Roman Catholic Diocese of Magdeburg

For the medieval and early modern diocese, see Archbishopric of Magdeburg.

Diocese of Magdeburg Dioecesis Magdeburgensis
Cathedral of St. Sebastian
Location
Country	Germany
Territory	Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt
Ecclesiastical province	Paderborn
Metropolitan	Archdiocese of Paderborn
Statistics
Area	23,000 km2 (8,900 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 2,723,000 120,000 (4.4%)
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	27 June 1994
Cathedral	Cathedral of St. Sebastian
Patron saint	St. Norbert of Xanten
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Gerhard Feige Bishop of Magdeburg
Metropolitan Archbishop	Hans-Josef Becker Archbishop of Paderborn
Bishops emeritus	Leopold Nowak
Map
Website
bistum-magdeburg.de

The Diocese of Magdeburg is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic church located in the Germany. Its seat is Magdeburg; it is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Paderborn.

The Diocese was erected in 1994 out of territories belonging to the Archdiocese of Paderborn.

List of bishops of Magdeburg

1. Leo Nowak (1994-2004)
2. Gerhard Feige (since 2005)

External links

• Official site