Roman Catholic Diocese of Bolzano-Brixen

Diocese of Bolzano-Brixen
Dioecesis Bauzanensis-Brixinensis
Diözese Bozen-Brixen
Diocesi di Bolzano-Bressanone
Location
Country  Italy
Metropolitan Trento
Statistics
Area 7,400 km2 (2,900 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		 (as of 2006)
479,758
465,365 (97.0%)
Parishes 281
Information
Rite Roman Rite
Established 6th Century
Cathedral Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta e San Cassiano (Brixen)
Co-cathedral Duomo di Santa Maria Assunta (Bolzano)
Secular priests 339
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Ivo Muser
Map
Website
www.bz-bx.net

Cathedral in Brixen (left) Co-cathedral in Bolzano (right)

The Diocese of Bolzano-Brixen (German: Diözese Bozen-Brixen, Italian: Diocesi di Bolzano-Bressanone, Latin: Dioecesis Bauzanensis-Brixinensis) is a Catholic diocese in northern Italy, with its seat in the city of Bolzano. Its territory corresponds with that of the province of South Tyrol with its predominantly German-speaking population. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Trento.[1][2]

The present-day diocese was created by a papal bull of 6 August 1964, when the South Tyrolean parts of the Trento archdiocese around Bolzano and Merano were merged into the former Diocese of Brixen. In turn, the Austrian parts of the Brixen diocese around Feldkirch, Vorarlberg were at first allocated to the Diocese of Innsbruck and elevated to the Diocese of Feldkirch in 1968; the Ladin districts of Fodom (Livinallongo del Col di Lana and Colle Santa Lucia) and Anpez (Cortina d’Ampezzo) passed from Brixen to the Diocese of Belluno. At the same time the episcopal see was moved to Bolzano, where the Assumption of Mary parish church was elevated to a co-cathedral, while the chapter remained in Brixen.

The diocesan ordinary (bishop) is Ivo Muser, appointed on July 27, 2011 by Pope Benedict XVI.

Bishops

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  • Altwin (1049–1091 Resigned)
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  • Bl. Hartmann di Bressanone (1140–1164 Died)
  • Otto von Andechs (1165–1170 Resigned)
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  • Sebastien Stampfel (1417–1418 Died)
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  • Andreas von Austria (Österreich) (1591–1600 Died)
  • Christoph Andreas von Spaur (1601–1613 Died)
  • Charles de Habsburg (d'Autriche-Styrie) (1613–1624 Died)
  • Hieronymus Otto Agricola (1625–1627 Died)
  • Daniel Zeno (1627–1628 Died)
  • Wilhelm von Welsberg (1629–1641 Died)
  • Johann Platzgummer (1641–1647 Died)
  • Anton Crosini von Bonporto (1648–1663 Died)
  • Sigmund Alphons von Thun (1663–1677 Died)
  • Paulinus Mayr (1678–1685 Died)
  • Johann Franz von Khuen zu Liechtenberg (1687–1702 Died)
  • Kaspas Ignaz von Künigl zu Ehrenburg (1703–1747 Died)
  • Leopold Maria Joseph von Spaur (1748–1778 Died)
  • Ignaz Franz Stanislaus von Spaur (1778–1779 Died)
  • Joseph Philipp Franz von Spaur (1780–1791 Died)
  • Karl Franz von Lodron (1792–1828 Died)
  • Bernhard Galura (1829–1856 Died)
  • Vinzenz Gasser (1856–1879 Died)
  • Johannes von Leiß (Leiss) (1880–1884 Died)
  • Simon Aichner (1884–1904 Resigned)
  • Josef Altenweisel (1904–1912 Died)
  • Franz Egger (1912–1918 Died)
  • Johann Raffl (1921–1927 Died)
  • Josef Mutschlechner (1928–1930 Resigned)
  • Johann Baptist Geisler (1930–1952 Resigned)
  • Joseph Gargitter (1952–1986 Resigned)
  • Wilhelm Emil Egger, O.F.M. Cap. (1986–2008 Died)
  • Karl Golser (2008–2011 Resigned)
  • Ivo Muser (27 Jul 2011–)

References

  1. ↑ "Diocese of Bolzano-Bressanone {Bozen-Brixen}" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  2. ↑ "Diocese of Bolzano–Bressanone" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016

Coordinates: 46°42′57″N 11°39′27″E / 46.7158°N 11.6575°E / 46.7158; 11.6575

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