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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bamberg

Archdiocese of Bamberg
Archidioecesis Bambergensis
Erzbistum Bamberg
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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
Karte Erzbistum Bamberg.png
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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