Roman Catholic Diocese of Bolzano-Brixen

Diocese of Bolzano-Brixen Dioecesis Bauzanensis-Brixinensis Diözese Bozen-Brixen Diocesi di Bolzano-Bressanone
Brixen Cathedral
Location
Country	Italy
Metropolitan	Trento
Statistics
Area	7,400 km2 (2,900 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	479,758 465,365 (97.0%)
Parishes	281
Information
Rite	Roman Rite
Cathedral	Assumption of Mary and Saint Cassian Cathedral, Brixen
Co-cathedral	Assumption of Mary Parish Church, Bolzano
Secular priests	339
Current leadership
Bishop	Ivo Muser
Map
Diocese of Bolzano-Brixen

The Diocese of Bolzano-Brixen (German: Diözese Bozen-Brixen, Italian: Diocesi di Bolzano-Bressanone) is a Catholic diocese in northern Italy, with its seat in the city of Bolzano. Its territory corresponds with that of the province of South Tyrol with its predominantly German-speaking population. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Trento.

The present-day diocese was created by a papal bull of 6 August 1964, when the South Tyrolean parts of the Trento diocese around Bolzano and Merano were merged into the former Diocese of Brixen. In turn, the Austrian parts of the Brixen diocese around Feldkirch, Vorarlberg were at first allocated to the Diocese of Innsbruck and elevated to the Diocese of Feldkirch in 1968; the Ladin districts of Fodom (Livinallongo del Col di Lana and Colle Santa Lucia) and Anpez (Cortina d’Ampezzo) passed from Brixen to the Diocese of Belluno. At the same time the episcopal see was moved to Bolzano, where the Assumption of Mary parish church was elevated to a co-cathedral, while the chapter remained in Brixen.

The diocesan ordinary (bishop) is Ivo Muser, appointed on July 27, 2011 by Pope Benedict XVI.

See also

• Prince-Bishopric of Brixen

External links

• Giga-Catholic Information
• Catholic Hierarchy

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