Roman Catholic Diocese of Passau

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Passau
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Roman_Catholic
gptkbp:area 5,442 km²
gptkbp:bishop gptkb:Stefan_Oster
gptkbp:cathedral gptkb:St._Stephen's_Cathedral,_Passau
gptkbp:catholicPopulation 470,000
gptkbp:coatOfArms Wappen Bistum Passau.png
gptkbp:country gptkb:Germany
gptkbp:denomination gptkb:Roman_Catholic
gptkbp:established 739
gptkbp:formerName gptkb:Bishopric_of_Passau
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Roman Catholic Diocese of Passau
gptkbp:language gptkb:German
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Bavaria
gptkb:Germany
gptkb:Passau
gptkbp:metropolitanArchbishop gptkb:Reinhard_Marx
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Secularization_of_1803
gptkbp:notableRuler Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI, ordained here)
gptkbp:officialLanguage gptkb:German
gptkbp:patronSaint Saint Stephen
gptkbp:population 1,200,000
gptkbp:province gptkb:Archdiocese_of_Munich_and_Freising
gptkbp:rite gptkb:Roman_Rite
gptkbp:territory gptkb:Lower_Bavaria
parts of Upper Austria (historically)
gptkbp:type suffragan diocese
gptkbp:website https://www.bistum-passau.de/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Passau,_Germany
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6