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Metropolitan see Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

Archdiocese of Freiburg im Breisgau

Friburgen(sis)

Latin Church

The Archdiocese of Freiburg im Breisgau is a Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese in Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, established in 1821. It is the metropolitan see for the suffragan dioceses of Mainz and Rottenburg-Stuttgart, and is led by Archbishop Stephan Burger since 2014.

On the map

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Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, drawn to the town rather than to the door: the register holds no verified address for its cathedral.

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Established
1821
Catholics
1,855,485
Priests
862
Territory
16,229 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Archbishop
Stephan Burger
Born
29 April 1962
Birthplace
Freiburg im Breisgau

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The cathedral

Freiburg Minster stands in Freiburg im Breisgau, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

Comprising the former states of Baden and Hohenzollern in Baden-Württemberg, the Archdiocese of Freiburg im Breisgau (Latin Archidioecesis Friburgensis) is a Latin Church see whose archbishop also serves as metropolitan of the Upper-Rhine ecclesiastical province, with Mainz and Rottenburg-Stuttgart as suffragan dioceses. Freiburg Minster in Freiburg im Breisgau is its seat.

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