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 St. Johannes Baptist Und St. HeinrichRheinisch Bergischer_KreisView parish
- Pfarrei St. Johannes Der Taeufer Und Mariae HimmelfahrtMettmannView parish
- Pfarrei St. Josef Und MartinMettmannView parish
- Pfarrei St. Joseph Und RemigiusKölnView parish
- Pfarrei St. Joseph Und St. AntoniusRheinisch Bergischer_KreisView parish
- Pfarrei St. LambertusDüsseldorfMass times recorded
- Pfarrei St. LambertusMettmannView parish
- Pfarrei St. LaurentiusWuppertalView parish
- Pfarrei St. LaurentiusRheinisch Bergischer_KreisView parish
- Pfarrei St. MargaretaDüsseldorfView parish
- Pfarrei St. Maria Magdalena Und Christi AuferstehungBonnView parish
- Pfarrei St. Mariae HeimsuchungOberbergischer_KreisView parish
- Pfarrei St. MarienRheinisch Bergischer_KreisView parish
- Pfarrei St. MarienRhein Sieg KreisView parish
- Pfarrei St. MartinBonnMass times recorded
- Pfarrei St. MartinEuskirchenView parish
- Pfarrei St. MartinRhein Sieg KreisView parish
- Pfarrei St. MatthaeusDüsseldorfView parish
- Pfarrei St. Mauritius Und Heilig GeistRhein Kreis_NeussView parish
- Pfarrei St. Maximilian KolbeKölnView parish
- Pfarrei St. MaximinMettmannView parish
- Pfarrei St. MichaelRhein Kreis_NeussView parish
- Pfarrei St. Michael Und PaulusMettmannView parish
- Pfarrei St. NikolausOberbergischer_KreisView parish
- Pfarrei St. NikolausRheinisch Bergischer_KreisView parish
- Pfarrei St. PankratiusKölnView parish
- Pfarrei St. PatriciusRhein Sieg KreisView parish
- Pfarrei St. Peter Und LaurentiusMettmannView parish
- Pfarrei St. Peter Und PaulMettmannView parish
- Pfarrei St. PetrusBonnMass times recorded
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.