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 Koeln Kalk Humboldt GrembergKölnView parish
- Seelsorgebereich Koenigswinter Am OelbergRhein Sieg KreisView parish
- Seelsorgebereich Koenigswinter TalRhein Sieg KreisView parish
- Seelsorgebereich Kreuz Koeln NordKölnView parish
- Seelsorgebereich LindlarOberbergischer_KreisView parish
- Seelsorgebereich Linksrheinisches DuesseldorfDüsseldorfView parish
- Seelsorgebereich Mauenheim Niehl WeidenpeschKölnView parish
- Seelsorgebereich MeckenheimRhein Sieg KreisView parish
- Seelsorgebereich Morsbach Friesenhagen WildbergerhuetteOberbergischer_KreisView parish
- Seelsorgebereich MuchRhein Sieg KreisView parish
- Seelsorgebereich Neunkirchen SeelscheidRhein Sieg KreisView parish
- Seelsorgebereich Neuss MitteRhein Kreis_NeussView parish
- Seelsorgebereich Neuss NordRhein Kreis_NeussView parish
- Seelsorgebereich Neuss Rund Um Die ErftmuendungRhein Kreis_NeussView parish
- Seelsorgebereich Neuss West KorschenbroichRhein Kreis_NeussView parish
- Seelsorgebereich Neusser SuedenRhein Kreis_NeussView parish
- Seelsorgebereich Niederkassel NordRhein Sieg KreisView parish
- Seelsorgebereich Nippes BilderstoeckchenKölnView parish
- Seelsorgebereich Oberberg MitteOberbergischer_KreisView parish
- Seelsorgebereich Obere SiegAltenkirchenView parish
- Seelsorgebereich Odenthal AltenbergRheinisch Bergischer_KreisView parish
- Seelsorgebereich OverathRheinisch Bergischer_KreisView parish
- Seelsorgebereich Porzer RheinkirchenKölnView parish
- Seelsorgebereich Radevormwald HueckeswagenOberbergischer_KreisView parish
- Seelsorgebereich Rheinischer WesterwaldRhein Sieg KreisView parish
- Seelsorgebereich Rommerskirchen GilbachRhein Kreis_NeussView parish
- Seelsorgebereich Rotbach ErftaueRhein Erft KreisView parish
- Seelsorgebereich RuppichterothRhein Sieg KreisView parish
- Seelsorgebereich Sankt AugustinRhein Sieg KreisView parish
- Seelsorgebereich SiegmuendungRhein 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
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.