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.
- Seelsorgebereich Stadt BedburgRhein Erft KreisView parish
- Seelsorgebereich SuedhoehenWuppertalView parish
- Seelsorgebereich Suelz KlettenbergKölnView parish
- Seelsorgebereich SwisttalRhein Sieg KreisView parish
- Seelsorgebereich TroisdorfRhein Sieg KreisView parish
- Seelsorgebereich Verbandsgemeinde UnkelRhein Sieg KreisView parish
- Seelsorgebereich VeytalEuskirchenView parish
- Seelsorgebereich WeilerswistEuskirchenView parish
- Seelsorgebereich Wermelskirchen BurscheidRheinisch Bergischer_KreisView parish
- Seelsorgebereich WindeckRhein Sieg KreisView parish
- Seelsorgebereich Wuppertaler WestenWuppertalView parish
- Seelsorgebereich ZuelpichEuskirchenView 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.