Diocese of Görlitz
Gorlicen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Görlitz, Germany
Latin rite diocese in eastern Germany covering eastern Saxony and southern Brandenburg, with its seat in Goerlitz. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Berlin. Its cathedral is the Kathedrale St. Jakobus in Goerlitz, and Bishop Wolfgang Ipolt has led the diocese since 2011.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1972
- Latin
- Gorlicen(sis)
- Patron
- St. Hedwig of Silesia
- Annuario code
- 001001506
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 32,203
- Population
- 792,824
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 4.1%
- Priests
- 48
- Catholics per priest
- 671
- Extent
- 9,700 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 3.3
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Wolfgang Ipolt
- Born
- 17 March 1954
- Birthplace
- Gotha
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Kathedrale St. Jakobus, Goerlitz stands in Görlitz, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Berlin
A suffragan of Berlin.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of BerlinBerlin
- Diocese of Dresden-MeissenDresden-Meissen
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Görlitz (Latin: Dioecesis Gorlicensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Germany, currently led by its ordinary, Wolfgang Ipolt.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.