Tags: Clerical Administrative Region, Diocese.

The Diocese of Dresden-Meissen (Latin: Dioecesis Dresdensis-Misnensis; German: Bistum Dresden-Meißen) is a Diocese of Catholic Church in Germany. Founded as the Bishopric of Meissen (German: Bistum Meißen) in 968 it was dissolved in 1539 during the Protestant Reformation. The diocese was reestablished in 1921 and renamed Dresden-Meissen in 1980. The seat of the diocese is in Dresden and its patron saint is Benno. It is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Berlin.

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area (km2)
1.6934e+10
country
Germany
Established
24 June 1921 as Diocese of Meissen, 15 November 1979 renamed Diocese of Dresden-Meissen
jurisdiction
Diocese
patron
Benno, Saint Afra, Donatus of Arezzo
province
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Berlin

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