Deanery Görlitz-Wittichenau
The deanery Görlitz-Wittichenau ( Upper Sorbian deanery Zhorjelc-Kulow ) is one of the three deaneries in the Roman Catholic diocese of Görlitz .
history
On August 4, 2004, Bishop Rudolf Müller decreed the reorganization of the previous deaneries Cottbus, Finsterwalde-Lübben, Görlitz, Neuzelle and Senftenberg as of September 1, 2004. The reason for the restructuring was the decreasing number of believers and pastors in the Görlitz diaspora. In addition, it was foreseeable that around half of the previous parishes and parish curatios in the diocese would not be able to continue to exist independently. Already in the pastoral plan of the diocese of October 16, 2001, a merger of parishes had been prepared. The deanery emerged from the deanery Görlitz and today's parishes Wittichenau and Hoyerswerda (previously Bernsdorf, Hoyerswerda, Lauta, Lohsa and Wittichenau) which belonged to the old deanery Senftenberg. Crossing the state border in this deanery led to problems and justified the incorporation of these parishes into the Saxon deanery of the diocese.
dean
The dean and his deputy are appointed by the bishop. The priests of the deanery convention have the right to propose an election from their own ranks. The current dean is the pastor of the Hl. Family Hoyerswerda parish. The dean is responsible for the implementation of regular dean's conventions for the exchange of information between the priests and staff. In the event of the death of a dean's priest, the dean is responsible for organizing the funeral.
location
The Deanery Görlitz-Wittichenau is located in the Free State of Saxony and includes all Saxon areas of the Görlitz diocese with the parishes of Görlitz, Hoyerswerda, Niesky, Weißwasser and Wittichenau. It is in the districts of Görlitz and Bautzen ; the western part belongs to the Sorbian settlement area .
List of church buildings
The list contains the parish churches in the deanery Görlitz-Wittichenau and the associated branch churches or chapels.
Explanations of the status: B = bishop's church (cathedral), Pfk = parish church, Fk = branch church, K = chapel
| image | church | place | status | Remarks |
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Holy Cross Church Goerlitz
(Parish of St. Wenceslas Görlitz) |
Goerlitz | Pfk | The parish was founded in 2012 from six independent parishes.
With over 7,000 Catholics, it is the largest parish in the diocese |
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St. Jakobus Cathedral in Goerlitz | Goerlitz | B. | Bishop's Church of the Diocese of Görlitz, until 2012 parish church of the Dompfarrei, since then part of the parish of St. Wenceslas |
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St. Hedwig Goerlitz-Rauschwalde
(Affiliate church of the parish St. Wenzel Görlitz) |
Goerlitz | Fk | Parish of St. Hedwig and St. Wenzeslaus Görlitz - Jauernick dissolved in 2012 |
| Monastery Church of St. Johannes and Franziskus Görlitz
(Affiliate church of the parish St. Wenzel Görlitz) |
Goerlitz | Fk | Pastoral Care Curacy St. Carolus dissolved in 2012 | |
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Collegiate Church of St. Wenzeslaus Jauernick
(Affiliate church of the parish St. Wenzel Görlitz) |
Jauernick | Fk | Parish of St. Hedwig and St. Wenzeslaus Görlitz - Jauernick dissolved in 2012 |
| St. Anna Reichenbach
(Affiliate church of the parish St. Wenzel Görlitz) |
Reichenbach | Fk | ||
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Holy Family Hoyerswerda
(Parish of the Holy Family Hoyerswerda) |
Hoyerswerda | Pfk | |
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St. Thomas More Hoyerswerda
(Branch church of the parish of the Hoyerswerda family) |
Hoyerswerda | Fk | |
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St. Josef Lauta
(Branch church of the parish of the Hoyerswerda family) |
Lauta | Fk | Parish Curatia dissolved in 2010, parish to Hoyerswerda |
| To the Guardian Angels Lohsa
(Branch church of the parish of the Hoyerswerda family) |
Lohsa | Fk | Parish Curatia dissolved in 2010, parish to Hoyerswerda | |
| St. Josef Niesky
(Parish of St. Josef Niesky) |
Niesky | Pfk | ||
| St. Maria Rosary Queen Rothenburg
(Branch church of the parish St. Josef Niesky) |
Rothenburg | Fk | Parish dissolved in 2010, parish to Niesky | |
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St. Theresia Rietschen
(Chapel of the parish of St. Josef Niesky) |
Rattle | K | |
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Holy Cross Weißwasser
(Parish of St. Cross Weißwasser) |
White water | Pfk | |
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St. Maria Himmelfahrt Bad Muskau
(Affiliate church of the parish Hl. Kreuz Weißwasser) |
Bad Muskau | Fk | Parish dissolved in 2010, parish to Weißwasser |
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St. Mary's Assumption Wittichenau
(Parish Assumption of Mary Wittichenau) |
Wittichenau | Pfk | the only parish in the diocese of Görlitz with a majority Catholic population (approx. 60% of Wittichenau residents are Catholic) and their own Sorbian pastor; Church services in German and Sorbian |
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To the Holy Cross Wittichenau
(Branch church of the parish Maria Himmelfahrt Wittichenau) |
Wittichenau | Fk | |
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St. Joseph Bernsdorf
(Branch church of the parish Maria Himmelfahrt Wittichenau) |
Bernsdorf | Fk | Parish dissolved in 2010, parish to Wittichenau |
| St. Markus Sollschwitz
(Chapel of the parish Maria Himmelfahrt Wittichenau) |
Target sweat | K | ||
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St. Benno Hoske
(Chapel of the parish Maria Himmelfahrt Wittichenau) |
Hoske | K | |
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To all saints Rachlau
(Chapel of the parish Maria Himmelfahrt Wittichenau) |
Rachlau | K | |
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Christ King Dörgenhausen
(Chapel of the parish Maria Himmelfahrt Wittichenau) |
Dörgenhausen | K | |
| St. Maria Visitation Saalau
(Chapel of the parish Maria Himmelfahrt Wittichenau) |
Saalau | K | ||
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St. Nicholas Keula
(Chapel of the parish Maria Himmelfahrt Wittichenau) |
Keula | K | Smallest chapel in the Diocese of Görlitz |
| Holy Cross Kotten
(Chapel of the parish Maria Himmelfahrt Wittichenau) |
Kotten | K | ||
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St. Johannes Dubring
(Chapel of the parish Maria Himmelfahrt Wittichenau) |
Dubring | K |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Official Journal of the Diocese of Görlitz Issue 6 - 2012. (PDF) Accessed on December 9, 2018 .
- ↑ Parish of St. Wenzel Görlitz. Retrieved December 9, 2018 .