Archdiocese of Berlin Archidioecesis Berolinensis Erzbistum Berlin | |
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| Location | |
| Country |  Germany |
| Ecclesiastical province | Berlin |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 28,962 km2 (11,182 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2020) 6,028,542 411,600 (6.8%) |
| Parishes | 99 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 13 August 1930 |
| Cathedral | St. Hedwig's Cathedral |
| Patron saint | St. Hedwig of Andechs St. Otto of Bamberg St. Peter the Apostle |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Archbishop | Archbishop Heiner Koch |
| Auxiliary Bishops | Matthias Heinrich |
| Vicar General | Thomas Przytarski |
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| Website | |
| erzbistumberlin.de | |
The Archdiocese of Berlin (Latin: Archidioecesis Berolinensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Germany. The archepiscopal see is in Berlin, with the archdiocese's territory extending over Northeast Germany.
As of 2004, the archdiocese has 386,279 Catholics out of the population of Berlin, most of Brandenburg (except for its southeastern corner, historical Lower Lusatia) and Hither Pomerania, i. e. the German part of Pomerania. This means that a little over 6% of the population in this area is Roman Catholic. There are 122 parishes in the archdiocese.
The current archbishop is Heiner Koch, formerly Bishop of Dresden, who was appointed by Pope Francis on Monday, 8 June 2015, to replace Rainer Maria Cardinal Woelki, who had earlier been named Archbishop of Cologne.