Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cologne
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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cologne
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This article is about the modern archdiocese. For the former electoral state, see Electorate of Cologne.
| Archdiocese of Cologne Archidioecesis Coloniensis |
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 Cologne Cathedral |
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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 - Catholics |
2,191,905 (40.9%) |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 2nd Century |
| Cathedral | Cologne Cathedral |
| Patron saint | St. Joseph Mary, Mother of God |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Benedict XVI |
| Archbishop | Joachim Meisner Archbishop of Cologne |
| Auxiliary Bishop | Heiner Koch Manfred Melzer Dominik Schwaderlapp |
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The Archdiocese of Cologne (Latin: Archidioecesis Coloniensis; German: Erzbistum Köln) is an archdiocese of the Catholic Church in western North Rhine-Westphalia and northern Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany.
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History
The Electorate of Cologne was one of the major ecclesiastical principalities of the Holy Roman Empire. Cologne became a free city in 1288 and the residence of the archbishop was moved from Cologne Cathedral to Bonn.
After 1795, the archbishopric's territories on the left bank of the Rhine were occupied by France, and were formally annexed in 1801. The Reichsdeputationshauptschluss of 1803 secularized the rest of the archbishopric, giving the Duchy of Westphalia to the Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt. Cologne was, however, reestablished as the seat of a Roman Catholic archbishop in 1824, and is an archdiocese to the present day.
List of archbishops of Cologne since 1824
Main article: List of bishops and archbishops of Cologne
The following is a list of the archbishops since the Archdiocese of Cologne was re-established in 1824.
- 1824–1835: Ferdinand August von Spiegel
- 1835–1845: Clemens August von Droste-Vischering
- 1845–1864: Johannes von Geissel
- 1866–1885: Paul Ludolf Melchers
- 1885–1899: Philipp Krementz
- 1899–1912: Hubert Theophil Simar
- 1902–1912: Anton Hubert Fischer
- 1912–1919: Felix von Hartmann
- 1920–1941: Karl Joseph Schulte
- 1942–1969: Josef Frings
- 1969–1987: Joseph Höffner
- 1988–Date: Joachim Meisner
Coats of arms
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Coat of arms (modern)
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Coat of arms (ancient)
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Coat of arms of the Archbishopric of Cologne
External links
- Cologne from Catholic-hierarchy.org
"Cologne". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 1913.- (German) List of Bishops and Archbishops of Cologne Archdiocese of Cologne (Erzbistum Köln)
- (English) List of Bishops and Archbishops of Cologne Cologne Cathedral (Kölner Dom)
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