51:
285:
1745:
260:
510:) and Prussian Pomerania formed part of the Apostolic Vicariate of the Northern Missions, which in 1821 also comprised seventeen other nations partially or completely. In Brandenburg and Pomerania the pope, by the Bull "De salute animarum", established a new jurisdiction on the one hand and extended the ambit of the neighbouring Breslau diocese on the other. The 1815-annexed Prussian part of the Lusatias, in ecclesiastical respect part of the
2191:
1891:
73:
636:(1853–1881) gave generous aid to the founding of churches, monastic institutions, and schools, especially in the diaspora regions. The strife that arose between the Catholic Church and the Prussian State brought his labours in the Prussian part of his diocese to an end. He was deposed by the State and had to leave for the episcopal
480:
In the late 16th and the 17th centuries the competent dioceses of
Brandenburg, Cammin, Havelberg, Lebus, and Roskilde had been secularised, the few Catholics in the area were pastored by the Apostolic Vicariate of the Northern Missions (for the dioceses of Brandenburg, Havelberg and Lebus since 1670;
518:(Saxony), was reassigned in ecclesiastical respect to the Diocese of Breslau, which itself, comprising territory in Bohemia and Prussia, became exempt in 1821 (previously a suffragan of Gniezno). In political respect, the two Lusatias were divided. Lower Lusatia became Brandenburgian, northeastern
505:
Many Roman
Catholic dioceses and other jurisdictions had borders deviating from the political boundaries often changing with the many wars in Central Europe. This led to the situation where parts of one diocese or jurisdiction lay in different countries. The territory of pre-1815 Brandenburg (thus
862:
as
Archbishop of Berlin and made him a cardinal shortly afterward. In 2012, the Archdiocese announced major structural revisions, merging parishes into larger clusters known as "pastoral areas". In August 2020, on the occasion of the 90th anniversary of its existence, the Archdiocese consecrated
775:– still asserted that East Brandenburg and Farther Pomerania would be returned to Germany at a near date, the Pope appointed Teodor Bensch (1903–1958), titular bishop of Tabuda, as auxiliary bishop responsible for the Polish part of the diocese of Berlin. His office was titled
497:
since the 14th century, had become a part of
Brandenburg-Prussia. With the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire Brandenburg was officially merged with Prussia, which itself had gained sovereignty from Poland in 1657
2278:
667:
in Berlin. Prince-Bishop Herzog made every endeavour to bring order out of the confusion into which the quarrel with the State during the immediately preceding years had thrown the affairs of the diocese.
724:
In 1930 the Berlin diocese comprised an area of 60,258 km with 531,744 Catholics, making up 7.3% of the total population. They were pastorally served by 262 diocesan priests within 149 parishes and
1574:
777:
529:
whose ambit was disentangled from the
Northern Missions Apostolic Vicariate and comprised pre-1815 Brandenburg (thus without Lower Lusatia) and Prussian Pomerania. The Bull also reassigned the
1677:
446:
was overrun by a pagan revolt just a few years after its establishment and
Christianity was reintroduced in the area only in the early 12th century, following military expeditions of Duke
2209:
2175:
1875:
454:
established the Duchy of
Pomerania in 1121, as a vassal state of Poland under Bolesław Wrymouth. Wartislaw I agreed to Christianise Pomerania, and he, along with Bolesław, backed
1424:
876:
438:
competed for expanding their influence into
Pomerania, which is why the Holy See determined Cammin to remain exempt. Cammin had had a short-lived predecessor, the diocese of
2283:
485:. In memory of them, Berlin's archdiocesan coat-of-arms combines the symbols of the dioceses of Brandenburg, Cammin, Havelberg and Lebus. With the annexation of most of
345:, i. e. the German part of Pomerania. This means that a little over 6% of the population in this area is Roman Catholic. There are 122 parishes in the archdiocese.
