For the medieval archdiocese, see Archbishopric of Bremen.
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Archdiocese of Hamburg
Archidioecesis Hamburgensis
Erzbistum Hamburg
Cathedral of Our Lady, Hamburg
Location
Country
Germany
Ecclesiastical province
Hamburg
Deaneries
17
Statistics
Area
32,493 km2 (12,546 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics
(as of 2019) 5,871,102 398,425 (6.8%)
Information
Denomination
Catholic Church
Sui iuris church
Latin Church
Rite
Roman Rite
Established
23 July 1973 (As Apostolic Administration of Schwerin) 24 October 1994 (As Archdiocese of Hamburg)
Cathedral
Cathedral of Our Lady, Hamburg
Patron saint
St Ansgar
Current leadership
Pope
Francis
Archbishop
Stefan Heße
Suffragans
Diocese of Hildesheim Diocese of Osnabrück
Auxiliary Bishops
Rev. Msgr. Horst Eberlein (Auxiliary Bishop-elect; Titular Bishop-elect of Tisedi; appointed by Pope Francis Feb. 9 '17)
Vicar General
Rev. Ansgar Thim
Bishops emeritus
Werner Thissen
Map
Website
erzbistum-hamburg.de
The Archdiocese of Hamburg (Lat. Archidioecesis Hamburgensis; Ger. Erzbistum Hamburg) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in the north of Germany and covers the Federal States of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein as well as the Mecklenburgian part of the Federal State of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. In terms of surface area it is the largest in Germany. It is characterized by its situation as a diocese in the Diaspora. Seat of the archbishop is the New St. Mary's Cathedral in Sankt Georg, Hamburg. On January 26, 2015 Stefan Heße, Generalvikar of the Archdiocese of Cologne, was appointed Archbishop of Hamburg.[1]
^"Freue mich auf die Begegnungen", domradio, Germany, 26 January 2015. Retrieved on 26 January 2015.
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