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
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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.
- St. OttoNürnbergView parish
- St. OttoReundorfView parish
- St. OttoSchnabelwaidView parish
- St. PankratiusSteinbergView parish
- St. Pankratius am GügelZeckendorfView parish
- St. Patrona BavarieaEhrlView parish
- St. PaulHeiligenstadt-BurggrubMass times recorded
- St. PaulSchwaigView parish
- St. PaulStrullendorfView parish
- St. Peter und PaulErlangenView parish
- St. Peter und PaulKauernhofenView parish
- St. Peter und PaulKemmernView parish
- St. Peter und PaulLangensendelbachView parish
- St. Peter und PaulNeuhaus a. d. PegnitzView parish
- St. Peter und PaulPfaffendorfView parish
- St. Peter und PaulRattelsdorfView parish
- St. Peter und PaulSchnaidView parish
- St. Peter und PaulSeinsheimView parish
- St. Peter und PaulStadelhofenView parish
- St. Peter und PaulTiefenstockheimView parish
- St. Peter und PaulUnterleinleiterView parish
- St. Peter und PaulZapfendorfView parish
- St. Peter und St. Georg (Dom)BambergView parish
- St. Petrus CanisiusPresseckView parish
- St. Petrus und MarceliniusTrunstadtView parish
- St. Petrus und PaulusEffelterView parish
- St. Petrus und PaulusUnteraltenbernheimView parish
- St. Petrus und St. Dionysius mit GefährtenBanzView parish
- St. SebaldErlangenView parish
- St. SebastianAutenhausenView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
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.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
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.