579:), were subordinated to Breslau's jurisdiction as an episcopal delegation in 1821, ending the mandate of the Vicariate Apostolic there. The jurisdiction was titled the
1670:
1928:
2258:
1663:
1441:
Im Gedächtnis der Kirche neu erwachen: Studien zur
Geschichte des Christentums in Mittel- und Osteuropa; Festgabe für Gabriel Adriányi zum 65. Geburtstag
238:
1530:
1107:
1094:, priest active in the resistance movement against the National Socialism, helped the Polish forced laborers, martyred in the Dachau concentration camp
812:
2103:
918:
744:) – with 33 parishes and chapels of ease – came under Polish control. Most of the parishioners and priests there had either fled the invading Soviet
889:
1549:
816:
1236:
1088:, blessed priest and theologian, active in the resistance movement against the National Socialism, awarded the title Righteous Among the Nations
820:
2061:
1647:
426:, established in 1140 for the territory of the then Duchy of Pomerania. Pomerania had repeatedly been Polish or independent before joining the
477:, then part of the Polish reign, on both banks of the Oder. Lebus' diocesan area later formed the southeastern part of the Berlin diocese.
373:
2263:
348:
The current archbishop is Heiner Koch, formerly Bishop of
Dresden, who was appointed by Pope Francis on Monday, 8 June 2015, to replace
1921:
2268:
1987:
848:
1261:
Lebus had initially been suffragan, among others, of the Archdiocese of Gniezno till 1424. After Lubusz Land had been taken over by
1588:
714:
2134:
1131:, priest active in the resistance movement against the National Socialism, protector of Polish forced laborers, martyred in the
2253:
2051:
1000:
706:
2087:
1956:
832:
2077:
2008:
1951:
1914:
1194:
950:
934:
431:
369:
1966:
2118:
2082:
1937:
710:
567:
By the Bull "De salute animarum" the other parts of Brandenburg and the Province of Pomerania, except for the districts of
404:
2028:
1992:
1779:
844:
2149:
2043:
2108:
1714:
1507:
Briefe aus Deutschland: 77 Jahre Zeitgeschichte; vom 1. Weltkrieg bis zur Wiedervereinigung Deutschlands, 1914 bis 1990
2023:
1814:
1729:
1514:
1452:
1215:
391:
Before the Reformation the westernmost territories of the Berlin diocese were in ecclesiastical respect part of the
2139:
2113:
2013:
1961:
1844:
1834:
1132:
881:
2248:
2170:
2144:
2056:
2033:
2018:
1870:
1824:
1372:
511:
980:
1821–1823 – Johann Ambros(ius) Taube (Silesia, *1778 – 22 April 1823*, Berlin), provost of St. Hedwig since 1810
2273:
1789:
1784:
1447:(introduction), Cologne: Böhlau, 2000 (=Bonner Beiträge zur Kirchengeschichte; vol. 22), footnote 60 on p. 54.
451:
616:: Ss. Peter and Paul parish on Gewehrplan, Haselhorst, established in 1723, first Roman Catholic mass in 1722,
576:
50:
755:
demanded the diocesan territory east of the new border for the creation of new dioceses, he appointed a
364:
had been reorganised by the Bull "De salute animarum", issued in 1821. Before the Prussian Provinces of
1690:
1262:
1097:
1774:
1070:
996:
1836–1849 – Georg Anton Brinkmann (Billerbeck, *15 October 1796 – 7 May 1856*, Münster in Westphalia)
664:
388:
in 1539 and the conversion of the majority of the inhabitants had made the area a Catholic diaspora.
385:
288:
184:
1037:
1929–1930 – Christian Schreiber, Bishop of Meissen, as administrator of the future diocese of Berlin
990:
435:
1734:
1420:
797:
545:
to that of Breslau more than 600 years after those territories had been ceded by the Polish duke
459:
365:
86:
737:
1605:
1535:
1018:
1882–1888 – Johannes Baptist Maria Assmann (Branitz, *26 August 1833 – 27 May 1903*, Ahrweiler)
927:(16 August 1961 appointed (later had the personal title of Archbishop) – 13 December 1979 died)
805:
756:
588:
396:
392:
377:
1799:
1759:
1655:
1360:
760:
1724:
1719:
1704:
1169:
1034:
1920–1929 – Josef Deitmer (Münster in Westphalia, *12 August 1865 – 16 January 1929*, Berlin)
678:
610:: Ss. Peter and Paul parish, established in 1789, first Roman Catholic mass in the same year,
601:
553:
202:
1769:
843:
elevated Berlin to the rank of an archdiocese, supervising since the simultaneously erected
1839:
1794:
1709:
1368:
1364:
1156:
1085:
831:
In 1972 the German part of the Archdiocese of Breslau was also reconstituted as the exempt
333:
As of 2004, the archdiocese has 386,279 Catholics out of the population of Berlin, most of
1819:
1397:
622:: St. John the Baptist parish, established in 1722, first Roman Catholic mass in 1717, and
542:
447:
8:
1854:
1173:
946:
902:
859:
594:
In 1821 the Delegation district comprised altogether six established Catholic parishes:.
