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| # | Catholics | Population | Percent Catholic | Province | Dioceses | Suffragans | Diocesan Priests | Religious Priests | Total Priests | Permanent Deacons | Male Religious | Female Religious | Parishes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8,728,000 | 19,133,000 | 45.62% | Köln {Cologne} | 6 | Aachen, Essen, Limburg, Münster, Trier | 4,117 | 1,429 | 5,546 | 871 | 2,104 | 9,881 | 3,574 |
| 2 | 1,637,000 | 13,608,000 | 12.03% | Hamburg | 3 | Hildesheim, Osnabrück | 884 | 179 | 1,063 | 184 | 207 | 1,742 | 767 |
| 3 | 2,499,000 | 13,135,000 | 19.03% | Paderborn | 4 | Erfurt, Fulda, Magdeburg | 1,856 | 188 | 2,044 | 210 | 317 | 3,166 | 1,108 |
| 4 | 4,908,000 | 12,407,000 | 39.56% | Freiburg im Breisgau | 3 | Mainz, Rottenburg-Stuttgart | 2,437 | 520 | 2,957 | 511 | 741 | 5,670 | 2,424 |
| 5 | 557,000 | 10,880,000 | 5.12% | Berlin | 3 | Dresden-Meissen, Görlitz | 532 | 193 | 725 | 38 | 228 | 873 | 309 |
| 6 | 5,236,000 | 7,898,000 | 66.30% | München und Freising {Munich} | 4 | Augsburg, Passau, Regensburg | 2,865 | 1,077 | 3,942 | 425 | 1,533 | 7,233 | 2,675 |
| 7 | 2,702,000 | 5,495,000 | 49.17% | Bamberg | 4 | Eichstätt, Speyer, Würzburg | 1,635 | 479 | 2,114 | 261 | 784 | 3,477 | 1,540 |
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