Diocese of St. Gallen
| Diocese of St. Gallen | |
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| Country | Switzerland |
| Ecclesiastical province | Immediate |
| Diocesan bishop | Markus Büchel |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Ivo Fürer |
| Vicar General | Guido Scherrer |
| founding | 1823 |
| surface | 2,429 km² |
| Dean's offices | 8 (2011 / AP 2013 ) |
| Parishes | 142 (2011 / AP 2013 ) |
| Residents | 551,707 (2011 / AP 2013 ) |
| Catholics | 262,806 (2011 / AP 2013 ) |
| proportion of | 47.6% |
| Diocesan priest | 107 (2011 / AP 2013 ) |
| Religious priest | 83 (2011 / AP 2013 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,383 |
| Permanent deacons | 32 (2011 / AP 2013 ) |
| Friars | 103 (2011 / AP 2013 ) |
| Religious sisters | 379 (2011 / AP 2013 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | German , Latin |
| cathedral | Collegiate Church of St. Gallen |
| address | Klosterhof 6b, Postfach 263 9001 St. Gallen |
| Website | www.bistum-stgallen.ch |
The diocese of St. Gallen ( Latin Dioecesis Sancti Galli ) is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Switzerland .
The diocese of St. Gallen was founded on April 8, 1847. Before that, the area belonged to the Diocese of Constance and the Diocese of Chur . The exempte St. Gallen Abbey, however, held almost all episcopal rights in a large part of today's diocese territory until 1805. The patron saint of the diocese is Saint Gall . The canton of St. Gallen belongs to the diocese of St. Gallen. The Catholic denomination part of the canton of St. Gallen , a corporation under public law, is responsible for the administration of the infrastructure and tax money . The two Appenzell are directly subordinate to the Vatican, so no Appenzell pastor can become Bishop of St. Gallen. However, the Vatican has entrusted the diocese of St. Gallen with the administration of the Appenzell parishes.
The collegiate church of St. Gallen serves as the cathedral .
history
prehistory
Since the early Middle Ages , the area of today's diocese was divided between the dioceses of Chur and Constance . The bishops of Constance were in competition with the abbots of the exempten St. Gallen monastery, which had exercised almost all episcopal rights on its territory since the 9th century. After the abolition of the St. Gallen monastery in 1805, there was already a plan to establish a new St. Gallen diocese on the Swiss territory of the Diocese of Constance. In 1815 Pope Pius VII separated the Swiss parts of the diocese of Constance and placed them under the provisional administration of the abbot of Beromünster Franz Bernhard Göldlin von Tiefenau . After his death in 1819, the areas came to the diocese of Chur. The diocese of St. Gallen was founded in 1823, but is linked in personal union with the diocese of Chur. The collegiate church of St. Gallen was designated as the cathedral , where a chapter independent of Chur was founded. St. Gallen also received its own seminary.
The double diocese Chur-St. Gallen, however, satisfied neither the demands of the political nor the religious ruling class in the canton of St. Gallen . After the death of Chur Bishop Karl Rudolf von Buol-Schauenstein in 1833, the canton of St. Gallen demanded the license to practice medicine ( placetum regium ) and refused to recognize the successor Johann Georg Bossi . The Catholic College of the Grand Council of the Canton of St. Gallen therefore appointed an episcopal administrator and intervened at the Vatican. Pope Gregory XVI therefore destroyed the double diocese of Chur-St. Gallen and established an apostolic vicariate for St. Gallen under Johann Peter Mirer .
Foundation of the diocese of St. Gallen
The negotiations regarding the definitive establishment of an independent diocese of St. Gallen turned out to be difficult, however, as the Vatican connected them with the still pending question of the definitive canonical abolition of the monastery of St. Gallen. It was not until 1845 that the Vatican and the canton of St. Gallen came to an agreement. After signing a concordat , Pope Pius IX. on April 12, 1847 the founding bull. On June 29th Johann-Peter Mirer was ordained the first bishop of St. Gallen. The two half-cantons of Appenzell have been under the apostolic administration of the diocese of St. Gallen since 1866.
Further development
The spirit of Ignaz von Wessenberg wafted on in the young diocese of St. Gallen. At the First Vatican Council , Bishop Karl Johann Greith (1863–1882) spoke out against the dogmatization of papal infallibility. Furthermore, during the Kulturkampf, the Catholic Church was at times violently opposed to the liberal political leadership of the canton of St. Gallen.
