Diocese of

Görlitz

Germany

Continent: West Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Görlitz / Gorlicen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Berlin

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Websites:

Celebrations

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History

1972.06.28: Established as Apostolic Administration of Görlitz / Gorlicen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Wrocław)
1994.06.27: Promoted as Diocese of Görlitz / Gorlicen(sis) (Latin) (exchanged territory with Diocese of Berlin and Apostolic Administration of Magdeburg and became suffragan of Berlin)

Contact Info

Address: Carl-von-Ossietzky-Str. 41/43, 02826 Görlitz, Germany

Phone: (03581) 4782-0

Present Prelates

Bishop (2011.06.18 – ...):

Bishop Wolfgang Ipolt (71)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Görlitz (Roman Rite)

Bishop Wolfgang Ipolt (71)
(2011.06.18 – ...)

Bishop of Görlitz (Germany)

Odorem notitiæ Christi manifestare

Born:	1954.03.17 (Gotha, Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1979.06.30
Consecrated Bishop:	2011.08.28

Priest of Erfurt (Germany) (1979.06.30 – 2011.06.18)

Bishop of Görlitz (Germany) (2011.06.18 – ...)

Bishop Konrad Zdarsa (81)
(2007.04.24 – 2010.07.08)

Bishop emeritus of Augsburg (Germany)

Ipse enim est pax nostra

Born:	1944.06.07 (Hainichen, Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1974.03.16
Consecrated Bishop:	2007.06.23

Priest of Dresden–Meißen (Germany) (1974.03.16 – 2007.04.24)

Bishop of Görlitz (Germany) (2007.04.24 – 2010.07.08)

Bishop of Augsburg (Germany) (2010.07.08 – 2019.07.04)

Bishop Rudolf Müller
(1994.06.27 – 2006.06.24)

In gratia cantantes Deo

Born:	1931.06.24 (Schmottseiffen, Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1955.07.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1987.07.01
Died:	2012.12.25 († 81)

Titular Bishop of Nasai (1987.05.19 – 1994.06.27)

Auxiliary Bishop of Görlitz (Germany) (1987.05.19 – 1994.06.27)

Bishop of Görlitz (Germany) (1994.06.27 – 2006.06.24)

Apostolic Administrators of Görlitz (Roman Rite)

Bishop Bernhard Huhn
(1972.06.28 – 1994.06.27)

Gaudete in Domino

Born:	1921.08.04 (Liegnitz, Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1953.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1971.12.11
Died:	2007.09.14 († 86)

Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław (Poland) (1971.11.13 – 1972.06.28)

Titular Bishop of Tasaccora (1971.11.13 – 2007.09.14)

Apostolic Administrator of Görlitz (Germany) (1972.06.28 – 1994.06.27)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Rudolf Müller (1987.05.19 – 1994.06.27)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Kathedrale St. Jakobus, Görlitz, Sachsen
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Dresden–Meißen (↙), Magdeburg (←), Berlin (↖), Zielona Góra–Gorzów (↗), Legnica (→)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 9,284 km²

Population: 29,213 Catholics (4.3% of 672,019 total)

Pastoral Centres: 16 parishes

Personnel: 48 priests (39 diocesan, 9 religious), 10 deacons, 40 religious (9 brothers, 31 sisters), 2 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2026.01.09

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