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Catholic ChurchinFederal Republic of Germany (Germany) | ![]() |
Also known as: Deutschland (Deutsch), Alemania (español), l'Allemagne (français), Germania (Italiano, latine), Niemcy (polski), Alemanha (Português),
Formerly: East and West Germany
Continent: West Europe
Capital: Berlin
Area: 348,672 km²
Population: 80,594,017
Patron Saints: Saint Boniface, Saint George, Saint Peter Canisius, Saint Ansgar
Saints: 158 Saints, 143 Blesseds
Religions: Roman Catholic 29%, Protestant 27%, Muslim 4.4%, Orthodox Christian 1.9%, other 1.7%, none or members of unrecorded religious groups 36%
Languages: German (official)
Ethnic Groups: German 91.5%, Turkish 2.4%, other 6.1% (made up largely of Polish, Italian, Romanian, Syrian, and Greek)
Neighbouring Countries: ↙ France , ← Luxembourg
, ← Belgium
, ↖ Netherlands
, ↑ Denmark
, ↑ Sweden
, → Poland
, ↘ Czechia
, ↘ Austria
, ↓ Switzerland
Circumscriptions (29): Metr. Archdioceses (7), Dioceses (20), Apostolic Exarchates (1), Military Ordinariates (1)
Roman Rite (28): Aachen, Augsburg, Bamberg, Berlin, Deutsches Militärordinariat, Dresden–Meißen, Eichstätt, Erfurt, Essen, Freiburg im Breisgau, Fulda, Görlitz, Hamburg, Hildesheim, Köln, Limburg, Magdeburg, Mainz, München und Freising, Münster, Osnabrück, Paderborn, Passau, Regensburg, Rottenburg–Stuttgart, Speyer, Trier, Würzburg
Ukrainian Church (1): Deutschland und Skandinavien
by Type | by Name | by Ecclesiastical Province
Changes in Circumscriptions | Former Circumscriptions
Cardinals (3 electors/8 total):
Brandmüller (92),
Cordes (86),
Kasper (88),
Marx (67),
Müller (73),
Rauber (87),
Wetter (93),
Woelki (64) | All Cardinals
Bishops: by Age | by Name | by Precedence | Jubilarians | Recent Events
Special Churches:
Cathedrals (50),
Basilicas (78),
National Shrines (1),
World Heritage Churches (32)
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy
Apostolic Nunciature: Germany
Conference of Bishops: Deutsche Bischofskonferenz
International Meeting of Bishops’ Conferences: Commissio Episcopatuum Communitatis Europææ (COM.E.C.E.)
International Meeting of Bishops’ Conferences: Consilium Conferentiarum Episcopalium Europæ (C.C.E.E.)
as of 2021.07.25
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