Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint Gallen
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Diocese of St. Gallen Diœcesis Sancti Galli Bistum Sankt Gallen | |
---|---|
Location | |
Country | Switzerland |
Metropolitan | Immediately Subject to the Holy See |
Statistics | |
Area | 2,429 km2 (938 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2017) 650,134 261,690 (40.3%) |
Parishes | 142 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 8 April 1847 |
Cathedral | Abbey of Saint Gall |
Patron saint | Saint Gall |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Markus Büchel |
Map | |
Map of the Diocese | |
Website | |
bistum-stgallen.ch |
The Catholic Diocese of Saint Gallen (Latin: Diœcesis Sancti Galli) is a Latin Catholic diocese in St. Gallen, Switzerland.
The diocese was created in 1824 but united with the episcopal see of Chur until 1847.
Much of the territory had earlier been part of the Diocese of Konstanz.
The St Gallen Cathedral, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is the see of the diocese.
Ordinaries
- Karl Rudolf Graf von Buol-Schauenstein (1824-1833), last Prince- Bishop of Chur
- Johann Georg Bossi (1835–1836)
- Vacant (1837–1845)
- Johann Peter Mirer (1846–1862)
- Karl Johann Greith (1862–1882)
- Augustin Egger (1882–1906)
- Ferdinand Rüegg (1906–1913)
- Robert Bürkler (1913–1930)
- Alois Scheiwiler (1930–1938)
- Joseph Meile (1938–1957)
- Joseph Hasler (1957–1976)
- Otmar Mäder (1976–1994)
- Ivo Fürer (1995–2005)
- Markus Büchel (2006– )
References
Categories:
- Articles with short description
- Short description is different from Wikidata
- Articles lacking sources from December 2009
- All articles lacking sources
- Switzerland articles missing geocoordinate data
- All articles needing coordinates
- Articles missing coordinates without coordinates on Wikidata
- Articles containing Latin-language text
- Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia
- Articles with ISNI identifiers
- Articles with VIAF identifiers
- Articles with GND identifiers
- Articles with HDS identifiers
- Roman Catholic dioceses in Switzerland
- Organisations based in St. Gallen (city)
- Canton of St. Gallen
- 1847 establishments in Switzerland
- Appenzell Innerrhoden
- Appenzell Ausserrhoden
- All stub articles
- Switzerland stubs