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.
On the map
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- 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. Rochus Und AugustinusBonnView parish
- Pfarrei St. ServatiusRhein Sieg KreisView parish
- Pfarrei St. SeverinKölnView parish
- Pfarrei St. StephanKölnView parish
- Pfarrei St. SuitbertusMettmannView parish
- Pfarrei St. SuitbertusRemscheidView parish
- Pfarrei St. Theodor Und St. ElisabethKölnView parish
- Pfarrei St. Thomas MorusBonnView parish
- Pfarrei Zu Den Heiligen Rochus Dreikoenigen Und BartholomaeusKölnView parish
- Seelsorgebereich AlfterRhein Sieg KreisView parish
- Seelsorgebereich Am EnnertBonnView parish
- Seelsorgebereich Am Heumarer DreieckKölnView parish
- Seelsorgebereich Am StommelerbuschRhein Erft KreisView parish
- Seelsorgebereich An Broel Und WiehlOberbergischer_KreisView parish
- Seelsorgebereich An Rhein Und SiegBonnView parish
- Seelsorgebereich Angerland KaiserswerthDüsseldorfView parish
- Seelsorgebereich Bad HonnefRhein Sieg KreisView parish
- Seelsorgebereich Bad MuenstereifelEuskirchenView parish
- Seelsorgebereich Barmen NordostWuppertalView parish
- Seelsorgebereich Barmen Wupperbogen OstWuppertalView parish
- Seelsorgebereich Benrath UrdenbachDüsseldorfView parish
- Seelsorgebereich Bensberg MoitzfeldRheinisch Bergischer_KreisView parish
- Seelsorgebereich Bergheim ErftRhein Erft KreisView parish
- Seelsorgebereich Bergheim OstRhein Erft KreisView parish
- Seelsorgebereich Bergheim SuedRhein Erft KreisView parish
- Seelsorgebereich Bergisch Gladbach WestRheinisch Bergischer_KreisView parish
- Seelsorgebereich Bocklemuend Mengenich Und VogelsangKölnView parish
- Seelsorgebereich Bonn Bad GodesbergBonnView parish
- Seelsorgebereich Bonn MelbtalBonnView parish
- Seelsorgebereich Bonn SuedBonnView 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.