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Metropolitan see Bamberg, Germany

Archdiocese of Bamberg

Bambergen(sis)

Latin Church

The Archdiocese of Bamberg in Bavaria was founded on November 1, 1007, and raised to a metropolitan archdiocese in 1817. Archbishop Herwig Gössl has led it since December 2023, with Speyer, Eichstätt, and Würzburg as suffragans.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Bamberg Cathedral, in Bamberg, Germany.

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Established
1007
Catholics
644,200
Priests
295
Territory
10,290 km²

Parishes and churches

525 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Archbishop
Herwig Gössl
Born
22 February 1967
Birthplace
München

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The cathedral

Bamberg Cathedral stands in Bamberg, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

One of Germany's 27 Catholic jurisdictions, the Archdiocese of Bamberg (Latin: Archidioecesis Bambergensis) is a Latin Church see in Bavaria with its seat at Bamberg. Its territory takes in most of the administrative regions of Upper Franconia and Middle Franconia, together with small portions of Lower Franconia and the Upper Palatinate. In 2015, Catholics made up 32.9% of the population, and 15.6% of those Catholics reported attending Sunday Mass, a comparatively high figure for Germany.