- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hamburg
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Map basic data archbishop: Dr. Werner Thissen Auxiliary bishop: Norbert Werbs
Dr. Hans-Jochen Jaschkevicar-general: Franz-Peter Spiza deaneries: 17 parishes: 121 Surface Area: 32.654 km² Inhabitants: 5.808.000 Catholics: 396.389 Share: 6,82 % Address: Danziger Straße 52a
20099 Hamburg
Website: www.erzbistum-hamburg.de Suffragan dioceses: - Diocese Hildesheim
- Diocese Osnabrück
The Archdiocese of Hamburg (lat. Archidioecesis Hamburgensis) (Ger. Erzbistum Hamburg) is a diocese in the north of Germany and contains the Federal States of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein as well as the part Mecklenburg of the Federal State Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. In terms of surface area it is the largest in Germany. It is characterized by its situation as a diocese in the Diaspora. Seat of the archbishop is the New St. Mary's Cathedral in St. Georg.
History
In 831 Hamburg was elevated to an archbishopric by Pope Gregory IV and in 834 the Benedictine monk Ansgar was elected to be the first archbishop. After the looting of Hamburg by Vikings in 845 the archbishopric of Hamburg was united with the bishopric of Bremen, and the archbishop's seat moved to Bremen. Still, there was a cathedral chapter in Hamburg with several special rights, which started to build St. Mary's Cathedral. The incumbents of the Hamburg-Bremen see are usually titled Archbishop of Hamburg and Bishop of Bremen between 848 and 1072, however, some later archbishops continued the tradition of naming both dioceses until 1258. During Reformation the bishopric underwent steady deterioration and finally, with the Peace of Westphalia in 1648, it ceased to exist.
By the apostolic constitution Omnium Christifidelium of Pope John Paul II, of October 24, 1994 coming into effect on January 7, 1995, the archdiocese of Hamburg was erected again. Today it consists of territory that once belonged to the dioceses of Osnabrück, and Hildesheim, namely the Free and Hanse-City of Hamburg, the State of Schleswig-Holstein and the half-State of Mecklenburg. The cathedral and the vicar-general are seated in the city-quarter St. Georg which is located in the borough of Hamburg-Central.
Ordinaries
- Theodor Hubrich † (23 Nov 1987 Appointed - 26 Mar 1992 Died)
- Ludwig Averkamp (24 Oct 1994 Appointed - 16 Feb 2002 Retired)
- Werner Thissen (22 Nov 2002 Appointed - )
References
- (German) Official site
- At catholic-hierarchy.org
Roman Catholic dioceses in Germany Province of Bamberg Province of Berlin Province of Cologne Province of Freiburg Province of Hamburg Province of Munich and Freising Province of Paderborn Sui iuris Jurisdictions Categories:- Religious organizations established in 1994
- Roman Catholic dioceses in Germany
- Religion in Hamburg
- Schleswig-Holstein
- Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
- Organisations based in Hamburg
- Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century
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