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Archdiocese of Cologne Archidioecesis Coloniensis Erzbistum Köln | |
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Location | |
Country | Germany |
Ecclesiastical province | Cologne |
Metropolitan | Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia |
Statistics | |
Area | 6,181 km2 (2,386 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2021) 5,522,000 1,738,000 ( 31.5%) |
Parishes | 514 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 313 |
Cathedral | Cologne Cathedral |
Patron saint | Saint Joseph Immaculate Conception |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Archbishop | Rainer Woelki |
Auxiliary Bishops | Dominik Schwaderlapp Ansgar Puff[1] Rolf Steinhauser |
Vicar General | Guido Assmann |
Map | |
Website | |
erzbistum-koeln.de (German) |
The Archdiocese of Cologne (Latin: Archidioecesis Coloniensis; German: Erzbistum Köln) is a Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic Church in western North Rhine-Westphalia and northern Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany.
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