Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Paderborn

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Metropolitan Archdiocese of Paderborn

Archidioecesis Metropolitae Paderbornensis

Metropolitanerzbistum Paderborn
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Paderborn Cathedral
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Location
CountryFlag of Germany.svg  Germany
Territory Paderborn, North Rhine-Westphalia
Ecclesiastical province Paderborn
Statistics
Area14,750 km2 (5,700 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2013)
4,856,342
1,596,405 (32.9%)
Information
Denomination Catholic
Sui iuris church Latin Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established799
Cathedral Paderborn Cathedral
Patron saint St. Kilian
St. Liborius
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Archbishop Mons. Dr. Udo Marcus Bentz
Auxiliary Bishops Matthias König, Dominicus Meier OSB, Josef Holtkotte
Bishops emeritus
Map
Karte Erzbistum Paderborn.png
Website
erzbistum-paderborn.de

The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Paderborn (Latin : Archidioecesis Metropolitae Paderbornensis) is a Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Germany; its seat is Paderborn. [1] [2] It was a diocese from its foundation in 799 until 1802, and again from 1821 until 1930. In 1930, it was promoted to an archdiocese. From 1281 until 1802, the Bishopric of Paderborn (German: Fürstbistum Paderborn) was also a state of the Holy Roman Empire.

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History

The diocese of Paderborn was founded in 799 by Pope Leo III. In the early years it was subordinated to the bishop of Würzburg. Since 855 the clergy had the right to elect the bishop. The diocese included the larger part of Lippe, Waldeck, and nearly half of the County of Ravensberg.

History of the bishopric

Restoration and later history

While the bishopric as a state had been permanently dissolved in 1802, the Diocese of Paderborn, originally suffragan to Mainz Archdiocese (till 1805), was recreated by Pope Pius VII as a suffragan to Cologne Archdiocese in 1821. Through the Prussian Concordate, it was promoted to an archdiocese in 1930, heading the new Middle German Ecclesiastical Province; at the same time, Paderborn lost its districts around Erfurt and Heiligenstadt to the Diocese of Fulda, and two small areas to the Archdiocese of Cologne. The dioceses of Hildesheim and Fulda were made its suffragans.

When the Diocese of Essen was created in 1958, Paderborn lost a significant portion of its district to it.

In the 1980s the Campingkirche was founded.

In 1994 Paderborn lost the part of its district located in the former East Germany to its newly created suffragan Diocese of Magdeburg. Also the new Diocese of Erfurt was made subordinate to Paderborn. At the same time, Hildesheim was made subordinate to the Archdiocese of Hamburg.

In the 1990s, the conflict between the Archdiocese and renegade priest Eugen Drewermann made headlines.

The current archbishop is Hans-Josef Becker.

In April 2008 pope Benedict XVI. announced Hubert Berenbrinker as a new auxiliary bishop.

Ordinaries

Bishops to 1321

ImageNamefromtoNotes
Hathumar 806815
Badurad 815862
Luithard 862887
Biso 887900
Theoderic I 900917
Unwan 918935
Dudo 935959
Volkmar 959983
Rethar 9831009
FBPB 30 Bischof Meinwerk auf Tragaltar Helmarshausen 1100.jpg Meinwerk 10091036 Immedinger
Rotho 10361051
Imad 10511076 Billunger
Poppo 10761083
Henry I 10831090
Heinrichwerl.jpg Henry II 10841127
Bernard I 11271160
Evergis 11601178
Siegfried 11781188von Hallermund?
Bernard II 11881203
Bernard III 12041223
Thomas Olivier 12231225
Wilbrand von Oldenburg 12251228
Bernard IV 12281247
Simon I 12471277
Otto von Rietberg 12771307
Günther I 13071310
Dietrich II 13101321

Prince-Bishops (1321 to 1802)

Archbishops

Bishops

Archbishops

Auxiliary bishops

Diocese (to 1802)

Diocese (1821–1830)

Archdiocese (1830–present)

Structure

The archdiocese is allocated in 19 districts ( Dekanate ).[ citation needed ]

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