Archdiocese of Berlin

Archdiocese of Berlin
Basic data
Country	Germany
Ecclesiastical province	Berlin
Diocesan bishop	Heiner Koch
Auxiliary bishop	Matthias Heinrich
Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus	Wolfgang Weider
Vicar General	Manfred Kollig SSCC
founding	1930
surface	31,200 km²
Dean's offices	17 (December 31, 2016)
Parishes	103 (December 31, 2018)
Residents	5,934,909 (December 31, 2018)
Catholics	408,723 (December 31, 2018)
proportion of	6.9%
Diocesan priest	251 (December 31, 2018)
Religious priest	101 (December 31, 2018)
Catholics per priest	1,161
Permanent deacons	42 (December 31, 2018)
Friars	125 (December 31, 2018)
rite	roman rite
Liturgical language	Latin , German
cathedral	St. Hedwig's Cathedral
Website	www.erzbistumberlin.de
Suffragan dioceses	Diocese of Görlitz Diocese of Dresden-Meißen
Ecclesiastical province

The Archdiocese of Berlin ( Latin Archidioecesis Berolinensis ) is the Roman Catholic Archdiocese in northeast Germany . It includes Berlin , the central and northern part of Brandenburg , Western Pomerania and the city of Havelberg in Saxony-Anhalt . The situation as a diocese in the diaspora is characteristic . The bishopric is the St. Hedwig's Cathedral in Berlin-Mitte . During the renovation of this church, the services of the bishop and the Metropolitan Chapter will be celebrated in the Church of St. Joseph in Berlin-Wedding .

history

prehistory

In the area of ​​today's Archdiocese of Berlin, there are references to Christianity as early as the 10th century, which was influenced by Slavs , such as the Spandau Cross , of which a mold was found next to the remains of a hall church in Berlin-Spandau .

Some Cistercian monasteries , such as the Lehnin Monastery , the Zinna Monastery and the Chorin Monastery , were founded in the 12th and 13th centuries, respectively, and a Benedictine monastery in Spandau in 1239 . From the beginning of the 13th century, Catholic churches can be found in many places of today's diocese.

In the Middle Ages the dioceses of Havelberg , Brandenburg and Lebus existed in Brandenburg and the diocese of Cammin (for all of Pomerania) in Western Pomerania, except for Rügen , which belonged to the diocese of Roskilde . All five perished in the 16th century as a result of the Reformation . The cathedral chapters in Havelberg and Brandenburg were preserved as Protestant institutions.

The first Catholic church in Prussia that was allowed to be built after the Reformation was the Church of St. Peter and Paul in today's Spandau district in 1723 . A year later, also at the instigation of Friedrich Wilhelm I, a church was built in Potsdam. Both churches originally served the Catholic workers recruited in Liège from the Spandau rifle factory. From 1747 Frederick the Great had the Hedwig Church built in Berlin for the Catholic soldiers . From the middle of the 19th century, more and more Catholic communities were founded and parish churches were built, such as St. Peter and Paul in Potsdam or St. Matthias in Berlin-Schöneberg .

Prince-Bishop's delegation for Brandenburg and Pomerania of the Diocese of Breslau

See also : List of the Prince-Bishop's Delegates for Brandenburg and Pomerania

Until the beginning of the 19th century, the Brandenburg and Pomeranian Catholic diaspora were looked after by the Apostolic Vicariate of the North . After reaching an agreement with the Protestant King of Prussia , the Pope issued the bull De salute animarum in 1821 . Accordingly, the Brandenburg and Pomeranian Catholic diaspora have now been reclassified into the Principality of Breslau .

Lower Lusatia and now Silesian Eastern Upper Lusatia, until then part of the Apostolic Prefecture of Meißen , came directly to the prince-bishopric, while the rest of Brandenburg and Pomerania (excluding the districts of Bütow and Lauenburg in Pomm.) Were administered indirectly as the prince-bishop's delegation for Brandenburg and Pomerania . The respective delegate was also provost of the Berlin Hedwig Church.

