Deutschland Kirchenprovinzen beschriftet

The Catholic Church in Germany comprises 7

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s each headed by an

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. The provinces are in turn subdivided into 20

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s and 7

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s each headed by a

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List of Dioceses

Episcopal Conference of Germany

Ecclesiastical province of Bamberg

Archdiocese of Bamberg The Archdiocese of Bamberg (lat. ''Archidioecesis Bambergensis'') is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Bavaria and is one of 27 Roman Catholic dioceses in Germany. In 2015, 32.9% of the population identified as Catholic, and 15.6% of tho ...

** Diocese of Eichstätt **

Diocese of Speyer The Diocese of Speyer (lat. Dioecesis Spirensis) is a diocese of the Catholic Church in Germany. The diocese is located in the South of the Rhineland-Palatinate and comprises also the Saarpfalz Districts of Germany, district in the east of the S ...

Diocese of Würzburg In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associate ...

Ecclesiastical province of Berlin

* Archdiocese of Berlin **

Diocese of Dresden-Meissen In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associat ...

** Diocese of Görlitz

Ecclesiastical province of Cologne

Alternative name: Rhenish Ecclesiastical Province * Archdiocese of Cologne ** Diocese of Aachen **

Diocese of Essen The Diocese of Essen is a bishopric of the Catholic Church in Germany, founded on 1 January 1958. The Bishop of Essen is seated in Essen Cathedral (''Essener Dom'' or ''Essener Münster''), once the church of Essen Abbey, and over one thousand yea ...

** Diocese of Limburg **

Diocese of Münster In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associate ...

** Diocese of Trier

Ecclesiastical province of Freiburg im Breisgau

Alternative name: Upper Rhenish Ecclesiastical Province *

Archdiocese of Freiburg im Breisgau The Archdiocese of Freiburg im Breisgau (Latin ''Archidioecesis Friburgensis'') is a Roman Catholic diocese in Baden-Württemberg comprising the former states of Baden and Hohenzollern (state), Hohenzollern. The Archdiocese of Freiburg is led by ...

** Diocese of Mainz **

Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart The Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Germany. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Freiburg in Baden-Württemberg, '' Bu ...

Ecclesiastical province of Hamburg

Alternative name: Northern German Ecclesiastical Province *

Archdiocese of Hamburg The Archdiocese of Hamburg (Lat. ''Archidioecesis Hamburgensis''; Ger. Erzbistum Hamburg) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese in the north of Germany and covers the Federal States of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein as well as ...

Diocese of Hildesheim The Diocese of Hildesheim (Latin: ''Dioecesis Hildesiensis'') is a diocese of the Catholic Church in Germany. Founded in 815 as a missionary diocese by King Louis the Pious, his son Louis the German appointed the famous former archbishop of Rheim ...

Diocese of Osnabrück In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associat ...

Ecclesiastical province of Munich and Freising

* Archdiocese of Munich and Freising ** Diocese of Augsburg ** Diocese of Passau **

Diocese of Regensburg The Diocese of Regensburg ( la, Dioecesis Ratisbonensis) is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory seated in Regensburg, Germany. Its district covers parts of northeastern Bavaria; it is subordinate to the archbishop of Munich and Freising. , ...

Ecclesiastical province of Paderborn

Alternative name: Central German Ecclesiastical Province *

Archdiocese of Paderborn The Archdiocese of Paderborn is an archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in Germany; its seat is Paderborn.Diocese of Erfurt The Diocese of Erfurt is a diocese of the Catholic church in Germany. The diocese was created in 1973 as the apostolic administration of Erfurt-Meiningen, and was elevated in 1994 to the current diocese of Erfurt. The diocese is a suffragan of the ...

** Diocese of Fulda **

Diocese of Magdeburg The Diocese of Magdeburg is a diocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church, located in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. Its seat is Magdeburg; it is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Paderborn. The Diocese was erected out of Paderborn terr ...

Gallery of Archdioceses

File:Bamberger Dom BW 6.JPG , The seat of the Archdiocese of Bamberg is Imperial Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Paul and St. George. File:Berlin, Mitte, Bebelplatz, Hedwigskathedrale 02.jpg , The seat of the Archdiocese of Berlin is

St. Hedwig's Cathedral St. Hedwig's Cathedral (german: St.-Hedwigs-Kathedrale) is a Catholic church on Bebelplatz in the historic centre of Berlin. Dedicated to Hedwig of Silesia, it was erected from 1747 to 1887 by order of Frederick the Great according to plans by G ...

. File:Kölner Dom von Osten.jpg , The seat of the Archdiocese of Cologne is Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Mary. File:2 Freiburger Münster.JPG , The seat of the Archdiocese of Freiburg is Cathedral of Our Lady. File:Domkirche Sankt Marien Hamburg.jpg , The seat of the Archdiocese of Hamburg is Cathedral of St. Mary. File:Frauenkirche Munich - View from Peterskirche Tower2.jpg, The seat of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising is Cathedral of Our Lady. File:Freisinger Dom aussen 01.jpg, The co-seat of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising is Cathedral of Our Lady’s Nativity, Sts. Corbinian, Lantpert, Nonnosus, and Sigismund. File:Dom zu paderborn1.jpg, The seat of the Archdiocese of Paderborn is Cathedral of Sts. Mary, Liborius and Kilian.

References

Catholic-Hierarchy entry