Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart

The Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Germany. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Freiburg in Baden-Württemberg, Bundesland. It covers the same territory of the former Kingdom of Wurttemberg.

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History

In 1803 a Vicar General for the "New" State of Wurttemberg was appointed by Prince Primate Karl Theodor von Dalberg as an auxiliary bishop
The Diocese of Rottenburg was established on 16 August 1821 through the papal bull De salute animarum, on territory separated from the suppressed Diocese of Konstanz. With the enthronement of the first bishop, Johann Baptist von Keller, on May 20, 1828, the formation of the diocese was complete.
On 18 January 1978, the diocese was renamed to the current title Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart.

Major churches

[Image:Stuttgart-st eberhard.jpg|thumb|150px|left|St. Eberhard's Co-Cathedral, Stuttgart]

The St. Martin's Cathedral is the episcopal see in Rottenburg
The Co-cathedral is St. Eberhard in Stuttgart
It also has three minor basilicas :
* the former Cathedral of Ellwangen Abbey, Basilika St. Vitus, in Ellwangen, first seat of the General Vicar of Wurttemberg
* Basilika St. Martin, in Ulm's Benedictine Wiblingen Abbey
* Basilika St. Martin von Tours und St. Oswald, in Weingarten, Württemberg.
Another World Heritage Site is the former Cistercian monastery Kloster Maulbronn, in Maulbronn.

Episcopal ordinaries

Image:Bischof-fuerst-cannstatt-2004.jpg|thumb|175px|Bishop Gebhard Fürst 2004 in Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt

Suffragan Bishops of Rottenburg

Johann Baptist von Keller January 28, 1828 – death October 17, 1845; previously Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg and Titular Bishop of Evaria
June 14, 1847 – death May 3, 1869
Karl Joseph von Hefele June 17, 1869 – death June 5, 1893
June 5, 1893 – death May 11, 1898; succeeded as former Titular Bishop of Ænos and Coadjutor Bishop of Rottenburg
Father Franz Xaver von Linsenmann July 20, 1898 – September 21, 1898; never consecrated Bishop
November 11, 1898 – death July 16, 1926
Johannes Baptista Sproll March 29, 1927 – death March 4, 1949; succeeded as former Titular Bishop of Halmyrus and Auxiliary Bishop of Rottenburg
* Auxiliary Bishop: Franz Joseph Fischer, Titular Bishop of Zuri
Carl Joseph Leiprecht July 4, 1949 – retired June 4, 1974, previously Titular Bishop of Scyrus as Auxiliary Bishop of Rottenburg ; died 1981
* Auxiliary Bishop: Wilhelm Sedlmeier, Titular Bishop of Aulon
* Auxiliary Bishop: Anton Herre, Titular Bishop of Galazia in Campania

Suffragan Bishops of Rottenburg-Stuttgart

Georg Moser March 12, 1975 – death May 9, 1988; previously Titular Bishop of Thiges as Auxiliary Bishop of Rottenburg
* Auxiliary Bishop: Franz Josef Kuhnle, Titular Bishop of Sorres
* Auxiliary Bishop: Bernhard Rieger, Titular Bishop of Tigava
Walter Kasper April 17, 1989 – retired May 31, 1999; also Secretary of Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, created Cardinal-Deacon of Ognissanti in [Via Appia Nuova], President of Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, President of Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews, promoted Cardinal-Priest of above Ognissanti in Via Appia Nuova as pro hac vice Title
* Auxiliary Bishop: Johannes Kreidler, Titular Bishop of Edistiana
* Auxiliary Bishop: Thomas Maria Renz, Titular Bishop of Rucuma
Gebhard Fürst July 7, 2000 – retired December 4, 2023
* Auxiliary Bishop: Matthäus Karrer, Titular Bishop of Tunnuna
* Auxiliary Bishop: Gerhard Schneider, Titular Bishop of Abbir Germaniciana
Klaus Krämer October 2, 2024 - …

Statistics and extent

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 on 19,500 km² in 1,096 parishes and 40 missions with 1,016 priests, 283 deacons, 3,368 lay religious and 26 seminarians.

Deaneries

It comprises 45 deaneries :