Diocese of Trier
Treviren(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Trier, Germany
Latin rite diocese in western Germany and the oldest diocese in the country, an episcopal see continuously since Roman times. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Cologne. Its cathedral is the Cathedral of Saint Peter in Trier, the oldest episcopal church in Germany.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 100
- Latin
- Treviren(sis)
- Patron
- Mary, Mother of God, Saint Matthias
- Annuario code
- 001003275
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,504,500
- Population
- 2,468,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 61.0%
- Priests
- 733
- Catholics per priest
- 2,053
- Extent
- 12,870 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 117
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
- Stephan Ackermann
- Born
- 20 March 1963
- Birthplace
- Mayen
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
Cathedral of Saint Peter stands in Trier, 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 Cologne
A suffragan of Cologne.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of KölnKöln
- Diocese of AachenAachen
- Diocese of EssenEssen
- Diocese of LimburgLimburg
- Diocese of MünsterMünster
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Known historically in English as Treves, from the French Trèves, the Diocese of Trier (Latin: Dioecesis Trevirensis) is a Latin Catholic territory of the Church in Germany. In its era as the archbishopric and Electorate of Trier, it ranked among the most important states of the Holy Roman Empire, significant both as an ecclesiastical principality and as a diocese of the church.
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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.