Archdiocese of Hamburg
Hamburgen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Hamburg, Germany
The Archdiocese of Hamburg is a Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese covering Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein, and part of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, the largest German see by area. Re-established and elevated to an archdiocese in 1994, it is the metropolitan for Hildesheim and Osnabruck and is led by Archbishop Stefan Hesse since 2015.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 24 October 1994
- Latin
- Hamburgen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Ansgar
- Annuario code
- 001001571
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 398,425
- Population
- 5,871,102
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 6.8%
- Priests
- 195
- Catholics per priest
- 2,043
- Extent
- 32,493 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 12
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Stefan Heße
- Born
- 7 August 1966
- Birthplace
- Köln
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of Our Lady, Hamburg stands in Hamburg, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Hamburg
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of HildesheimHildesheim
- Diocese of OsnabrückOsnabrück
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Covering the federal states of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein along with the Mecklenburgian part of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, the Archdiocese of Hamburg (Lat. Archidioecesis Hamburgensis; Ger. Erzbistum Hamburg) is, by surface area, the largest Catholic jurisdiction in Germany. It is marked by its character as a diaspora diocese in the country's north. The archbishop's seat is the New St. Mary's Cathedral in Sankt Georg, Hamburg. On January 26, 2015, Stefan Heße, previously Generalvikar of the Archdiocese of Cologne, was named Archbishop of Hamburg.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.