522:
481:
for those of Cammin and Roskilde as of 1688). The Holy See considered the former sees as
423:
349:
633:
2195:
1895:
1829:
1686:
1641:
1403:
1376:
1352:
1344:
1324:
1282:
836:
494:
490:
466:
420:
381:
361:
1226:
Kołobrzeg had initially been a suffragan, among others, of the Archdiocese of Gniezno.
733:
559:
1510:
1448:
1356:
1211:
1190:
1118:
1102:
1080:
894:
855:
840:
741:
427:
412:
194:
914:
284:
1804:
1764:
1384:
1128:
1112:
1062:
940:
641:
637:
546:
499:
408:
342:
1312:
598:
Berlin: St. Hedwig parish, established in 1745, first Roman Catholic mass in 1719,
1849:
1809:
1304:
1159:
till 968 and then of the Archdiocese of Magdeburg, which had more suffragans too.
1075:
930:
908:
782:
455:
315:
198:
141:
1485:
525:, southeastern Upper Lusatia remained Saxon. The new jurisdiction was Breslau's
1906:
1380:
1052:
969:
924:
726:
299:
1015:(Schönwalde bei Frankenstein, * 17 February 1823 – 26 December 1886*, Breslau)
628:: Holy Trinity parish, established in 1784, first Roman Catholic mass in 1761.
2242:
2224:
2211:
1627:(2nd, revised and ext. ed.). Berlin: Pressestelle des Erzbistums Berlin.
1477:
1428:
1332:
1316:
1308:
1123:
1047:
1012:
764:
656:
652:
519:
507:
338:
323:
1575:"Erzbistum Berlin: Weihe des Bistums a die heiligsten Herzen Jesu und Mariä"
1005:
1850–1859 – Leopold Pelldram (Schweidnitz, *3 May 1811 – 3 May 1867*, Trier)
604:: Holy Cross parish, established in 1789, first Roman Catholic mass in 1786,
1525:
1444:
1427:, but not a territory of secular rule, as used to be the case with earlier
1137:
1091:
963:
864:
801:
772:
752:
307:
217:
156:
1744:
1634:
Geschichte des fürstbischöflichen Delegaturbezirks Brandenburg und Pommern
1028:
439:
1057:
956:
702:
474:
334:
311:
259:
228:
983:
1824–1826 – Hubert Auer (Bingen, *1 May 1780 – 17 February 1838*, Trier)
1416:
793:
166:
2279:
Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century
815:) and the Farther Pomeranian diocesan area (becoming the new westerly
811:
disentangled the East Brandenburgian diocesan area (becoming thus the
2160:
1336:
973:
826:
698:
681:
625:
330:, with the archdiocese's territory extending over Northeast Germany.
149:
1550:"One of Germany's oldest dioceses to reduce parishes by 80 per cent"
792:
On 27 June 1972, however, – in response to West Germany's change in
778:
Apostolic Administration of Kamień, Lubusz and the Prelature of Piła
572:
2190:
1890:
1473:
1469:
768:
745:
645:
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who once again had tied the Pomeranian lands to Poland. The native
443:
1505:, 1 September 1921, pp. 76seqq., here quoted after Werner Dolata,
568:
400:
274:
2176:
Apostolic Exarchate in Germany and Scandinavia for the Ukrainians
1489:
1481:
1348:
1340:
1328:
686:
619:
613:
607:
530:
515:
486:
442:, established in the year 1000. Kołobrzeg's diocese under Bishop
319:
78:
1265:
in 1248, the diocese switched from Gniezno to Magdeburg in 1424.
