Roman Catholic Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart

Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart

Dioecesis Rottenburgensis-Stutgardiensis

Diözese Rottenburg-Stuttgart
Location
Country Germany
Ecclesiastical provinceFreiburg
MetropolitanArchdiocese of Freiburg
Statistics
Area19,514 km2 (7,534 sq mi)
Population
  • Total
  • Catholics
  • (as of 2010)
  • 5,064,000
  • 1,921,236 (37.9%)
Parishes1,037
Information
DenominationCatholic
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established16 August 1821
CathedralSt. Martin's Cathedral, Rottenburg
Co-cathedralSt. Eberhard Co-Cathedral, Stuttgart
Patron saintMartin of Tours
Secular priests902
Current leadership
PopeLeo XIV
BishopKlaus Krämer
Metropolitan ArchbishopArchbishop of Freiburg
Auxiliary BishopsThomas Maria Renz, Gerhard Schneider, Matthäus Karrer
Vicar GeneralClemens Stroppel
Bishops emeritusGebhard Fürst
Map
Website
drs.de

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.