The influx of Catholics, especially to Berlin, gave rise to the desire to found their own diocese. The Kingdom of Prussia did not want to agree to this. On February 19, 1923, delegate Josef Deitmer was appointed by Pope Pius XI. appointed first auxiliary bishop of Breslau with his seat in Berlin and consecrated on May 1, 1923 by Adolf Cardinal Bertram . Only after the abolition of the monarchy was the Prussian Concordat concluded with the Free State of Prussia in 1929 , which envisaged the elevation of the delegation to the diocese of Berlin.

Establishment of the diocese of Berlin

→ Main article : Prussia Concordat

Berlin's fourth diocesan coat of arms shows the coats of arms of the former dioceses of Brandenburg (1st  field ), Havelberg (2nd field), Cammin (3rd field) and Lebus (4th field).

At the same time, the new diocese became a suffragan in the East German ecclesiastical province , presided over by the former prince-bishop of Breslau, who was also raised to archbishopric.

On August 13, 1930, due to the Circumcription Bull Pastoralis officii nostri , the delegation district, which included the areas of the historical dioceses of Havelberg , Brandenburg , Cammin , Lebus and Roskilde (Rügen), was established as the Diocese of Berlin and the Bishop of Meißen , Christian Schreiber , called the first bishop of Berlin.

With the partition of Berlin in 1948 (Bishop Konrad Cardinal von Preysing ), the diocese was considered to be the most difficult of the European churches diplomatically and administratively. Under canon law, Berlin was never separated. The bishop of Berlin was bishop of the entire diocese, including East and West Berlin. At a press conference on June 15, 1955, Bishop Weskamm described the current situation of his diocese as a reflection of Germany's division. Although he could move freely throughout Berlin, he would need a permit for every trip to the Soviet zone and would have to report to the local police station there. Entry into the areas on the other side of the Oder and Neisse [...] is "completely denied."

On June 27, 1972 - as a result of the changed West German Ostpolitik and the Warsaw Treaty  - Pope Paul VI. the diocesan borders with the political post-war borders. Through the Apostolic Constitution Episcoporum Poloniae coetus , the East German Church Province was dissolved, Berlin was no longer a suffragan of Wroclaw, but an exemt , its East Pomeranian and New Marks diocesan area fell to new dioceses in Poland ( Diocese of Landsberg (Warthe) , Diocese of Stettin-Cöslinin and Diocese of Köslinin ).

Archdiocese of Berlin

St. Hedwig's Cathedral

On June 27, 1994, the diocese of Berlin was elevated to an archbishopric by Pope John Paul II through the apostolic constitution Certiori christifidelium . The new ecclesiastical province of Berlin includes the suffragan dioceses Dresden-Meißen (previously exempt ) and Görlitz (newly elevated to a diocese, previously the direct diocesan area of ​​Breslau until 1945/72). It became one of the traditional cardinal seats in Germany alongside Cologne and Munich and Freising . Georg Cardinal Sterzinsky was the first archbishop of Berlin and metropolitan of the ecclesiastical province.

2003 financial crisis

In 2003 the Archdiocese got into such financial problems that it threatened to become insolvent. To clean up the financial balance of the "Plan 2009" was, among other things, the number of under parishes reduced by merging from 207 to currently 108th A number of Catholic churches have been closed and demolished or sold since 2004. The other German dioceses provided important support in debt relief. Most parishes have had to reduce staff because of the reduction in financial allocations from the Archbishop's Ordinariate. Individual communities tried to compensate for the funding gaps by setting up community foundations. Since the establishment of the first Mater Dolorosa Berlin-Lankwitz Foundation in 2006, several parishes have followed the example of establishing foundations with legal capacity to provide financial support to the community .

