Archdiocese of Bamberg

Archdiocese of Bamberg Archidioecesis Bambergensis Erzbistum Bamberg
Location
Country	Germany
Ecclesiastical province	Bamberg
Statistics
Area	10,290 km2 (3,970 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2012) 2,163,801 713,781 (33%)
Parishes	310
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	1 November 1007
Cathedral	Bamberg Cathedral
Patron saint	St. Cunegundes St. Otto of Bamberg St. Henry II
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Archbishop	Ludwig Schick Archbishop of Bamberg
Emeritus Bishops	Karl Heinrich Braun, Werner Radspieler
Map
Website
eo-bamberg.de

The Archdiocese of Bamberg (lat. Archidioecesis Bambergensis) is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Bavaria and is one of 27 Roman Catholic dioceses in Germany. About a third (actually 38.1% in 2006) of the population is Catholic. With 15.6% this diocese has one of higher (relative) numbers of worshippers on Sunday in Germany. It comprises the majority of the administrative regions of Upper Franconia and Middle Franconia, as well as a small part of Lower Franconia and the Upper Palatinate. Its seat is Bamberg. The dioceses of Speyer, Eichstätt, and Würzburg are subordinate to it. The Diocese was founded in 1007 out of parts of the dioceses of Eichstätt and Würzburg. In 1817, the diocese was raised to an archdiocese.

At 1 November 1007 a synod was held in Frankfurt. Eight archbishops and twenty-seven bishops were present at the synod as well as the German King Henry II. Henry II intended to create a new diocese that would aid in the final conquest of paganism in the area around Bamberg. But the territory of the Wends on the upper Main, the Wiesent, and the Aisch had belonged to the Diocese of Würzburg since the organization of the Middle German bishoprics by St. Boniface, so that no new diocese could be erected without the consent of the occupant of that see.

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