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Roman Catholic Diocese of Görlitz

Diocese of Görlitz
Dioecesis Gorlicensis
Goerlitz Kathedrale St Jakobus.jpg
Location
Country Germany
Ecclesiastical province Berlin
Metropolitan Görlitz, Saxony
Statistics
Area 9,700 km2 (3,700 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2006)
792,824
32,203 (4.1%)
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Rite Roman Rite
Established June 28, 1972
Cathedral St. James Cathedral
Patron saint St. Hedwig of Silesia
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Wolfgang Ipolt
Bishop of Görlitz
Metropolitan Archbishop Heiner Koch
Emeritus Bishops Rudolf Müller
Map
Karte Bistum Görlitz.png
Website
bistum-goerlitz.de

The Diocese of Görlitz is a diocese of the Roman Catholic church in Germany. The current ordinary is Wolfgang Ipolt

For the history until 1821 see the History of the ancient See of Meissen.

In order to insure the success of the Christian missions among the pagan Wends (a Slavic people), 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 Archdiocese 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 considered genuine.

In 1346 the diocese stretched from the Ore Mountains and Iser Mountains in the south, from there northwards downstream the Queis and Bober rivers, forming the eastern boundary, in the north downstream the Oder to the junction of the Lusatian Neisse and on along the Oder, then crossing to the middle course of the Spree in the northwest, thus including Upper Lusatia (then the deanery of Bautzen) and Lower Lusatia (a provostry of the same name).


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