Change of bishops in 2011

On February 24, 2011, Pope Benedict XVI. the resignation of Georg Cardinal Sterzinsky submitted for reasons of age. The official business in the Archdiocese of Berlin was provisionally taken over by the auxiliary bishop in Berlin, Matthias Heinrich . He was elected by the cathedral chapter on February 28, 2011 as diocesan administrator during the period of the Sedis vacancy . Georg Cardinal Sterzinsky died on June 30th. On July 2, 2011, it was announced simultaneously in Rome and Berlin that the previous Auxiliary Bishop of Cologne Rainer Maria Woelki had been appointed by the Holy Father as the new Archbishop of Berlin. On August 16, 2011 Woelki was the first Archbishop of Berlin to take the oath of allegiance required by the Reich Concordat of July 20, 1933, before the Berlin Senate . He was introduced to the office of Archbishop of Berlin on August 27, 2011 in St. Hedwig's Cathedral and was promoted to cardinal on February 18, 2012 .

Pope visit 2011

Pope Benedict XVI celebrated Holy Mass on September 22, 2011 with around 61,000 believers in the Olympiastadion Berlin .

At the beginning of his visit to Germany in 2011 , Pope Benedict XVI came. on September 22nd to Berlin and after the official welcome by Federal President Wulff gave a speech in the German Bundestag . He then celebrated a Holy Mass in the Olympic Stadium.

Establishment of pastoral spaces

On December 2, 2012, Cardinal Woelki announced in the form of a pastoral letter that the parishes in the Archdiocese of Berlin should join together to form pastoral spaces , including Catholic institutions, services and associations, such as offers from Caritas . The organizational goal of the process is to reduce the number of legally independent parishes to around 30 by 2020. Several parishes should then exist under the umbrella of one parish in a parish.

Change of bishops 2014/2015

On July 11, 2014, Pope Francis appointed Rainer Maria Cardinal Woelki Archbishop of Cologne . Since Cardinal Woelki's inauguration on September 20, 2014 in Cologne, the archiepiscopal chair of Berlin has been vacant. On September 22nd, the Metropolitan Chapter elected the previous Vicar General Prelate Tobias Przytarski as diocesan administrator . On June 8, 2015, Pope Francis appointed Dresden Bishop Heiner Koch as the new Archbishop of Berlin. The inauguration took place on September 19, 2015.

COVID-19 pandemic

On March 17, 2020, the Archdiocese, like all German dioceses, canceled all events and services in Germany until the end of April 2020, including the liturgical celebrations during Holy Week, due to the COVID-19 pandemic .

Bishops

→ Main articles : List of Bishops and Archbishops of Berlin  and List of Auxiliary Bishops in Berlin

Heiner Koch has been the third archbishop since 2015 (10th bishop since it was established as a diocese) and metropolitan of the East German ecclesiastical province . Before that, Rainer Maria Cardinal Woelki held the office for three years. He went to Cologne as archbishop.

Cartridge and consecration

St. Otto on a stamp from 1955 for the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the diocese

• Apostle Peter , main patron saint (feast on June 29)
• Bishop Otto von Bamberg , co-patron (festival on June 30th)
• Duchess Hedwig of Silesia , patroness of the cathedral in Berlin and the city of Berlin (festival October 16)

The patrons of the diocese are also shown on the Hedwig medal , which the Archdiocese of Berlin awards Catholics.

Bishop Nikolaus Bares consecrated the diocese of Berlin to the Sacred Heart of Jesus on June 24, 1934 at the Märkischer Katholikentag in Hoppegarten , his successor Konrad Cardinal Preysing renewed the consecration in 1944 and 1948 under the impact of the Second World War and its consequences. Archbishop Heiner Koch announced at the Sacred Heart Festival on June 19, 2020 that he would consecrate the Archdiocese of Berlin's Feast of the Assumption on August 15, 2020, on the 90th anniversary of the Diocese of Berlin to the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary .

