Archdiocese of Paderborn
Paderbornen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Paderborn, Germany
The Archdiocese of Paderborn is a metropolitan Latin Church see in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, founded in 799 and elevated to an archdiocese in 1930. Its suffragans are Erfurt, Fulda, and Magdeburg, and Udo Markus Bentz has been archbishop since 2023.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 799
- Latin
- Paderbornen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Kilian and Saint Liborius
- Annuario code
- 001002508
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,596,405
- Population
- 4,856,342
- Catholic share
- 32.9%
- Priests
- 766
- Catholics per priest
- 2,084
- Extent
- 14,750 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 108
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Udo Markus Bentz
- Born
- 3 March 1957
- Birthplace
- Rülzheim
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Paderborn Cathedral stands in Paderborn, 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.
The province of Paderborn
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of ErfurtErfurt
- Diocese of FuldaFulda
- Diocese of MagdeburgMagdeburg
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Seated at Paderborn, the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Paderborn (Latin: Archidioecesis Metropolitae Paderbornensis) is a Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Germany. A diocese from its foundation in 799 until 1802, and again from 1821 to 1930, it was raised to archiepiscopal rank in 1930. Between 1281 and 1802 the Bishopric of Paderborn (German: Fürstbistum Paderborn) also held standing as a state of the Holy Roman Empire.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].