Diocese of Rottenburg–Stuttgart, Germany

Continent: West Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Rottenburg–Stuttgart (Deutsch) / Rottenburg–Stoccarda (Italiano) / Rottenburgen(sis)–Stutgardien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Freiburg im Breisgau

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Martin de Tours (November 11)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: October 19

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1821.08.16: Established as Diocese of Rottenburg (Deutsch) / Rottenburgen(sis) (Latin) (from the suppressed Diocese of Konstanz and Abbacy nullius of Ellwangen and became suffragan of Freiburg im Breisgau)
1978.01.18: Renamed as Diocese of Rottenburg–Stuttgart (Deutsch) / Rottenburg–Stoccarda (Italiano) / Rottenburgen(sis)–Stutgardien(sis) (Latin)

Contact Info

Address: Eugen-Bolz-Platz 1, 72108 Rottenburg, Germany

Phone: (07472) 169-0

Present Prelates

Bishop:	vacant
Auxiliary Bishop (1997.04.29 – ...):	Bishop Thomas Maria Renz (66) Titular Bishop of Rucuma
Auxiliary Bishop (2017.03.02 – ...):	Bishop Matthäus Karrer (55) Titular Bishop of Tunnuna
Auxiliary Bishop (2019.04.16 – ...):	Bishop Gerhard Schneider (55) Titular Bishop of Abbir Germaniciana

Ordinaries

Bishops of Rottenburg–Stuttgart (Roman Rite)

Bishop Gebhard Fürst (75)
(2000.07.07 – 2023.12.04)

Bishop emeritus of Rottenburg–Stuttgart (Germany)

Propter nostram salutem

Born:	1948.12.02 (Bietigheim, Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1977.03.27
Consecrated Bishop:	2000.09.17

Priest of Rottenburg–Stuttgart (Germany) (1977.03.27 – 2000.07.07)

Bishop of Rottenburg–Stuttgart (Germany) (2000.07.07 – 2023.12.04)

Bishop Walter Kasper (91) (later Cardinal)
(1989.04.04 – 1999.05.31)

Cardinal-Priest of Ognissanti in Via Appia Nuova pro hac vice Title
Bishop emeritus of Rottenburg–Stuttgart (Germany)
President emeritus of Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity
President emeritus of Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews

Veritatem in caritate

Born:	1933.03.05 (Heidenheim, Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1957.04.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1989.06.17
Created Cardinal:	2001.02.21

Priest of Rottenburg–Stuttgart (Germany) (1957.04.06 – 1989.04.04)

Bishop of Rottenburg–Stuttgart (Germany) (1989.04.04 – 1999.05.31)

Secretary of Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity (1999.03.16 – 2001.02.21)

Cardinal-Deacon of Ognissanti in Via Appia Nuova (2001.02.21 [2001.03.25] – 2011.02.21)

President of Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity (2001.03.03 – 2010.07.01)

President of Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews (2001.03.03 – 2010.07.01)

Cardinal-Priest of Ognissanti in Via Appia Nuova pro hac vice Title (2011.02.21 – ...)

Bishop Georg Moser
(1975.03.12 – 1988.05.09)

Ut habeant vitam

Born:	1923.06.10 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1948.03.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1970.11.14
Died:	1988.05.09 († 64)

Titular Bishop of Thiges (1970.10.12 – 1975.03.12)

Auxiliary Bishop of Rottenburg (Germany) (1970.10.12 – 1975.03.12)

Bishop of Rottenburg–Stuttgart (Germany) (1975.03.12 – 1988.05.09)

Bishops of Rottenburg (Roman Rite)

Bishop Karl Joseph Leiprecht
(1949.07.04 – 1974.06.04)

Deus adjutor

Born:	1903.09.11 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1928.03.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1948.11.30
Died:	1981.10.29 († 78)

Titular Bishop of Scyrus (1948.10.07 – 1949.07.04)

Auxiliary Bishop of Rottenburg (Germany) (1948.10.07 – 1949.07.04)

Bishop of Rottenburg (Germany) ([1949.06.21] 1949.07.04 – 1974.06.04)

Bishop Johannes Baptista Sproll
(1927.03.29 – 1949.03.04)

