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Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bamberg Archidioecesis Metropolitae Bambergensis Metropolitanerzbistum Bamberg | |
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 Bamberg Cathedral | |
 Coat of arms | |
| Location | |
| Country |  Germany |
| Ecclesiastical province | Bamberg |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 10,290 km2 (3,970 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2022) 2,116,121 644,200 (30.4%) |
| Parishes | 310 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 1 November 1007 |
| Cathedral | Bamberg Cathedral |
| Patron saint | St. Cunegundes St. Otto of Bamberg St. Henry II |
| Secular priests | 295 (Diocesan) 98 (Religious Orders) 51 Permanent Deacons |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Archbishop | Herwig Gössl |
| Suffragans | Speyer Eichstätt Würzburg |
| Bishops emeritus | |
| Map | |
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| Website | |
| eo-bamberg.de | |
The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bamberg (lat. Archidioecesis Metropolitae Bambergensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Bavaria, one of 27 in Germany. In 2015, 32.9% of the population identified as Catholic, and 15.6% of those reported that they attend Mass on Sunday—a relatively high number in Germany. The archdiocese 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.[1]