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Archdiocese of Freiburg im Breisgau Archidioecesis Friburgensis Erzbistum Freiburg | |
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 Freiburg Minster | |
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| Location | |
| Country |  Germany |
| Ecclesiastical province | Freiburg |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 16,229 km2 (6,266 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2019) 4,791,293 1,855,485 (38.7%) |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 16 August 1821 |
| Cathedral | Freiburg Minster |
| Patron saint | Virgin Mary St. Conrad of Constance St. Gebhard of Constance |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Stephan Burger |
| Auxiliary Bishops | Peter Birkhofer, Christian Würtz |
| Bishops emeritus | Robert Zollitsch, Rainer Klug, Paul Friedrich Wehrle |
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| Website | |
| ebfr.de | |
The Archdiocese of Freiburg im Breisgau (Latin Archidioecesis Friburgensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Baden-Württemberg comprising the former states of Baden and Hohenzollern. The Archdiocese of Freiburg is led by an archbishop, who also serves as the metropolitan bishop of the Upper-Rhine ecclesiastical province for the suffragan dioceses of Mainz and Rottenburg-Stuttgart. Its seat is Freiburg Minster in Freiburg im Breisgau.
The 14th Archbishop of Freiburg, Robert Zollitsch, followed his predecessor Oskar Saier, who served from 1978 to 2002. On May 30, 2014 Stephan Burger was elected by the Chapter as the new Archbishop of Freiburg. He was ordained as bishop on June 29, 2014.