Fortiter in fide

Born:	1870.10.20 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1895.07.16
Consecrated Bishop:	1916.06.18
Died:	1949.03.04 († 78)

Titular Bishop of Halmyrus (1916.03.03 – 1927.03.29)

Auxiliary Bishop of Rottenburg (Germany) (1916.03.03 – 1927.03.29)

Bishop of Rottenburg (Germany) ([1927.03.02] 1927.03.29 – 1949.03.04)

Bishop Paul Wilhelm Keppler
(1898.11.11 – 1926.07.16)

In Trinitate robur

Born:	1852.09.28 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1874.08.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1899.01.18
Died:	1926.07.16 († 73)

Bishop of Rottenburg (Germany) (1898.11.11 – 1926.07.16)

Fr. Franz Xaver Linsenmann
(1898.09.05 – 1898.09.21)

Born:	1835.11.28 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1859.08.10
Died:	1898.09.21 († 62)

Bishop of Rottenburg (Germany) ([1898.07.20] 1898.09.05 – 1898.09.21)

Bishop Wilhelm von Reiser
(1893.06.05 – 1898.05.11)

Born:	1835.05.13 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1859.08.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1886.11.14
Died:	1898.05.11 († 62)

Titular Bishop of Ænos (1886.08.31 – 1893.06.05)

Coadjutor Bishop of Rottenburg (Germany) (1886.08.31 – 1893.06.05)

Bishop of Rottenburg (Germany) (1893.06.05 – 1898.05.11)

Bishop Karl Joseph Hefele
(1869.11.22 – 1893.06.05)

Born:	1809.03.16 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1833.08.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1869.12.29
Died:	1893.06.05 († 84)

Bishop of Rottenburg (Germany) ([1869.06.17] 1869.11.22 – 1893.06.05)

Bishop Josef von Lipp
(1847.12.17 – 1869.05.03)

Born:	1795.03.24 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1819.09.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1848.03.12
Died:	1869.05.03 († 74)

Bishop of Rottenburg (Germany) ([1847.06.14] 1847.12.17 – 1869.05.03)

Bishop Johann Baptist Judas Thaddeus von Keller
(1828.01.28 – 1845.10.17)

Born:	1774.05.16 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1797.06.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1816.08.04
Died:	1845.10.17 († 71)

Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg (Germany) (1816.06.15 – 1828.01.28)

Titular Bishop of Evaria (1816.07.22 – 1828.01.28)

Bishop of Rottenburg (Germany) (1828.01.28 – 1845.10.17)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Wilhelm von Reiser (1886.08.31 – 1893.06.05)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Johannes Kreidler (77) (1991.06.06 – 2017.03.02)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Bernhard Rieger (1984.12.20 – 1996.07.31)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Franz Josef Kuhnle (1976.10.13 – 1990.11.07)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Anton Herre (1970.10.12 – 1985.12.31)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Georg Moser (1970.10.12 – 1975.03.12)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Wilhelm Sedlmeier (1953.02.07 – 1976)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Karl Joseph Leiprecht (1948.10.07 – 1949.07.04)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Franz Joseph Fischer (1929.12.19 – 1958.07.24)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Johannes Baptista Sproll (1916.03.03 – 1927.03.29)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Dom St. Martin, Rottenburg, Baden-Württemberg
Co-Cathedral: Domkirche St. Eberhard, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg
Former Cathedral, Minor Basilica: Basilika St. Vitus, Ellwangen, Baden-Württemberg
Minor Basilica: Basilika St. Georg, Ochsenhausen, Baden-Württemberg
Minor Basilica: Basilika St. Martin, Ulm-Wiblingen, Baden-Württemberg
Minor Basilica: Basilika St. Martin von Tours und St. Oswald, Weingarten, Baden-Württemberg
World Heritage Site (now secular): Kloster Maulbronn, Maulbronn, Baden-Württemberg
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

Freiburg im Breisgau (↙), Würzburg (↑), Bamberg (↗), Augsburg (→)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 19,500 km²

Population: 1,884,430 Catholics (36.0% of 5,231,780 total)

Pastoral Centres: 1,021 parishes, 99 missions

Personnel: 861 priests (741 diocesan, 120 religious), 283 deacons, 1,120 religious (145 brothers, 975 sisters), 28 seminarians