Personalities

martyr

• Paul Bartsch , pastor of Petershagen and Gransee , pastor of Polish forced laborers , inmate in Dachau concentration camp , murdered in 1950.
• Leonhard Berger , Kuratus von Zinnowitz
• Eva-Maria Buch , resistance fighter against the Nazi regime
• Alfred Delp SJ , Jesuit, member of the Kreisau Circle
• Arno Ertner Victim of the Nazi justice system
• August Froehlich , pastor of Rathenow , resistance fighter against the Nazi regime, defender of the rights of German Catholics and Polish forced laborers
• Nikolaus Groß , Seliger , trade unionist of the Catholic Workers' Movement (KAB) , resistance fighters against the Nazi regime
• Albert Hirsch Pastor of Luisenthal in Pomerania, pastor of the Polish forced laborers, victim of the National Socialist judiciary against the Catholic clergy in Pomerania (so-called " Stettin case ")
• Erich Klausener , center politician , resistance fighter against the Nazi regime
• Carl Lampert , Seliger, provicer of Innsbruck-Feldkirch, pastor in Pomerania, victim of the Nazi justice system against the Catholic clergy (so-called Stettin case )
• Paul Lejeune-Jung , economist, politician, lawyer, resistance fighter against the Nazi regime
• Josef Lenzel , pastor of the parish of St. Maria Magdalena in Berlin, president of the Kolping Family Berlin-Zentral, resistance fighter against the Nazi regime, pastor of Polish forced laborers
• Bernhard Letterhaus , unionist of the Catholic Workers' Movement (KAB), resistance fighter against the Nazi regime
• Bernhard Lichtenberg , Blessed and Righteous Among the Nations , Provost of St. Hedwig's Cathedral
• Friedrich Lorenz OMI , Oblate Missionary in Schwerin , Stettin , victim of the Nazi justice system against the Catholic clergy in Pomerania (so-called Stettin case )
• Michael Graf von Matuschka , administrative officer, central politician and resistance fighter against the Nazi regime and
• Rudolf Mandrella , lawyer, resistance fighter against the Nazi regime
• Max Josef Metzger , resistance fighter against the Nazi regime and servant of God
• Mirjam Michaelis CSSJ, religious sister of the religious order of the Joseph Sisters and victim of the Holocaust
• Otto Müller , priest , Association President of the Catholic Workers' Movement (KAB), resistance fighter against the Nazi regime
• Lieselott Neumark , carer, victim of the Holocaust
• Karl Heinrich Schäfer , Reich Archives Councilor in Potsdam , victim of the Nazi justice system
• Herbert Simoleit , chaplain in Stettin, victim of the Nazi judiciary against the Catholic clergy in Pomerania ("Stettin case")
• Maria Terwiel , resistance fighter against the Nazi regime
• Alfons Maria Wachsmann , pastor and student chaplain in Greifswald, resistance fighter against the Nazi regime
• Bernhard Wensch , priest , first youth pastor in the Diocese of Meißen , resistance fighter against the Nazi regime
• Albert Willimsky , pastor of Friesack, Gransee and Stettin-Podejuch, first priest martyr of the (arch) diocese of Berlin, resistance fighter against the Nazi regime, pastor of the Polish seasonal workers and reapers
• Josef Wirmer , lawyer, central politician, resistance fighter against the Nazi regime

Others

In addition to the bishops , auxiliary bishops , prince-bishop delegates and cathedral capitulars , the following personalities are related to the Archdiocese and Diocese of Berlin:

