Diocese of Speyer
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Diocese of Speyer (lat. Dioecesis Spirensis) is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church. The diocese is located in the South of the Rhineland-Palatinate and comprises also the Saarpfalz district in the east of the Saarland. The bishop's see is in the Palatinate city of Speyer.
The current bishop, Dr. Anton Schlembach, entered office on August 25, 1983.
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[edit] History
The Diocese of Speyer was established within the borders of the former Royal Bavarian Rheinkreis (bayrischer Rheinkreis) in 1817. In a slightly different hierarchic structure it is one of the oldest Dioceses in Germany. A bishop of Speyer was first mentioned in a document in 346.
[edit] Administration
[edit] Diocese direction
The diocese is directed by
- Bishop Dr. Anton Schlembach (since 1983)
- Suffragan Bishop Otto Georgens (since 1995)
- Vicar General Peter Schappert (since 2005)
[edit] Structuring
The diocese is structured in the following deaneries, with borders that are almost the same as the local county borders:
| Diocese | City / County | Dean |
| Bad Dürkheim | Stadt Neustadt, Landkreis Bad Dürkheim | Priest Michael Janson, Hassloch |
| Donnersberg | Donnersbergkreis | Priest Thomas Brenner, Gerbach |
| Germersheim | Landkreis Germersheim | Priest Felix Hirsch, Bellheim |
| Kaiserslautern | Stadt Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern (district) | Priest Ewald Sonntag, Kaiserslautern-Erfenbach |
| Kusel | Kusel (district) | Priest Rudolf Schlenkrich, Kusel |
| Landau | Stadt Landau, Landkreis Südliche Weinstraße | Priest Klaus Ambrust, Landau |
| Ludwigshafen | Stadt Ludwigshafen, Stadt Frankenthal, Northern part of Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis | Priest Dr. Gerd Babelotzky, Ludwigshafen-Friesenheim |
| Pirmasens | Stadt Pirmasens, Stadt Zweibrücken, Landkreis Südwestpfalz | Priest Rudolf Banzer, Pirmasens |
| Saarpfalz | Saarpfalz district | Priest Karl Josef Lindemann, St. Ingbert |
| Speyer | Stadt Speyer, Southern part of Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis | Priest Peter Nirmaier, Schifferstadt |
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