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Archdiocese of Bamberg

Archidioecesis Bambergensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Herwig Gössl, Archbishop
  • Karl Heinrich Braun, Archbishop Emeritus
  • Ludwig Schick, Archbishop Emeritus

Suffragan Dioceses

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
  • Elevated: 1 April 1818
  • Metropolitan See
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Germany
  • Square Kilometers: 10,122 (3,909 Square Miles)
  • Official Web Site: http://www.erzbistum-bamberg.de/
  • Mailing Address: Erzbischofliches Ordinariat, Domplatz 3, D-96049 Bamberg, Bundesrpublik Deutschland
  • Telephone: (0951)502.0
  • Fax: 502.2709

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Diocese of Bamberg
1 November 1007ErectedDiocese of Bamberg (erected)
Archdiocese of Bamberg
1 April 1818ElevatedDiocese of Bamberg Archdiocese of Bamberg
17 April 1936Territory LostArchdiocese of Bamberg (Königsberg) Diocese of Würzburg
4 February 1939Territory AddedArchdiocese of Bamberg (North of Nuremberg)
Diocese of Eichstätt (South of Nuremberg)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Archdiocese of Bamberg
1950730,2611,897,49838.5%6541478019111471,718285ap1951
1959787,4441,969,94140.0%5601356951,1332552,065257ap1960
1970843,9592,092,53940.3%6111647751,08822871,940347ap1971
1980860,1312,131,77540.3%4884881,7626971,420298ap1981
1990820,0002,000,00041.0%4751105851,401141921,170354ap1991
1999784,1021,876,16941.8%4111125231,49933152917308ap2000
2000779,9621,876,10241.6%4401175571,40033160917309ap2001
2001778,8741,876,10241.5%4131175301,4693238917309ap2002
2002769,6271,876,10241.0%4141125261,46345231853309ap2003
2003763,6861,876,10240.7%4041395431,40644262757309ap2004
2004757,8181,953,48338.8%3921085001,51534229757309ap2005
2006750,5451,953,48338.4%3821635451,37733283661309ap2007
2012713,7812,163,80133.0%3481274751,50249246532310ap2013
2015696,2472,118,16732.9%3411084491,55053229632310ap2016
2018677,1302,138,51331.7%321924131,63951205435309ap2019
2020656,7992,135,37230.8%3091084171,57553227405306ap2021
2022644,2002,116,12130.4%295983931,63951212389306ap2023

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Diocese of Bamberg
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 126, and Page 127
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 102
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 128
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 109
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 113
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 114
    • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 259, to Page 260
  • Archdiocese of Bamberg
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 31, Page 263, and Page 264

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