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.
- Seelsorgebereich Bonn Zwischen Rhein Und EnnertBonnView parish
- Seelsorgebereich Bornheim An Rhein Und VorgebirgeRhein Sieg KreisView parish
- Seelsorgebereich Bornheim VorgebirgeRhein Sieg KreisView parish
- Seelsorgebereich Brauweiler Geyen SinthernRhein Erft KreisView parish
- Seelsorgebereich Brueck MerheimKölnView parish
- Seelsorgebereich DKölnView parish
- Seelsorgebereich Dellbrueck HolweideKölnView parish
- Seelsorgebereich Derendorf PempelfortDüsseldorfView parish
- Seelsorgebereich Deutz PollKölnView parish
- Seelsorgebereich Dormagen NordRhein Kreis_NeussView parish
- Seelsorgebereich Duesseldorf Unter Und Oberbilk Friedrichstadt Und Eller WestDüsseldorfView parish
- Seelsorgebereich Duesseldorfer RheinbogenDüsseldorfView parish
- Seelsorgebereich EhrenfeldKölnView parish
- Seelsorgebereich Eller LierenfeldDüsseldorfView parish
- Seelsorgebereich ElsdorfRhein Erft KreisView parish
- Seelsorgebereich EngelskirchenOberbergischer_KreisView parish
- Seelsorgebereich Erftstadt BoerdeRhein Erft KreisView parish
- Seelsorgebereich Erftstadt VilleRhein Erft KreisView parish
- Seelsorgebereich Euskirchen Bleibach HardtEuskirchenView parish
- Seelsorgebereich Euskirchen ErftmuehlenbachEuskirchenView parish
- Seelsorgebereich Flingern DuesseltalDüsseldorfView parish
- Seelsorgebereich Geistingen Hennef RottRhein Sieg KreisView parish
- Seelsorgebereich Grevenbroich Elsbach ErftRhein Kreis_NeussView parish
- Seelsorgebereich Grevenbroich NiedererftRhein Kreis_NeussView parish
- Seelsorgebereich Grevenbroich Vollrather HoeheRhein Kreis_NeussView parish
- Seelsorgebereich Hennef OstRhein Sieg KreisView parish
- Seelsorgebereich Horrem SindorfRhein Erft KreisView parish
- Seelsorgebereich Kaarst BuettgenRhein Kreis_NeussView parish
- Seelsorgebereich Kerpen SuedwestRhein Erft KreisView parish
- Seelsorgebereich Koeln Am SuedkreuzKölnView 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
Explore the ministry of the bishop.
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.