List of church buildings in the Meißen deanery
The list of church buildings in the Meißen deanery contains church buildings of the Roman Catholic Meißen deanery in the district of Meißen , the district of North Saxony and the district of central Saxony in the diocese of Dresden-Meißen .
history
After the Reformation in Saxony , the last bishop of the old diocese of Meissen , Johann IX. von Haugwitz , in 1559 Johann Leisentrit as diocesan administrator for the remaining Catholic areas in Lausitz. With that the old diocese of Meissen in Saxony (Mark Meissen) perished. The remnants of the former diocesan area were named the Apostolic Prefecture of Lusatia with its seat in Bautzen . In 1827 the Apostolic Vicar of Saxony Joseph Dittrich established an independent parish in Meißen, to which 87 Protestant churches belonged, in 1849 a Catholic service was held in the monastery church Riesa from Meißen for the first time since the Reformation . In 1921 the new diocese of Meißen was founded with its seat in Bautzen, in 1979/80 the name was changed to Diocese of Dresden-Meißen and the bishopric was moved to Dresden.
List of church buildings
The list contains the Roman Catholic parish churches in the Meißen deanery and the associated branch churches or chapels. The number of Catholics in the deanery is 8,374 (as of 2016).
Explanations of the status: P = parish church, F = branch church, K = chapel
| image | church | Place / location | status | Remarks |
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St. John the Apostle and Evangelist Chub |
Chub (location) |
P | consecrated October 8, 1910 |
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St. Cross Roßwein (now a branch church of St. Johannes Döbeln) |
Roßwein (location) |
F. | consecrated August 10, 1958 |
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St. Benno Meissen |
Meissen (location) |
P | Built before 1887, consecrated November 6, 1887, plus the St. Agnes chapel of Prague (consecrated 1998) in the Meissen nursing home
Re-establishment of the parish of St. Benno Meißen on June 17th, 2018 (from the previous parishes of Coswig, Meißen, Radebeul) |
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Heiliges Kreuz Lommatzsch (now a branch church of St. Benno Meißen) |
Lommatzsch (location) |
F. | consecrated January 31, 1932 |
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St. Bernhard Nossen (now a branch church of St. Benno Meißen) |
Nossen (location) |
F. | consecrated September 1996 |
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St. Pius X. Wilsdruff (now a branch church of St. Benno Meißen) |
Wilsdruff (location) |
F. | consecrated September 9, 1956 |
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Holy Cross Coswig
(now a branch church of St. Benno Meißen) |
Coswig (location) |
F. | built 1993–1994, consecrated November 20, 1994 |
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Holy Spirit Weinböhla (now a branch church of St. Benno Meißen) |
Weinböhla (location) |
F. | Consecrated in 1951 |
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Christ King Radebeul
(now a branch church of St. Benno Meißen) |
Radebeul (location) |
F. | Church consecrated in 2001, architects: Günter Behnisch and Gerald Staib |
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St. Barbara Riesa |
Riesa (location) |
P | consecrated March 15, 1920, previously officer's casino, plus the chapel of St. Pius X. Glaubitz consecrated July 22, 1957
Re-establishment of the parish of St. Barbara Riesa on March 24th, 2019 (from the previous parishes in Großenhain, Riesa, Wermsdorf) |
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St. Catherine Grossenhain
(now a branch church of St. Barbara Riesa) |
Grossenhain (location) |
F. | consecrated October 6, 1907 |
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Maria, Queen of Peace Gröditz (now a branch church of St. Barbara Riesa) |
Gröditz (location) |
F. | consecrated December 22, 1956 |
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Chapel of the Holy Trinity Pulsen (now Chapel of St. Barbara Riesa) |
Pulsen , OT of the Röderaue community (location) |
K | consecrated December 26, 1956 |
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St. Hubertus Wermsdorf
( Hubertusburg Palace Chapel ) (now a branch church of St. Barbara Riesa) |
Wermsdorf (location) |
F. | built 1743–1751 during the renovation of Hubertusburg Palace |
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Christ King Oschatz (now a branch church of St. Barbara Riesa) |
Oschatz (location) |
F. | consecrated December 2, 1974 |
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Holy Pope Pius X. Mügeln (now a branch church of St. Barbara Riesa) |
Mügeln (location) |
F. | consecrated May 18, 1996 |
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St. Paulus Waldheim |
Waldheim (location) |
P | built 1925–1926, consecrated May 30, 1926 |
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St. Raphael Colditz (now a branch church of St. Paulus Waldheim) |
Colditz (location) |
F. | consecrated September 29, 1996 |
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St. Johannes Bosco Leisnig (now a branch church of St. Paulus Waldheim) |
Leisnig (location) |
F. | consecrated July 21, 1957 |
Web links
- Overview of the Dean's Office on the homepage of the Diocese of Dresden-Meißen (accessed on December 6, 2018)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Chronicle of the Riesa parish (accessed on December 27, 2016)
- ↑ Statistics 2016 Diocese of Dresden-Meißen (accessed December 11, 2018)
- ↑ [1] (accessed December 3, 2018)
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