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Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart Dioecesis Rottenburgensis-Stutgardiensis |
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| Location | |
| Country | Germany |
| Ecclesiastical province | Freiburg |
| Metropolitan | Archdiocese of Freiburg |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 19,514 km2 (7,534 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2010) 5,064,000 1,921,236 (37.9%) |
| Parishes | 1,037 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 16 August 1821 |
| Cathedral | St. Martin's Cathedral, Rottenburg |
| Co-cathedral | St. Eberhard Co-Cathedral, Stuttgart |
| Patron saint | Martin of Tours |
| Secular priests | 902 |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop |
Gebhard Fürst Bishop of Rottenburg-Stuttgart |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Archbishop of Freiburg |
| Auxiliary Bishops | Thomas Maria Renz, Matthäus Karrer (Auxiliary Bishop-elect), Johannes Kreidler (Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus) |
| Vicar General | Clemens Stroppel |
| Emeritus Bishops | Franz Josef Kuhnle, Bernhard Rieger |
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| Website | |
| www.drs.de | |
The Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart (lat: Dioecesis Rottenburgensis-Stutgardiensis) is a suffragan diocese of the Latin Rite, in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Freiburg of the Roman Catholic Church, in Baden-Württemberg Bundesland (federated state) in southwestern Germany.
(all Roman Rite)
The Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart is located in the Württemberg part of the German State of Baden-Württemberg. As per 2014, it pastorally served 1,872,849 Catholics (37.0% of 5,068,000 total) on 19,500 km² in 1,096 parishes and 40 missions with 1,016 priests (829 diocesan, 187 religious), 283 deacons, 3,368 lay religious (228 brothers, 3,140 sisters) and 26 seminarians.
It comprises 45 deaneries :