• Joseph Ahrens , composer , organist and professor of church music
• Raimund Bruns , Dominican priest, military and civil clergyman in Potsdam from 1731 to 1743
• Ute Eberl , theologian , participant in the third Extraordinary Synod of Bishops in Rome in October 2014
• Clemens August Graf von Galen , Cardinal and Bishop of Münster ("Lion of Münster"), worked in Berlin from 1906 to 1929
• Romano Guardini , religious philosopher and theologian
• Maximilian Kaller , pastor on Rügen and to St. Michael (Berlin-Mitte) , Bishop of Warmia
• Wilhelm Emmanuel von Ketteler , Bishop of Mainz, 1849/50, provost at St. Hedwig's Church and prince-bishop's delegate for Brandenburg and Pomerania
• Klaus Mertes SJ, Jesuit, from 2000 to 2011 rector of the Jesuit high school Canisius-Kolleg Berlin
• Johannes Pinsk , academic and student chaplain, pastor of Mater Dolorosa and university professor
• Johanna Schell , church musician
• Nina Schenk Countess von Stauffenberg , widow of the resistance fighter Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg , was together with her daughter Konstanze from February to April 1945 in the Catholic. St. Josefs Hospital in Potsdam
• Reinhold Schneider , Catholic writer, lived in Berlin and Potsdam from 1928 to 1938
• Margarete Sommer , social worker , Righteous Among the Nations
• Carl Sonnenschein , priest, became known as the “city pastor”
• Ernst Thrasolt , priest, religious poet , co-founder of the Catholic youth movement
• Carl Ulitzka , priest, center politician, member of the Reichstag , resistance fighter against the Nazi regime

See also: Category: Person (Archdiocese of Berlin)

Church structures and institutions

Archdiocese logo

The previous logo (until 2012)

Development of membership numbers

At the end of 2018, 408,723 Catholics lived in the Archdiocese of Berlin, of which 320,915 in Berlin, 72,677 in Brandenburg, 14,987 in Western Pomerania and 144 in Saxony-Anhalt.

Pastoral spaces

→ Main article : Pastoral space

• Pastoral area Stralsund / Rügen / Demmin
• Pastoral area Usedom / Anklam / Greifswald
• Pastoral area Hoppenwalde / Pasewalk
• Pastoral area Fürstenberg - Neuruppin
• Pastoral area Berlin-Buch - Bernau - Eberswalde
• Pastoral area Rüdersdorf - Erkner - Hoppegarten - Petershagen
• Pastoral area Frankfurt (Oder) - Buckow - Müncheberg - Fürstenwalde
• Pastoral room Königs Wusterhausen - Eichwalde
• Pastoral area Potsdam - Michendorf
• Parish of St. Francis ( Hermsdorf , Frohnau , Märkisches Viertel , Wittenau )
• Pastoral area in the northeast of Berlin ( Pankow , Prenzlauer Berg , Weißensee , Alt- and Neu-Hohenschönhausen )
• Pastoral space Berlin Wuhle - Spree
• Pastoral space Berlin Friedrichshain - Lichtenberg
• Pastoral area Berlin Mitte
• Pastoral room Tiergarten - Wedding
• Pastoral area Berlin-Schöneberg - South Tiergarten
• Pastoral area Berlin North-Neukölln
• Pastoral area Neukölln Süd
• Pastoral area Berlin Treptow-Köpenick
• Pastoral space Berlin-Lichtenrade - Buckow - Mariendorf - Tempelhof
• Pastoral space Berlin Steglitz - Lankwitz - Dahlem
• Pastoral area Berlin-Lankwitz-Marienfelde
• Pastoral area of ​​Berlin southwest ( Schlachtensee , Zehlendorf , Lichterfelde )
• Pastoral area Spandau-Nord / Falkensee
• Pastoral area Spandau-Süd

Churches, parishes and parishes

→ See Wikipedia category with the church buildings of the Archdiocese of Berlin

Monasteries and societies of apostolic life

• Alexanderdorf Abbey ( Benedictine Sisters St. Gertrud) in Alexanderdorf
• St. Rita Augustinian Monastery in Reinickendorf
• St. Augustine Monastery ( Sisters of Mary of the Immaculate Conception ) in Lankwitz
• Dominican monastery of St. Paul in Moabit
• Dominikus Monastery in Lankwitz
• Franciscan monastery in Pankow and Wilmersdorf
• Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in the St. Elisabeth Retirement Home , Hakenfelde
• Karmel Regina Martyrum ( Discalced Carmelites ) in Charlottenburg
• Carmelite Monastery of St. Teresa in Birkenwerder
• Divine Word Missionaries and Divine Divine Adoration Sisters in Westend
• Institute St. Philipp Neri (Society of Apostolic Life under Papal Law) in Gesundbrunnen

