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Metropolitan see Köln, Germany

Archdiocese of Köln

Colonien(sis)

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

Esri
The address the register holds for Cologne Cathedral, in Köln, Germany.

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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.

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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.