Bishop Josephus Hasler (1957–1975) took part in the Second Vatican Council and Synod 72 , which gave the impetus for a comprehensive renewal of church life.
Peculiarity of the diocese
The process of electing a new bishop in the diocese of St. Gallen is unique in the world. According to the establishment bull of the diocese of St. Gallen ( Instabilis rerum humanarum natura ), the right to elect a bishop lies with the cathedral chapter . This gives the believers of the diocese a say:
The election process began in the 2006 episcopal election with a broad survey on the office of bishop. Election criteria were named in 630 entries and 40 candidates were suggested.
From this a list of six was drawn up by the cathedral chapter, checked in the Vatican and sent back to the cathedral chapter. The elected lay representatives of the parishes were then able to examine the list and remove three "less favorable" candidates from the list.
The cathedral chapter then elects a bishop, which the Pope has to confirm. After the confirmation, the public announcement of the new bishop takes place. From 1863 to 1995, the name of the bishop was announced to the people immediately after his election and confirmation from the Pope was only obtained afterwards. In 1995 Pope John Paul II banned this practice, which at that time sparked violent protests in the diocese of St. Gallen.
Dean's offices
- Deanery Altstätten
- Appenzell dean's office
- Deanery Gossau
- Deanery Rorschach
- Deanery Sargans
- Deanery St. Gallen
- Deanery Uznach
- Deanery Wil-Wattwil
Bishops of St. Gallen
See the list of the bishops of St. Gallen
Diocesan calendar
In the diocese of St. Gallen, the regional calendar for the German-speaking area is supplemented by the following celebrations (followed by the rank and the liturgical color ).
Abbreviations: H = solemn festival , F = festival , G = mandatory day of remembrance , g = non-mandatory day of remembrance , GK = general calendar , RK = regional calendar
- January 22nd: St. Vincent Pallotti , priest - g - white
- January 30th: St. Eusebius (Irish pilgrim, monk in Sankt Gallen , hermit on the Viktorsberg (884)) - G - white
- February 27: Bl. Charitas Brader, virgin, founder of the order - g - white
- May 2nd: St. Wiborada (virgin, recluse in Sankt Gallen , martyr (926)) - G - red
- May 7th: Bl. Notker (monk in Sankt Gallen , teacher and sequence writer (912)) - G - white
- July 4th: St. Ulrich (Bishop of Augsburg (973)) - G (RK: g) - white
- August 16: St. Theodor von Sitten (Bishop of Octodurus-Martinach , Patron of the Diocese of Sitten (around 390)) - g - white
- August 17th: Consecration of the St. Gallen Cathedral - in Cathedral H, in the rest of the diocese F - white
- September 2nd: Bl. Apollinaris Morel (religious priest, martyr (1792)) - g - red
- September 6th: St. Magnus von Füssen (abbot, messenger of faith in the Allgäu (around 756)) - g - white
- September 22nd: St. Mauritius and companions (martyrs of the Theban Legion , cartridge from Appenzell Innerrhoden (around 300)) - in Appenzell H (RK: g) - red
- September 25: St. Nikolaus von Flüe (hermit, peacemaker, patron saint (1487)) - H (RK: g) - white
- September 30th: St. Ursus and Viktor (martyrs, patrons of the diocese of Basel (around 300)) - g - red. The day of remembrance of St. Jerome (GK: G) is a non-mandatory day of remembrance in the diocese of St. Gallen.
- October 16: St. Gallus (monk, hermit, messenger of faith on Lake Constance, main patron saint of the diocese (around 645)) - H (RK: g) - white
- October 22: Anniversary of the consecration of churches that do not know their consecration day - H - knows
- November 3rd: St. Idda of Toggenburg (Reklusin (13th century)) - g - white
- November 16: St. Otmar (founder abbot of Sankt Gallen (759)) - F - white
- November 23: St. Columban (Abbot of Luxeuil and Bobbio , messenger of faith in the Franconian Empire (615)) - G (RK: g) - white
See also
- St. Gallen
- Catholic denomination part of the canton of St. Gallen , with a list of the parishes and pastoral care units of the canton of St. Gallen
- Switzerland
- Worldwide
literature
- Johannes fragrance: The diocese of St. Gallen . St. Gallen 1993 (special print from Helvetia Sacra)
- Xaver Bischof, Cornel Dora: Local church on the way, The Diocese of St. Gallen 1847 1997, commemorative publication for the hundred and fiftieth year of its existence . St. Gallen 1997
