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.
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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. ChristophorusHimmelkronMass times recorded
- St. ClemensNeudorfView parish
- St. ClemensNürnbergView parish
- St. Clemens Maria HofbauerNeuenmarktView parish
- St. CyriakusStaffelbachView parish
- St. CyriakusWässerndorfView parish
- St. DionysiusVirnsbergView parish
- St. ElisabethCreidlitzView parish
- St. ElisabethMöhrendorfMass times recorded
- St. ElisabethNürnbergView parish
- St. Elisabeth von ThüringenKüpsView parish
- St. ErhardWichsensteinView parish
- St. FelicitasUntertrubachView parish
- St. FranziskusEckersdorfMass times recorded
- St. FranziskusNürnbergView parish
- St. FranziskusSchwarzenbachView parish
- St. GallusOberscheinfeldMass times recorded
- St. GangolfBambergView parish
- St. GeorgEffeltrichView parish
- St. GeorgFriesenView parish
- St. GeorgHöchstadtView parish
- St. GeorgLembachView parish
- St. GeorgMarienrothView parish
- St. GeorgNeuzirkendorfView parish
- St. GeorgOberngrubView parish
- St. GeorgPoppendorfView parish
- St. GeorgWeigelshofenView parish
- St. GeorgWeingarts-RegensburgView parish
- St. GeorgWolfersgrünView parish
- St. Georg mit Maria HilfNürnbergView 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.