Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hamburg

Archdiocese of Hamburg

Archidioecesis Hamburgensis

Erzbistum Hamburg
Cathedral of Our Lady, Hamburg
Location
CountryGermany
Ecclesiastical provinceHamburg
Deaneries17
Statistics
Area32,493 km2 (12,546 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2019)
5,871,102
398,425 (6.8%)
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established23 July 1973
(As Apostolic Administration of Schwerin)
24 October 1994
(As Archdiocese of Hamburg)
CathedralCathedral of Our Lady, Hamburg
Patron saintSt Ansgar
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
ArchbishopStefan Heße
SuffragansDiocese of Hildesheim
Diocese of Osnabrück
Auxiliary BishopsRev. Msgr. Horst Eberlein (Auxiliary Bishop-elect; Titular Bishop-elect of Tisedi; appointed by Pope Francis Feb. 9 '17)
Vicar GeneralRev. Ansgar Thim
Bishops emeritusWerner 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]

  1. ^ "Freue mich auf die Begegnungen", domradio, Germany, 26 January 2015. Retrieved on 26 January 2015.