Diocese of Limburg
Limburgen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Limburg, Germany
The Diocese of Limburg is a Latin Church diocese spanning parts of Hesse and Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, established in 1821 and a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Cologne. It is led by Bishop Georg Batzing, who served as president of the German Bishops' Conference from 2020 until February 2026.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 16 August 1821
- Latin
- Limburgen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint George
- Annuario code
- 001002003
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 648,619
- Population
- 2,369,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 27.4%
- Priests
- 369
- Catholics per priest
- 1,758
- Extent
- 6,182 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 105
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
- Georg Bätzing
- Born
- 13 April 1961
- Birthplace
- Kirchen
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
Limburg Cathedral stands in Limburg, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Frankfurt Cathedral.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Cologne
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Cologne.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of KölnKöln
- Diocese of AachenAachen
- Diocese of EssenEssen
- Diocese of MünsterMünster
- Diocese of TrierTrier
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Belonging to the ecclesiastical province of Cologne, with the Archdiocese of Cologne as its metropolitan see, the Diocese of Limburg (Latin: Dioecesis Limburgensis) spans parts of the states of Hesse and Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany. Its cathedral is St George's Cathedral in Limburg an der Lahn, while its largest church is Frankfurt Cathedral, St. Bartholomew.
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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.