The Diocese of Mainz is a diocese of the Catholic church in Germany The diocese was created in 1802 with the abolition of the old Archbishopric of Mainz. In many rites of the Roman Catholic Church and in Anglican churches, a diocese is an administrative territorial unit administered by a Bishop. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Year 1802 ( MDCCCII) was a Common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting on Wednesday of the The Archbishopric of Mainz (Erzbistum Mainz or Electorate of Mainz (Kurfürstentum Mainz or Kurmainz) was an influential ecclesiastic and secular Prince-bishopric The diocese of Mainz is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Freiburg; its district is located in the states of Rhineland-Palatinate and Hesse. Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz is one of the 16 federal states (German Bundesländer) of Germany. Hesse (Hessen is a state of Germany with an area The seat of the diocese is Mainz. Mainz (ˈmaɪ̯nʦ (Mayence is a City in Germany and the capital of the German federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
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 Cardinal Volk 1962-1982
- Karl Cardinal Lehmann 1983-
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"Mainz". Joseph Ludwig Colmar (born at Strasburg, 22 June[[ 760]] died at Mainz, 15 December[[ 818]] was a German Catholic Bishop of Mainz. Wilhelm Emmanuel Freiherr von Ketteler ( 25 December 1811 &ndash 13 July 1877) was a German Theologian and Politician Heinrich Brück ( 25 October 1831 &ndash 4 November 1903) was a German Catholic church historian and Bishop of Mainz. Albert Stohr ( 13 November 1890 - 3 June 1961) was Bishop of Mainz from 15 July 1935 until his death Hermann Cardinal Volk ( December 27, 1903 &mdash July 1, 1988) was a German Prelate of the Roman Catholic Karl Lehmann (born May 16, 1936 in Sigmaringen) is a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, Bishop of Mainz and former Catholic Encyclopedia. The Catholic Encyclopedia, also referred to today as the Old Catholic Encyclopedia, is an English-language Encyclopedia published by The Encyclopedia (1913). New York: Robert Appleton Company.
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