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Diocese of Dresden-Meissen

Diocese of Dresden-Meissen
Dioecesis Dresdensis-Misnensis
Bistum Dresden-Meißen
Dresden Hofkirche abends (2005).jpg
Location
Country Germany
Ecclesiastical province Berlin
Metropolitan Berlin
Statistics
Area 16,934 km2 (6,538 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2013)
4,276,000
141,264 (3.3%)
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Rite Roman Rite
Established 24 June 1921 as Diocese of Meissen
15 November 1979 renamed Diocese of Dresden-Meissen
Cathedral Katholische Hofkirche, Dresden
Co-cathedral St. Peter's, Bautzen
Patron saint St. Benno of Meissen
Donatus of Arezzo
Afra of Augsburg
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Heinrich Timmerevers
Bishop of Dresden-Meissen
Metropolitan Archbishop Heiner Koch
Emeritus Bishops Joachim Reinelt
Map
Karte Bistum Dresden-Meissen.PNG
Website
bistum-dresden-meissen.de

The Diocese of Dresden-Meissen (Latin: Dioecesis Dresdensis-Misnensis; German: Bistum Dresden-Meißen) is a Diocese of Catholic Church in Germany with its seat in Dresden. It is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Berlin.

Founded as the Bishopric of Meissen (German: Bistum Meißen) in 968, it was dissolved in 1539 during the Protestant Reformation. The diocese was reestablished in 1921 and renamed Dresden-Meissen in 1980. Today its central church is Dresden Cathedral, the former Catholic Church of the Court of Saxony Sanctissimae Trinitatis built from 1739 until 1755 under Elector Frederick Augustus II, and its patron saint is Benno of Meissen.

The modern city of Meissen owes its origin to a castle built by King Henry I the Fowler about 928 to protect German colonists among the pagan Wends. To insure the success of the Christian missions, Otto I suggested at the Roman Synod of 962 the creation of an archiepiscopal see at Magdeburg. Pope John XII consented, and shortly before the execution of the plan in 968 it was decided at the Synod of Ravenna (967) to create three bishoprics — Meissen, Merseburg, and Zeitz — as suffragans of the Archbishopric of Magdeburg. The year in which the Diocese of Meissen was established is disputed, as the oldest extant records may be forgeries; however, the record of endowment by Otto I in 971 is genuine.


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