787:
Administracja Apostolska Kamieńska, Lubuska i Prałatury Pilskiej
1685:
1652:
Vol. 1: Die äußere Entwicklung; vol. 2: Die innere Entwicklung.
1465:
1320:
1066:
804:
reversed the diocesan boundary along the post-war borders. The
550:
327:
1526:
Paulus Episcopus servus servorum Dei ad perpetuam rei memoriam
538:
470:
1595:, Friedrich August Schmidt (ed.), vol. 1 (1824), pp. 821seq.
1400:
itself had been transferred from Poland to Bohemia in 1327.
1172:(among others) till 1104, then one of the suffragans of the
512:
Apostolic Prefecture of the two Lusatias (a.k.a. of Meissen)
1294:
Breslau had initially been another of Gniezno's suffragans.
732:
After World War II Berlin's diocesan territory east of the
416:
1468:
in Pomeranian villages of prevailing Catholic population:
1041:
1155:
Both had initially been suffragans, among others, of the
847:(formerly Apostolic Administration) and the prior exempt
691:
Prince-Episcopal Delegation for Brandenburg and Pomerania
581:
Prince-Episcopal Delegation for Brandenburg and Pomerania
562:
Prince-Episcopal Delegation for Brandenburg and Pomerania
527:
Prince-Episcopal Delegation for Brandenburg and Pomerania
964:
Prince-Episcopal Delegates for Brandenburg and Pomerania
591:
was invested to Breslau's see as prince-bishop in 1824.
1069:, protector of Polish forced laborers, martyred in the
1065:, priest active in the resistance movement against the
959:(appointed 8 June 2015, installed on 19 September 2015)
767:
refused to acknowledge these claims. In 1951, when the
661:
Prince-Episcopal Delegate for Brandenburg and Pomerania
585:
Fürstbischöfliche Delegatur für Brandenburg und Pommern
933:(22 April 1980 appointed – 20 December 1988 appointed
671:
1876:
Ukrainian Apostolic Exarch of Germany and Scandinavia
989:
1829–1836 – Nikolaus Fischer (*1791– 18 April 1858*,
986:
1827–1829 – Nikolaus Fischer as administrator per pro
748:
or were subsequently expelled by Polish authorities.
701:
of the Diocese of Breslau simultaneously elevated to
395:, the southwestern and central parts belonged to the
352:, who had earlier been named Archbishop of Cologne.
917:(15 January 1957 appointed – 3 July 1961 appointed
2284:Roman Catholic ecclesiastical provinces in Germany
1509:, Norderstedt: Books on Demand GmbH, 2004, p. 30.
943:(28 May 1989 appointed – 24 February 2011 retired)
886:(13 August 1930 appointed – 1 September 1933 died)
827:Modern and contemporary history of the Archdiocese
759:for Berlin's eastern diocesan territory seated in
1625:Erzbistum Berlin 1930–1996: Daten, Fakten, Zahlen
2240:
1936:
360:The affairs of the Roman Catholic Church in the
337:(except for its southeastern corner, historical
1607:Visitatur Breslau: Schlesien in Kirche und Welt
1168:Roskilde had initially been a suffragan of the
1115:, awarded the title Righteous Among the Nations
1021:1889–1897 – Joseph Jahnel (*1834–1897*, Berlin)
905:(5 July 1935 appointed – 21 December 1950 died)
899:(27 October 1933 appointed – 1 March 1935 died)
465:In 1125 Bolesław Wrymouth established the new
1922:
1671:
911:(4 June 1951 appointed – 21 August 1956 died)
761:GorzĂłw Wielkopolski (Landsberg an der Warthe)
473:, with its diocesan territory comprising the
1434:
1273:
1271:
903:Konrad Cardinal von Preysing Lichtenegg-Moos
374:Vicariate Apostolic of the Northern Missions
2259:Christian organizations established in 1930
1622:
949:(2 July 2011 – 20 September 2014 installed
30:
1929:
1915:
1678:
1664:
1646:: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (
1531:Vratislaviensis - Berolinensis et aliarium
809:Vratislaviensis - Berolinensis et aliarium
493:, most of which lay within the borders of
258:
49:
1631:
1268:
1623:Bilger, Waltraud; Hanky, Dieter (1997).
