Archdiocese of Berlin
Berolinen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Berlin, Germany
Berlin was erected as a diocese on August 13, 1930, and raised to a metropolitan archdiocese on June 27, 1994, with Görlitz and Dresden-Meissen as suffragans. Archbishop Heiner Koch has led it since June 8, 2015.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 13 August 1930
- Latin
- Berolinen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Hedwig of Andechs
- Annuario code
- 001000891
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 411,600
- Population
- 6,028,542
- Catholic share
- 6.8%
- Priests
- 335
- Catholics per priest
- 1,229
- Extent
- 28,962 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 14
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Heiner Koch
- Born
- 13 June 1954
- Birthplace
- Düsseldorf
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
St. Hedwig's Cathedral stands in Berlin, 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.
The province of Berlin
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Dresden-MeissenDresden-Meissen
- Diocese of GörlitzGörlitz
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Northeast Germany falls within the Archdiocese of Berlin (Latin: Archidioecesis Berolinensis), a Latin Church territory of the Catholic Church whose archepiscopal see is in Berlin. Its reach covers the city of Berlin, most of Brandenburg (excluding the southeastern corner, historical Lower Lusatia), and Hither Pomerania, the German part of Pomerania. As of 2004 the archdiocese counted 386,279 Catholics.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].