Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Freiburg

Archdiocese of Freiburg im Breisgau Archidioecesis Friburgensis Erzbistum Freiburg
Freiburg Minster
Location
Country	Germany
Ecclesiastical province	Freiburg
Metropolitan	Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg
Statistics
Area	16,229 km2 (6,266 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2013) 4,735,970 1,953,041 (41.2%)
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	16 August 1821
Cathedral	Freiburg Minster
Patron saint	Virgin Mary St. Conrad of Constance St. Gebhard of Constance
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop	Stephan Burger
Auxiliary Bishops	Bernd Joachim Uhl, Michael Gerber
Emeritus Bishops	Robert Zollitsch, Rainer Klug, Paul Friedrich Wehrle
Map
Website
erzbistum-freiburg.de

The Archdiocese of Freiburg im Breisgau (Latin Archidioecesis Friburgensis) is a Roman Catholic diocese in Baden-Württemberg comprising the former states of Baden and Hohenzollern. The Archdiocese of Freiburg is led by an archbishop, who also serves as the metropolitan bishop of the Upper-Rhine ecclesiastical province for the suffragan dioceses of Mainz and Rottenburg-Stuttgart. Its seat is Freiburg Minster in Freiburg im Breisgau.

The 14th Archbishop of Freiburg, Robert Zollitsch, followed his predecessor Oskar Saier, who served from 1978 to 2002. On May 30, 2014 Stephan Burger was appointed as the new Archbishop of Freiburg. He was ordained as bishop on June 29, 2014.

In 1821 the Archdiocese of Freiburg was founded out of the Diocese of Constance as well as parts of the Mainz, Straßburg, Worms and Würzburg dioceses. Bernhard Boll became the first bishop in 1827. Well known successors were Conrad Gröber and Hermann Schäufele

Today, church closures are not seen in the archdiocese of Freiburg. The same goes for the consolidation of parishes. The Archdiocese of Freiburg exercises the concept of “unions of pastoral guidance”.

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