- Roman Catholic Diocese of Mainz
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Diocese of Mainz
Dioecesis Moguntinus
Mainz CathedralLocation Country Germany Ecclesiastical province Freiburg Metropolitan Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate Statistics Area 7,692 km2 (2,970 sq mi) Population
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796,562 (28.4%)Information Denomination Roman Catholic Rite Roman Rite Established 4th Century Cathedral Mainz Cathedral Patron saint St. Martin of Tours Current leadership Pope Benedict XVI Bishop Karl Lehmann
Bishop of MainzMetropolitan Archbishop Robert Zollitsch
Archbishop of FreiburgAuxiliary Bishop Werner Guballa, Ulrich Neymeyr Map 
Website bistum-mainz.de The Diocese of Mainz is a diocese of the Catholic church in Germany. It was created in 1802 with the abolition of the old Archbishopric of Mainz. The diocese is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Freiburg; its district is located in the states of Rhineland-Palatinate and Hesse. The seat of the diocese is in Mainz at the Cathedral dedicated to Saints Martin and Stephen.
Bishops of Mainz, 1802-present
- Joseph Ludwig Colmar 1802-1818
- Joseph Vitus Burg 1829-1833
- Johann Jakob Humann 1833-1834
- Petrus Leopold Kaiser 1834-1848
- Wilhelm Emmanuel Freiherr von Ketteler 1850-1877
- Paul Leopold Haffner 1886-1899
- Heinrich Brück 1900-1903
- Georg Heinrich Kirstein 1903-1921
- Ludwig Maria Hugo 1921-1935
- Albert Stohr 1935-1961
- Hermann Volk 1962-1982
- Karl Lehmann 1983-
External links
"Mainz". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 1913.
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- Roman Catholic dioceses in Germany
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