1610:, Lexikon B. Retrieved on 21 April 2010.
1547:
1189:, Rostock: Hinstorff, 2008, p. 15,
283:
1464:The Stettin parish comprised also five
1042:Famous people of the Berlin Archdiocese
104:28,962 km (11,182 sq mi)
2241:
1001:Wilhelm Emmanuel Freiherr von Ketteler
707:Eastern German Ecclesiastical Province
1910:
1659:
1210:, Schwerin: Helms, 1997, p. 14,
1024:1887–1905 – Karl Neuber (*1841–1905*)
715:Territorial Prelature of SchneidemĂĽhl
1503:Schlesisches Bonifatius-Vereinsblatt
1501:Cf. Josef Deitmer's explanations in
648:, where he died on 20 October 1881.
411:) and the former northeastern part (
1548:Luxmoore, Jonathan (1 March 2018).
833:Apostolic Administration of Görlitz
709:further comprised the prior exempt
672:Establishment of the Berlin Diocese
13:
2264:Roman Catholic dioceses in Germany
2104:Archdiocese of Munich and Freising
1616:
1480:), Hoppenwalde (a part of today's
14:
2295:
1476:), Blumenthal (a part of today's
919:Archbishop of Munich and Freising
2269:Roman Catholic bishops of Berlin
2189:
1889:
1743:
1133:Sachsenhausen concentration camp
489:until 1763 the bulk of the then
71:
2171:Military Ordinariate of Germany
2097:Province of Munich and Freising
2062:Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart
1598:
1581:
1567:
1541:
1519:
1495:
1458:
1409:
1390:
1373:Union between Sweden and Norway
1297:
1288:
573:Lauenburg in Pomerania (Lębork)
16:Catholic archdiocese in Germany
1255:
1242:
1235:Since 1972 there has been the
1229:
1220:
1200:
1179:
1162:
1149:
1008:1860–1870 – Franz Xaver Karker
915:Julius August Cardinal Döpfner
697:on 13 August 1930, becoming a
452:Wartislaw I, Duke of Pomerania
1:
2254:Organisations based in Berlin
1538:64 (1972), n. 10, pp. 657seq.
1443:Reimund Haas (ed.), Kardinal
1237:Diocese of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg
1143:
1027:1905–1920 – Carl Kleineidam (
968:The delegate was combined in
870:
821:Diocese of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg
1938:Catholic dioceses in Germany
1593:Neuer Nekrolog der Deutschen
1425:Silesian Parliament in Opava
1415:However, this rank included
1285:, retrieved on 3 April 2010.
947:Rainer Maria Cardinal Woelki
575:(till 1922 both part of the
491:Diocese of Breslau (Wrocław)
350:Rainer Maria Cardinal Woelki
310:ecclesiastical territory or
7:
1371:, Norway (then part of the
976:of St. Hedwig's in Berlin.
655:appointed as his successor
475:Lubusz Land (Land of Lebus)
304:Archidioecesis Berolinensis
32:Archidioecesis Berolinensis
10:
2300:
1988:Diocese of Dresden-Meissen
1871:Ordinary of the Bundeswehr
1691:Catholic Church in Germany
1401:
1239:recalling the latter name.
1098:Michael Graf von Matuschka
817:Diocese of Szczecin-Kamień
355:
2184:
2158:
2127:
2096:
2070:
2042:
2001:
1975:
1944:
1884:
1863:
1752:
1741:
1697:
1604:Cf. "Berlin, Bistum" in:
1528:: Constititio Apostolica
1071:Dachau concentration camp
1031:, *1848–1924*, Giersdorf)
991:Frankenstein in Schlesien
941:Georg Cardinal Sterzinsky
849:Diocese of Dresden-MeiĂźen
467:Diocese of Lubusz (Lebus)
386:Electorate of Brandenburg
271:
266:
257:
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108:
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85:
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60:
48:
44:
23:
2135:Archdiocese of Paderborn
1589:"Johann Ambrosius Taube"
931:Joachim Cardinal Meisner
632:Breslau's Prince-Bishop
407:, whereas the northern (
2052:Archdiocese of Freiburg
1632:Jablonski, Leo (1929).
