List of Catholic dioceses in Germany

The Catholic Church in Germany comprises 7 ecclesiastical provinces each headed by an archbishop. The provinces are in turn subdivided into 20 dioceses and 7 archdioceses each headed by a bishop or an archbishop.

List of Dioceses

Episcopal Conference of Germany

Ecclesiastical province of Bamberg

• Archdiocese of Bamberg
  • Diocese of Eichstätt
  • Diocese of Speyer
  • Diocese of Würzburg

Ecclesiastical province of Berlin

• Archdiocese of Berlin
  • Diocese of Dresden-Meissen
  • Diocese of Görlitz

Ecclesiastical province of Cologne

Alternative name: Rhenish Ecclesiastical Province

• Archdiocese of Cologne
  • Diocese of Aachen
  • Diocese of Essen
  • Diocese of Limburg
  • Diocese of Münster
  • Diocese of Trier

Ecclesiastical province of Freiburg im Breisgau

Alternative name: Upper Rhenish Ecclesiastical Province

• Archdiocese of Freiburg im Breisgau
  • Diocese of Mainz
  • Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart

Ecclesiastical province of Hamburg

Alternative name: Northern German Ecclesiastical Province

• Archdiocese of Hamburg
  • Diocese of Hildesheim
  • Diocese of Osnabrück

Ecclesiastical province of Munich and Freising

• Archdiocese of Munich and Freising
  • Diocese of Augsburg
  • Diocese of Passau
  • Diocese of Regensburg

Ecclesiastical province of Paderborn

Alternative name: Central German Ecclesiastical Province

• Archdiocese of Paderborn
  • Diocese of Erfurt
  • Diocese of Fulda
  • Diocese of Magdeburg

Gallery of Archdioceses

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  The seat of the Archdiocese of Bamberg is Imperial Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Paul and St. George.
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  The seat of the Archdiocese of Berlin is St. Hedwig's Cathedral.
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  The seat of the Archdiocese of Cologne is Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Mary.
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  The seat of the Archdiocese of Freiburg is Cathedral of Our Lady.
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  The seat of the Archdiocese of Hamburg is Cathedral of St. Mary.
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  The seat of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising is Cathedral of Our Lady.
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  The co-seat of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising is Cathedral of Our Lady’s Nativity, Sts. Corbinian, Lantpert, Nonnosus, and Sigismund.
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  The seat of the Archdiocese of Paderborn is Cathedral of Sts. Mary, Liborius and Kilian.

References

• Catholic-Hierarchy entry.
• GCatholic.org.

See also

List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Germany between 1821 and 1993

This page was last edited on 6 May 2022, at 17:13