Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cologne

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Archdiocese of Cologne Archidioecesis Coloniensis Erzbistum Köln
Coat of Arms of the Archdiocese of Cologne
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	St. 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.