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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 each headed by a

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List of dioceses

Episcopal Conference of Germany

Ecclesiastical province of Bamberg

Archdiocese of Bamberg The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bamberg (Latin: ''Archidioecesis Metropolitae Bambergensis'') is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Bavaria, one of 27 in Germany. In 2015, 32.9% of the population identified as Catholic, and 15.6% o ...

** Diocese of Eichstätt ** Diocese of Speyer **

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 associated ...

Ecclesiastical province of Berlin

Archdiocese of Berlin The Archdiocese of Berlin () is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Germany. The episcopal see, archepiscopal see is in Berlin, with the archdiocese's territory extending over Northeast Germany. As o ...

** Diocese of Dresden-Meissen ** Diocese of Görlitz

Ecclesiastical province of Cologne

Alternative name: Rhenish Ecclesiastical Province *

Archdiocese of Cologne The Archdiocese of Cologne (; ) is a Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic Church in western North Rhine-Westphalia and northern Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany. History At an early date Christianity came to Cologne with the Roman soldiers ...

Diocese of Aachen The Diocese of Aachen () is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church located in Germany and one of the six dioceses in the ecclesiastical province of Cologne. The incumbent bishop is Helmut Dieser, who was appointed by Pope Francis on 23 September ...

** Diocese of Essen ** Diocese of Limburg ** Diocese of Münster **

Diocese of Trier The Diocese of Trier (), in English historically also known as ''Treves'' () from French ''Trèves'', is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic church in Germany.Archdiocese of Freiburg im Breisgau **

Diocese of Mainz The Diocese of Mainz, (, ) historically known in English as Mentz as well as by its French name Mayence, is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Germany. It was founded in 304, promoted in 780 to Metropol ...

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, '' B ...

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 of the Catholic Church in the north of Germany and covers the Federal States of Hamburg and Schlesw ...

Diocese of Hildesheim The Diocese of Hildesheim () is a Latin Church 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 Rheims, Ebbo, as bishop. ...

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 associated ...

Ecclesiastical province of Munich and Freising

Archdiocese of Munich and Freising The Archdiocese of Munich and Freising (, ) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Bavaria, Germany.Diocese of Augsburg Diocese of Augsburg () is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in Germany. The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Munich. History Early history The present city of Augsburg appears in Strabo as ''Damasia'', a stronghold of t ...

Diocese of Passau The Diocese of Passau (; ) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in Germany that is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising.Diocese of Regensburg The Diocese of Regensburg (; ) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church with its episcopal see based 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 Metropolitan Archdiocese of Paderborn () is a Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Germany; its seat is Paderborn.

** Diocese of Erfurt **

Diocese of Fulda The Diocese of Fulda () is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in the north of the Germany, German state of Hessen. It is a suffragan diocese of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Paderborn, Archdiocese of Paderborn. The bishop's episc ...

Diocese of Magdeburg The Diocese of Magdeburg () is a Latin Church diocese 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 territo ...

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 () is the Catholic cathedral of the Archdiocese of Berlin on Bebelplatz in the historic centre of Berlin. Dedicated to Hedwig of Silesia, it was erected from 1747 to 1773 by order of Frederick the Great according to pla ...

. 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

{{Roman Catholic dioceses in Germany *

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