Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Freiburg

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Freiburg
Archdiocese of Freiburg im Breisgau
Archidioecesis Friburgensis

Freiburg Minster
Location
Country Germany
Ecclesiastical province Freiburg
Metropolitan Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg
Statistics
Area 16,229 km2 (6,266 sq mi)
Population
- Catholics
2,088,512 (43.1%)
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Rite Roman Rite
Established 16 August 1821
Cathedral Freiburg Minster
Patron saint Virgin Mary
St. Conrad of Constance
St. Gebhard of Constance
Current leadership
Pope Benedict XVI
Archbishop Robert Zollitsch
Archbishop of Freiburg
Auxiliary Bishop Rainer Klug, Bernd Joachim Uhl, Paul Friedrich Wehrle
Map
Website
erzbistum-freiburg.de

The Archdiocese of Freiburg im Breisgau (Latin Archidioecesis Friburgensis) is a Roman Catholic diocese in Baden-Württemberg comprising the former states of Baden and Hohenzollern. The Archdiocese of Freiburg is led by an archbishop, Robert Zollitsch, who also serves as the metropolitan bishop of the Upper-Rhine ecclesiastical province for the suffragan dioceses of Mainz and Rottenburg-Stuttgart. Its seat is Freiburg im Breisgau.

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History

In 1821 the Archdiocese of Freiburg was founded out of the Diocese of Constance as well as parts of the Mainz, Straßburg, Worms and Würzburg dioceses. Freiburg pastor Bernhard Boll became the first bishop in 1827. Well known successors were Conrad Gröber and Hermann Schäufele

Today, church closures are not seen in the archdiocese of Freiburg. The same goes for the consolidation of parishes. The Archdiocese of Freiburg exercises the concept of “unions of pastoral guidance”.

On November 1, 2005 the archbishop Dr. Robert Zollitsch enacted “Pastoral Guidelines” for the first time in the history of the Archdiocese. These guidelines are given the title “Shaping the awakening”.

Patron Saints

Diocese Organization

The Archdiocese is organized into seven regions, and these regions are in turn organized into numerous deanships.

The northernmost archdiocese jurisdiction is the parish of St. Laurentius in Freudenberg.

Church Institutions

Entrance to the ordinariate of the archbishop, Freiburg Breisgau.

Schools

Through its scholarly foundation the Archdiocese of Freiburg administers 17 comprehensive secondary schools (Gymnasien), 6 secondary schools (Realschulen), one primary school, one technical school for elderly care, one vocational college, and two boarding schools.

Seminaries

The Archdiocese maintains a priest seminary in Freiburg, the Collegium Borromaeum (CB), where candidates for priesthood live during their theological studies at Freiburg's Albert-Ludwigs University. The CB lies in proximity to the Freiburger Cathedral and the ordinariate of the archbishop. Archbishop Robert Zollitsch was, among other things, a repetitor (tutor) at the CB for several years. Pastoral training takes place in a seminary in St. Peter, where Robert Zollitsch likewise functioned as a lecturer.

Literature

  • Archdiocese of Freiburg (2001) (in German). Realschematismus der Erzdiözese Freiburg i. Br. Karlsruhe: Archbishop Ordinariate of Freiburg i. Br. OCLC 314084689. 

External links

v · d · eRoman Catholic dioceses in Germany
Province of Bamberg
Province of Berlin
Province of Cologne
Province of Freiburg
Archdiocese of Freiburg · Diocese of Mainz · Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart
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