1421:Prussian House of Lords
1187:Die Geschichte Pommerns
925:Alfred Cardinal Bengsch
460:Conversion of Pomerania
415:) on both banks of the
403:island belonged to the
87:Ecclesiastical province
2249:Christianity in Berlin
2196:Catholicism portal
2078:Archdiocese of Hamburg
2009:Archdiocese of Cologne
1952:Archdiocese of Bamberg
1896:Catholicism portal
1536:Acta Apostolicae Sedis
806:Apostolic constitution
786:
757:diocesan administrator
718:
589:Emanuel von Schimonsky
584:
436:Magdeburg archdioceses
397:Diocese of Brandenburg
303:
291:
289:St. Hedwig's Cathedral
185:St. Hedwig's Cathedral
31:
2274:Archbishops of Berlin
2128:Province of Paderborn
2119:Diocese of Regensburg
2083:Diocese of Hildesheim
1983:Archdiocese of Berlin
1283:Diözesanarchiv Berlin
1170:Archdiocese of Bremen
951:Archbishop of Cologne
935:Archbishop of Cologne
835:, thus giving Berlin
719:Prälatur Schneidemühl
659:(1882–86), till then
554:Mieszko IV Tanglefoot
296:Archdiocese of Berlin
287:
203:St. Peter the Apostle
195:St. Hedwig of Andechs
25:Archdiocese of Berlin
2150:Diocese of Magdeburg
2088:Diocese of OsnabrĂĽck
2044:Province of Freiburg
1957:Diocese of Eichstätt
1790:Rottenburg-Stuttgart
1715:Freiburg im Breisgau
1369:Mecklenburg-Strelitz
1365:Mecklenburg-Schwerin
1157:Archdiocese of Mainz
1086:Bernhard Lichtenberg
393:Diocese of Havelberg
2225:52.5158°N 13.3947°E
2221: /
2109:Diocese of Augsburg
2071:Province of Hamburg
2002:Province of Cologne
1967:Diocese of WĂĽrzburg
1945:Province of Bamberg
1730:Munich and Freising
1472:(a part of today's
1174:Archdiocese of Lund
877:Christian Schreiber
867:of Jesus and Mary.
860:Rainer Maria Woelki
839:. On 27 June 1994,
665:St. Hedwig's Church
602:Frankfurt upon Oder
405:Diocese of Roskilde
399:. The northwestern
384:in 1534 and in the
199:St. Otto of Bamberg
120:411,600 (6.8%)
2029:Diocese of MĂĽnster
2024:Diocese of Limburg
1993:Diocese of Görlitz
1976:Province of Berlin
1636:. 2 vols. Breslau.
1404:History of Silesia
1377:Duchy of Oldenburg
1353:Kingdom of Hanover
1345:Duchy of Schleswig
1325:Duchy of Brunswick
1067:National Socialism
845:Diocese of Görlitz
711:Diocese of Ermland
495:Kingdom of Bohemia
458:in his successful
382:Duchy of Pomerania
362:Kingdom of Prussia
292:
275:erzbistumberlin.de
209:Current leadership
2204:
2203:
2140:Diocese of Erfurt
2114:Diocese of Passau
2014:Diocese of Aachen
1962:Diocese of Speyer
1904:
1903:
1398:Duchy of RacibĂłrz
1357:Duchy of Holstein
1195:978-3-356-01044-2
1119:Carl Sonnenschein
1103:Max Josef Metzger
1081:Paul Lejeune-Jung
856:Pope Benedict XVI
841:Pope John Paul II
819:and the easterly
813:Diocese of GorzĂłw
742:Farther Pomerania
695:Diocese of Berlin
676:According to the
638:Austrian Silesian
549:of KrakĂłw to his
543:diocese of KrakĂłw
448:Bolesław Wrymouth
428:Holy Roman Empire
424:Diocese of Cammin
413:Farther Pomerania
372:were part of the
324:archepiscopal see
282:
281:
248:Thomas Przytarski
239:Matthias Heinrich
235:Auxiliary Bishops
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