The Catholic Church in Germany comprises 7 ecclesiastical provinces each headed by an archbishop. The provinces are in turn subdivided into 20 dioceses and 7 archdioceses each headed by a bishop or an archbishop.

List of Dioceses

Episcopal Conference of Germany

Ecclesiastical province of Bamberg

Ecclesiastical province of Berlin

Ecclesiastical province of Cologne

Alternative name: Rhenish Ecclesiastical Province

Ecclesiastical province of Freiburg im Breisgau

Alternative name: Upper Rhenish Ecclesiastical Province

Ecclesiastical province of Hamburg

Alternative name: Northern German Ecclesiastical Province

Ecclesiastical province of Munich and Freising

Ecclesiastical province of Paderborn

Alternative name: Central German Ecclesiastical Province

References

See also

List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Germany between 1821 and 1993

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