Archdiocese of Köln
Colonien(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Köln, Germany
The Archdiocese of Cologne is one of the oldest Latin Church sees in Germany, with origins as a bishopric around 313 and raised to an archdiocese in the early medieval period. It is the metropolitan see of the Cologne province and is led by Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki since 2014.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 313
- Latin
- Colonien(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Joseph
- Annuario code
- 001001883
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,738,000
- Population
- 5,522,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 31.5%
- Priests
- 840
- Catholics per priest
- 2,069
- Extent
- 6,181 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 281
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
- Rainer Woelki
- Born
- 18 August 1956
- 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
Cologne Cathedral stands in Köln, 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 Cologne
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of AachenAachen
- Diocese of EssenEssen
- Diocese of LimburgLimburg
- Diocese of MünsterMünster
- Diocese of TrierTrier
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Western North Rhine-Westphalia and the northern Rhineland-Palatinate form the territory of the Archdiocese of Cologne (Latin: Archidioecesis Coloniensis; German: Erzbistum Köln), a Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Germany.
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The see's own website · Wikipedia
Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.