary Bishop: Franz Josef Kuhnle ((1976.10.13 – retired 1990.11.07), Titular Bishop of Sorres (1976.10.13 – ...)
- Auxiliary Bishop: Bernhard Rieger (1984.12.20 – retired 1996.07.31), Titular Bishop of Tigava (1984.12.20 – death 2013.04.10)
Walter Kasper April 17, 1989 – retired May 31, 1999; also Secretary of Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity (1999.03.16 – 2001.02.21), created Cardinal-Deacon of Ognissanti in Via Appia Nuova (2001.02.21 [2001.03.25] – 2011.02.21), President of Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity (2001.03.03 – 2010.07.01), President of Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews (2001.03.03 – 2010.07.01), promoted Cardinal-Priest of above Ognissanti in Via Appia Nuova as pro hac vice Title (2011.02.21 – ...)
- Auxiliary Bishop: Johannes Kreidler (1991.06.06 – retired 2017.03.02), Titular Bishop of Edistiana (1991.06.06 – ...)
- Auxiliary Bishop: Thomas Maria Renz (1997.04.29 – ...), Titular Bishop of Rucuma (1997.04.29 – ...)
Gebhard Fürst July 7, 2000 – retired December 4, 2023
- Auxiliary Bishop: Matthäus Karrer (2017.03.02 – ...), Titular Bishop of Tunnuna (2017.03.02 – ...)
- Auxiliary Bishop: Gerhard Schneider (2019.04.16 – ...), Titular Bishop of Abbir Germaniciana (2019.04.16 – ...)
Klaus Krämer October 2, 2024 - …

Statistics and extent

The Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart is located in the Württemberg part of the German State of Baden-Württemberg. As per 2014, it pastorally served 1,872,849 Catholics (37.0% of 5,068,000 total) on 19,500 km² in 1,096 parishes and 40 missions with 1,016 priests (829 diocesan, 187 religious), 283 deacons, 3,368 lay religious (228 brothers, 3,140 sisters) and 26 seminarians.

Deaneries

It comprises 45 deaneries :

References

↑ "Rinunce e nomine". press.vatican.va.
1 2 3 4 "Diocese of Rottenburg–Stuttgart, Germany". GCatholic.

Sources and external links

(in German) Diocesan website
GCatholic.org
Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Rottenburg" . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
Some information in this article is based on that in its German equivalent.

[1] "Rinunce e nomine". press.vatican.va.

[gcatholic.org-2] 1 2 3 4 "Diocese of Rottenburg–Stuttgart, Germany". GCatholic.

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