Metropolitan see Köln, Germany
Archdiocese of Köln
Colonien(sis)
Latin Church
The Archdiocese of Cologne is one of the oldest Latin Church sees in Germany, with origins as a bishopric around 313 and raised to an archdiocese in the early medieval period. It is the metropolitan see of the Cologne province and is led by Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki since 2014.
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- Established
- 313
- Catholics
- 1,738,000
- Priests
- 840
- Territory
- 6,181 km²
Parishes and churches
162 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Pfarrei Christus KoenigKölnView parish
- Pfarrei Heilig GeistMettmannView parish
- Pfarrei Heilige Drei KoenigeKölnView parish
- Pfarrei Heilige FamilieDüsseldorfView parish
- Pfarrei Heilige FamilieKölnView parish
- Pfarrei Herz JesuWuppertalView parish
- Pfarrei Maria Koenigin Des FriedensMettmannView parish
- Pfarrei Seliger Papst Johannes Xxiii.KölnView parish
- Pfarrei St. AgnesKölnView parish
- Pfarrei St. AnnaMettmannView parish
- Pfarrei St. AntoniusWuppertalView parish
- Pfarrei St. Antonius Und ElisabethDüsseldorfMass times recorded
- Pfarrei St. ApostelnKölnView parish
- Pfarrei St. Bonaventura Und Hl. KreuzRemscheidView parish
- Pfarrei St. BonifatiusDüsseldorfView parish
- Pfarrei St. Chrysanthus Und DariaMettmannView parish
- Pfarrei St. Clemens Und MauritiusKölnView parish
- Pfarrei St. Cosmas Und DamianusRhein Erft KreisView parish
- Pfarrei St. DionysiusKölnView parish
- Pfarrei St. Engelbert Und St. BonifatiusKölnView parish
- Pfarrei St. FranziskusKölnView parish
- Pfarrei St. Franziskus Von AssisiMettmannMass times recorded
- Pfarrei St. Franziskus XaveriusDüsseldorfView parish
- Pfarrei St. GereonKölnView parish
- Pfarrei St. Gereon Und DionysiusMettmannView parish
- Pfarrei St. Hubertus Und Mariae GeburtKölnView parish
- Pfarrei St. JacobusMettmannView parish
- Pfarrei St. Jakobus Und JosephAltenkirchenView parish
- Pfarrei St. Johann BaptistRheinisch Bergischer_KreisView parish
- Pfarrei St. JohannesRhein Sieg KreisView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Rainer Woelki
- Born
- 18 August 1956
- Birthplace
- Köln
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The cathedral
Cologne Cathedral stands in Köln, 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
Western North Rhine-Westphalia and the northern Rhineland-Palatinate form the territory of the Archdiocese of Cologne (Latin: Archidioecesis Coloniensis; German: Erzbistum Köln), a Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Germany.