Diocese of Passau
Passavien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Passau, Germany
The Diocese of Passau is a Latin Church diocese in Bavaria, Germany, founded in 739 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising. Stefan Oster, S.D.B., has been bishop since 2014.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 739
- Latin
- Passavien(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Valentine, Saint Maximilian of Celeia, and Saint Conrad of Parzham
- Annuario code
- 001002554
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 466,750
- Population
- 630,353
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 74.0%
- Priests
- 275
- Catholics per priest
- 1,697
- Extent
- 5,442 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 86
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
- Stefan Oster
- Born
- 3 June 1965
- Birthplace
- Amberg
- Institute
- SOCIETÀ SALESIANA DI S. GIOVANNI BOSCO (SALESIANI) (S.D.B.)
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
St. Stephen's Cathedral, Passau stands in Passau, 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 Munich and Freising
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Munich and Freising.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of München und FreisingMünchen und Freising
- Diocese of AugsburgAugsburg
- Diocese of RegensburgRegensburg
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising, the Diocese of Passau (Latin: Diœcesis Passaviensis; German: Bistum Passau) is a Latin see of the Catholic Church in Germany covering 5,442 km². For centuries the Prince-Bishopric of Passau existed as an ecclesiastical principality, until its secularization in 1803.
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The see's own website · Wikipedia
Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.