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Archdiocese of Freiburg im Breisgau

Archidioecesis Friburgensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Stephan Burger, Archbishop
  • Peter Birkhofer, Auxiliary Bishop
  • Christian Würtz, Auxiliary Bishop
  • Robert Zollitsch, Archbishop Emeritus
  • Rainer Klug, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
  • Paul Friedrich Wehrle, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

Suffragan Dioceses

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
  • Erected: 16 August 1821
  • Metropolitan See
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Germany
  • Square Kilometers: 16,229 (6,268 Square Miles)
  • Official Web Site: http://www.erzbistum-freiburg.de/
  • Mailing Address: Erzbischofliches Ordinariat, Schoferstr. 2, D-79098 Freiburg im Breisgau, Bundesrepublik Deutschland
  • Telephone: (0761)2188-0
  • Fax: 2188-505

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
16 August 1821ErectedDiocese of Konstanz {Constance} (suppressed) Archdiocese of Freiburg im Breisgau (erected)
Diocese of Rottenburg (erected)
1 January 1971Territory LostArchdiocese of Freiburg im Breisgau (Schlüchtern) Diocese of Rottenburg
30 September 1974Territory AddedDiocese of Rottenburg (Sankt Gallen in Tuttlingen called "Bruderhof" and "Hohentwiel") Archdiocese of Freiburg im Breisgau

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
19501,710,2332,605,42065.6%1,5384311,9698687466,5511,022ap1951
19702,292,5504,952,86246.3%1,1092461,3551,6914555,0771,087ap1971
19802,344,8644,000,00058.6%1,3933601,7531,337465275,3791,040ap1981
19902,256,8884,100,00055.0%1,3183261,6441,3721044943,9521,052ap1991
19992,160,6504,540,00047.6%1,1502821,4321,5081584232,7701,084ap2000
20002,148,0674,530,00047.4%1,1242441,3681,5701723832,7021,084ap2001
20012,132,2694,700,00045.4%1,0912341,3251,6091793562,5211,084ap2002
20022,124,8344,600,00046.2%1,0712541,3251,6031853632,2471,084ap2003
20032,114,7024,600,00046.0%1,0662111,2771,6551853082,2811,083ap2004
20062,088,5124,850,00043.1%1,0052111,2161,7172022941,9701,077ap2007
20131,953,0414,735,97041.2%9001071,0071,9392461871,4971,070ap2014
20161,929,0004,694,71141.1%8501921,0421,8512722601,2971,061ap2017
20191,855,4854,791,29338.7%7271038302,2352751611,0851,053ap2020
20211,874,4004,842,34038.7%7911339242,0282771518721,049ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 275
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 66, Page 580, and Page 581

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