Student congregations and youth church

• KSG St. Edith Stein , Berlin
• KSG " Philipp Neri ", Potsdam
• KSG St. Augustinus , Greifswald
• Catholic students Heilig Kreuz Frankfurt (Oder)
• Youth Church SaM

Dean's offices

The archbishopric is divided into the following 17 deaneries:

I. Berlin- Mitte II. Berlin- Lichtenberg III. Berlin- Pankow IV. Berlin- Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf V. Berlin- Spandau VI. Berlin- Steglitz-Zehlendorf VII. Berlin- Tempelhof-Schöneberg VIII. Berlin- Neukölln IX. Berlin- Treptow-Koepenick

X. Berlin- Reinickendorf XI. Brandenburg ad Havel XII. Eberswalde XIII. Fürstenwalde XIV. Oranienburg XV. Potsdam - Luckenwalde XVI. Western Pomerania XVII Wittenberge

schools

Elementary schools Catholic School St. Alfons , Berlin-Marienfelde Catholic School Bernhard Lichtenberg, Berlin-Spandau Catholic School Bernhardinum, Fürstenwalde / Spree Catholic School St. Hedwig, Petershagen Catholic School Herz Jesu, Berlin-Charlottenburg Catholic School Salvator , Berlin-Waidmannslust Catholic School St. Franziskus , Berlin-Schöneberg Catholic School St. Ludwig, Berlin-Wilmersdorf Catholic School St. Marien, Berlin-Neukölln Catholic School St. Mauritius, Berlin-Lichtenberg Catholic School St. Paulus , Berlin-Moabit Catholic School St. Ursula , Berlin-Zehlendorf Catholic Marienschule, Potsdam Hauptschule and Realschulen Catholic School Bernhardinum, Fürstenwalde / Spree Catholic School Salvator , Berlin-Waidmannslust Catholic School St. Marien, Berlin-Neukölln Colleges Catholic University of Social Sciences Berlin (KHSB, University of Applied Sciences )

High schools Canisius College , Berlin-Tiergarten Catholic School Bernhardinum, Fürstenwalde / Spree Catholic School Liebfrauen, Berlin-Charlottenburg Catholic School Salvator , Berlin-Waidmannslust Catholic School St. Marien, Berlin-Neukölln Catholic Theresienschule Berlin-Weißensee , Berlin-Weißensee Catholic Marienschule, Potsdam Other schools Catholic School St. Hildegard , elementary school, secondary school for children with health problems, Berlin-Marienfelde Catholic School St. Franziskus , elementary school with Montessori pedagogy, secondary school as an integrated reform school, from 2008 with upper school level, Berlin-Schöneberg Catholic school center Edith Stein in Katharinenstift, technical college, vocational school, technical school for social pedagogy, technical school for geriatric care, Prenzlauer Berg Sancta Maria School for the learning and mentally disabled, Berlin-Zehlendorf

Foundations

Independent foundations with legal capacity

Based in Berlin

In Berlin, foundations with legal capacity that are set up for church purposes must be subject to state supervision. These independent foundations are listed in a foundation register of the Senate Administration for Justice . In addition, the statutes may also stipulate additional canonical foundation supervision.

