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
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- 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. JohannesNeustadt an der AischView parish
- St. JohannesOberasbachMass times recorded
- St. JohannesSchweisdorfView parish
- St. JohannesWitzmannsbergView parish
- St. Johannes der EvangelistPosseckMass times recorded
- St. Johannes der TäuferAuerbachView parish
- St. Johannes der TäuferFrensdorfView parish
- St. Johannes der TäuferGroßenbuchView parish
- St. Johannes der TäuferHochstahlView parish
- St. Johannes der TäuferHüttenheimView parish
- St. Johannes der TäuferIslingView parish
- St. Johannes der TäuferKersbachView parish
- St. Johannes der TäuferKirchenbirkigView parish
- St. Johannes der TäuferKirchschlettenView parish
- St. Johannes der TäuferKronachView parish
- St. Johannes der TäuferLudwagView parish
- St. Johannes der TäuferModschiedelView parish
- St. Johannes der TäuferReuthView parish
- St. Johannes der TäuferSchirnaidelView parish
- St. Johannes der TäuferSchlüsselfeldView parish
- St. Johannes der TäuferSeßlachView parish
- St. Johannes der TäuferUetzingView parish
- St. Johannes der TäuferWaischenfeldView parish
- St. Johannes NepomukLaineckView parish
- St. JohannisRothenburg o. d. TauberMass times recorded
- St. JosefBaiersdorfView parish
- St. JosefBambergView parish
- St. JosefBeringersdorfView parish
- St. JosefBuckenhofenMass times recorded
- St. JosefGaustadtView 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
Explore the ministry of the bishop.
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.