Paderborn (Archdiocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy] (original) (raw)

Bishop(s) Udo Markus Bentz, Archbishop Josef Holtkotte, Auxiliary Bishop Matthias K�nig, Auxiliary Bishop Hans-Josef Becker, Archbishop Emeritus Hubert Berenbrinker, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus Manfred Grothe, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus Suffragan Dioceses Erfurt Fulda Magdeburg General Information Type of Jurisdiction: ArchdioceseTerritory Added: 3 February 1921 Metropolitan SeeRite: Latin (or Roman)Country: GermanySquare Kilometers: 14,750 (5,697 Square Miles)Official Web Site: http://www.erzbistum-paderborn.de/ Mailing Address: Erzbischofliches Generalvikariat, Domplatz 3, D-33098 Paderborn, Bundesrepublik DeutschlandTelephone: (05251)1250Fax: 12.51.470

Past and Present Ordinaries

Historical Summary

Date Event From To
Diocese of Paderborn
799 Erected Diocese of Paderborn (erected)
6 August 1793 Territory Lost Diocese of Paderborn Diocese of Corvey (erected)
16 August 1821 Territory Added Vicariate Apostolic of Nordic Missions Diocese of Osnabr�ck Diocese of PaderbornDiocese of Wrocław (Breslau)
16 August 1821 Territory Added Diocese of Corvey (suppressed) Diocese of Paderborn
3 June 1920 Territory Added Archdiocese of K�ln {Cologne} (Schulte-Kemna family estates) Diocese of Paderborn
1 March 1921 Territory Added Vicariate Apostolic of Anhalt (suppressed) Diocese of Paderborn
Archdiocese of Paderborn
3 February 1921 Territory Added Diocese of M�nster (Wenceslaus Havelt Estates) Archdiocese of Paderborn
13 August 1930 Elevated Diocese of Paderborn Archdiocese of Paderborn
13 August 1930 Territory Added Vicariate Apostolic of North German Missions {Germania Settentrionale} (suppressed) Diocese of Osnabr�ck Archdiocese of Paderborn
27 November 1931 Territory Added Archdiocese of K�ln {Cologne} (Auf dem D�mpel, Piene, Strasse, and Neuenschmiede) Archdiocese of Paderborn
27 November 1931 Territory Lost Archdiocese of Paderborn (Berg, Bieber, Clemens, and Stracke) Archdiocese of K�ln {Cologne}
2 January 1932 Territory Added Diocese of Fulda (Towns of Borussici, H�ringhausen, Eimelrod, Hemmighausen, and Deisfeld) Archdiocese of Paderborn
22 April 1932 Territory Added Archdiocese of K�ln {Cologne} (Eiberg in Essen) Archdiocese of Paderborn
24 March 1933 Territory Lost Archdiocese of Paderborn (R�nsahl) Archdiocese of K�ln {Cologne}
6 June 1936 Territory Lost Archdiocese of Paderborn (Gennebreck) Archdiocese of K�ln {Cologne}
1 April 1939 Territory Lost Archdiocese of Paderborn (Part of B. Mary Assumption into Heaven in Gelsenkirchen-Rotthausen) Archdiocese of K�ln {Cologne}
14 March 1942 Territory Lost Archdiocese of Paderborn (Hesslingen and Hehlingen) Diocese of Hildesheim
14 March 1942 Territory Added Diocese of Hildesheim (Calvoerde) Archdiocese of Paderborn
23 February 1957 Territory Lost Archdiocese of K�ln {Cologne} Diocese of M�nster Archdiocese of Paderborn Diocese of Essen (erected) (Bochum, Bottrop, Duisburg, Essen, Gelsenkirchen, Gladbeck, L�denscheid, and M�lhein (in Ruhr), Oberhausen, Wattenscheid; rural districts of Altena and Ennepe-Ruhrkreis (except Her decke and Wetter))
23 July 1973 Territory Lost Archdiocese of Paderborn Apostolic Administration of Magdeburg (erected)
7 December 2006 Territory Lost Archdiocese of Paderborn (St. Teresa of Jesus Infante (in Evingsen)) Diocese of Essen

Statistics

Year Catholics Total Population Percent Catholic Diocesan Priests Religious Priests Total Priests Catholics Per Priest Permanent Deacons Male Religious Female Religious Parishes Source
Archdiocese of Paderborn
1950 2,345,344 9,382,323 25.0% 1,454 464 1,918 1,222 652 6,955 605 ap1951
1970 2,339,211 8,823,432 26.5% 1,862 415 2,277 1,027 438 4,700 647 ap1971
1980 2,024,500 5,200,000 38.9% 1,262 362 1,624 1,246 18 463 4,173 548 ap1981
1990 1,869,420 4,661,000 40.1% 1,197 279 1,476 1,266 71 374 3,483 567 ap1991
1999 1,829,855 5,106,044 35.8% 1,155 137 1,292 1,416 104 201 2,601 568 ap2000
2000 1,816,330 5,109,410 35.5% 1,139 161 1,300 1,397 113 227 2,478 570 ap2001
2001 1,796,591 5,115,821 35.1% 1,135 92 1,227 1,464 111 156 2,253 570 ap2002
2002 1,786,330 4,934,408 36.2% 1,126 84 1,210 1,476 116 147 2,269 571 ap2003
2003 1,771,660 4,900,000 36.2% 1,110 81 1,191 1,487 129 137 2,272 571 ap2004
2004 1,757,474 4,900,000 35.9% 1,074 78 1,152 1,525 129 127 2,173 571 ap2005
2013 1,596,405 4,856,342 32.9% 926 111 1,037 1,539 172 162 1,548 559 ap2014
2016 1,549,230 4,785,898 32.4% 854 86 940 1,648 182 127 1,343 524 ap2017
2019 1,491,856 4,828,545 30.9% 790 82 872 1,710 176 115 1,146 484 ap2020
2021 1,495,125 4,849,150 30.8% 732 50 782 1,911 128 82 1,098 458 ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.

Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

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