Deanery Meiningen
| Deanery Meiningen | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Political situation | Germany , South Thuringia and West Thuringia |
| Ecclesiastical province | Paderborn |
| diocese | Diocese of Erfurt |
| Metropolitan | Hans-Josef Becker |
| Diocesan bishop | Ulrich Neymeyr |
| dean | Bernhard Bock |
| Parishes | 8 (2016) |
| Catholics | 17,119 (2016) |
| rite | Latin rite |
| Liturgical language | German |
| Dean's Church | Our Lady Meiningen |
The Meiningen deanery is one of 7 deaneries in the Roman Catholic diocese of Erfurt .
The deanery is located in the south and west of Thuringia on the state borders with Bavaria and Hesse , which essentially comprises the districts of Wartburgkreis , Gotha , Schmalkalden-Meiningen , Hildburghausen and Sonneberg as well as the independent cities of Eisenach and Suhl . A large part of the Thuringian Rhön with the dean's office Geisa , which belongs to the diocese of Fulda, is an exception . The Deanery Meiningen was founded in 1949 and is located at Mauergasse 22 in Meiningen .
history
From 1007 to 1994, large parts of what is now southern Thuringia belonged to the diocese of Würzburg , which until 1920 corresponds to the state territory of the duchy and free state of Saxony-Meiningen . After Saxony-Meiningen was absorbed into the newly founded state of Thuringia , the Würzburg Episcopal Commissariat Meiningen was set up. In view of the division of Germany, Bishop Julius Döpfner founded the dean's offices in Meiningen and Saalfeld in 1949 so as not to lose ties with the Würzburg parishes in Thuringia. From 1958, bishops were no longer allowed to enter the GDR , so that in 1959 Bishop Josef Stangl appointed the two Thuringian deaneries as vicariate general . Vicar General became Dean Joseph Schönauer, who was Episcopal Commissioner from 1967. With the help of the Diocese of Würzburg, a new parish church was built in Meiningen from 1967 to 1972.
In 1973 the Vatican formed the Episcopal Office of Erfurt-Meiningen from the Thuringian areas of the dioceses of Fulda and Würzburg . The Vicar General Hugo Aufderbeck from Erfurt was apostolic administrator , and Auxiliary Bishop Karl Ebert (1973/74) and Dieter Hömer (1975–1990) were at his side for the Meiningen areas . The Meiningen dean's office finally joined the newly founded diocese of Erfurt in 1994 .
Structural reforms in the diocese of Erfurt
In 2005 the number of deaneries was reduced from 14 to 7 through a reorganization of the diocese. Furthermore, in 2008 the parish of St. Kilian in Bad Liebenstein became a subsidiary of the parish of St. Andreas in Bad Salzungen and the parish of St. Subsidiary parish assigned to the parish of St. Bonifatius in Gotha. With a structural reform that began in 2012, there will be only 33 parishes in the 7 deaneries by amalgamation in 2020. The parish Friedrichroda was assigned to the parish Gotha in 2012. In the dean's office in Meiningen, the 4 parishes of Eisenach, Gotha, Meiningen and Sonneberg are created from what were once 9 parishes.
structure
Parishes
The Meiningen deanery has 8 parishes and 13 branch churches (as of 2016).
Parish of Bad Salzungen
Parish church: St. Andreas , Bad Salzungen
Branch church:
Eisenach parish
Parish church: St. Elisabeth , Eisenach
Branch churches:
- Heart of Jesus, Gerstungen
- St. Konrad von Parzham, Ruhla
Parish of Gotha
Parish church: St. Bonifatius , Gotha
Branch churches:
- St. Karl Borromeo, Friedrichroda
- St. Peter, Ohrdruf
- Our Lady, Waltershausen
- St. Joseph, Winterstein
Church:
- Christ the King, Gotha
Chapel:
- Mary Mother of the Church, Tabarz
Hildburghausen parish
Parish church: St. Leopold , Hildburghausen
Branch church:
- St. Elisabeth, ice field
Chapel:
- Holy Spirit, Heldburg
Parish Meiningen
Parish Church : Our Lady (Immaculate Conception), Meiningen
- St. Aegidius , Wolfmannshausen
- St. Marien (Mariä Visitation), Ober Maßfeld-Grimmenthal
Church :
- Holy Cross, Römhild
Parish of Schmalkalden
Parish Church: St. Helena, Schmalkalden
Chapel:
- St. Michael, Wernshausen
Parish of Sonneberg
Parish church: St. Stefan , Sonneberg
Branch church:
- St. Marien (Mother of God of Perpetual Help), Graefenthal
Church:
- St. John the Baptist, Schalkau
Parish of Suhl
Parish church: St. Kilian, Suhl
Branch churches:
- St. Marien (Assumption of Mary), Schleusingen
- Christ the King, Zella-Mehlis
Chapel:
- St. Josef, Oberhof
Facilities
- Deanery youth pastoral care Meiningen in Eisenach, address: Alexanderstraße 45, 98544 Eisenach
- Caritas branches in Eisenach, Gotha, Meiningen and Suhl.
- Mother and Child Clinic Maria am See, Bad Salzungen
- Elderly care home Elisabethenruhe, Eisenach
- St. Elisabeth Hospice, Eisenach
- St. Georg Klinikum Eisenach gGmbH, Eisenach
- Catholic day care center St. Elisabeth in Wolfmannshausen
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Diocese of Würzburg, the diocese at the time of the German division
- ↑ Structural reform in the Diocese of Erfurt 2012 ( Memento of the original from October 31, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
