Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bamberg

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Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bamberg Archidioecesis Metropolitae Bambergensis Metropolitanerzbistum Bamberg
Bamberg Cathedral
Coat of arms
Location
Country	Germany
Ecclesiastical province	Bamberg
Coordinates
Statistics
Area	10,290 km2 (3,970 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2015) 2,118,167 696,247 (32.9%)
Parishes	310
Information
Denomination	Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	1 November 1007
Cathedral	Bamberg Cathedral
Patron saint	St. Cunegundes St. Otto of Bamberg St. Henry II
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Archbishop	Herwig Gössl
Bishops emeritus	Karl Heinrich Braun Ludwig Schick
Map
Website
eo-bamberg.de

The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bamberg (lat. Archidioecesis Metropolitae Bambergensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Bavaria, one of 27 in Germany. In 2015, 32.9% of the population identified as Catholic, and 15.6% of those reported that they attend Mass on Sunday; a relatively high number in Germany. The archdiocese comprises the majority of the administrative regions of Upper Franconia and Middle Franconia, as well as a small part of Lower Franconia and the Upper Palatinate. Its seat is Bamberg. The dioceses of Speyer, Eichstätt, and Würzburg are subordinate to it. The diocese was founded in 1007 out of parts of the dioceses of Eichstätt and Würzburg. In 1817, the diocese was raised to an archdiocese.^[1]