Foundation name	District of the funded institution	founding year
Jenke Foundation Sankt Ludwig Catholic parish Berlin-Wilmersdorf	Wilmersdorf	2016
Church Foundation St. Clemens	Kreuzberg	2011
Foundation of the Rosary Basilica Berlin-Steglitz	Steglitz	2009
Holy Family Berlin-Lichterfelde Foundation	Lichterfelde	2009
Heart of Jesus Foundation Berlin-Charlottenburg	Charlottenburg	2011
Foundation for the Catholic Church Community of the Holy Spirit Berlin	Charlottenburg	2010
Aquinata Catholic Sisterhood Foundation	Lichterfelde	2010
Maria Immaculata Foundation	Lankwitz	before 1990
Mater Dolorosa Foundation Berlin-Lankwitz	Lankwitz	2006
St. Hildegard Foundation	Frohnau	2014
St. Joseph Foundation , Berlin-Rudow	Rudow	2008
St. Karl Borromäus-Salvator Foundation in Berlin	Grunewald	2009

Based in Brandenburg

In Brandenburg, independent foundations are listed in a foundation register of the Ministry of the Interior of Brandenburg, but can be supervised by a church authority.

• Caritas Community Foundation in the Archdiocese of Berlin, Potsdam-Babelsberg
• Rathszimmermeister Krebs'sches orphans and communicants pen in Schwedt / Oder
• Sankt Florian-Stiftung Neuzelle , ecclesiastical foundation

Other foundations

Other foundations are public, non-independent or private-benefit foundations, which are usually not subject to official foundation supervision. This also includes trust foundations. There are also associations that use the term “foundation” in their name.

• Guardini Foundation e. V., Berlin, work program art, science and faith
• Catholic family foundation for soldiers, Berlin-Marienfelde , family work of the Catholic military pastoral care
• School Foundation Dr. Carl Sonnenschein , Potsdam, public foundation under ecclesiastical law in Brandenburg with foundation supervision by the archbishop and the diocesan property management board
• Canisius-Kolleg Berlin Foundation , Berlin-Tiergarten

Financial situation

According to its annual report, the archbishopric had assets of 755.3 million euros in 2018, which is 46 million euros more than in 2017 due to real estate revaluations. 408.7 million euros were made up of provisions for the pensions of around 300 priests and senior staff of the archdiocese. The budget for 2020 amounts to 264.8 million euros in revenue, an increase of 5.9 million euros compared to 2019. The archbishopric estimates around 152.7 million euros in church tax income, which is 5.9 million euros more than in 2019. Around 32% of the expenditure is used for pastoral care, around 30% for Caritas, daycare centers, schools and universal church tasks, almost 20% for building maintenance, depreciation and diocese administration as well as 18% for pension benefits. Vicar General Manfred Kollig explained that the size of the archbishopric, which is the second largest area in Germany with a pronounced diaspora situation , results in a higher financial outlay compared to other German dioceses .

Diocesan calendar

In the Archdiocese of Berlin, the regional calendar for the German-speaking area is supplemented by the following individual celebrations (followed by the rank and the liturgical color ).

Abbreviations: H = solemn festival , F = festival , G = mandatory day of remembrance , g = non-mandatory day of remembrance , GK = general calendar , RK = regional calendar

• 0February 7th: Bl. Petro Werhun (priest and martyr) - g - red
• March 22nd: Bl. Cardinal Clemens August von Galen (Bishop of Munster ) - g - white
• April 23: St. Adalbert of Prague (Bishop of Prague , martyr) - G (RK: g) - red
• April 27: St. Petrus Canisius (religious priest, doctor of the church ) - F (RK: g) - white
• 0June 5th: St. Boniface (bishop and messenger of faith, martyr) - F (RK: G) - red
• June 16: St. Benno of Meißen (Bishop of Meißen ) - G (RK: g) - white
• June 29th: St. Peter and Paulus (apostles and martyrs. St. Peter is co-patron of the Archdiocese of Berlin) - H (GK: H) - red
• June 30th: St. Otto von Bamberg (Bishop of Bamberg , messenger of faith. Otto is co-patron of the Archdiocese of Berlin) - F (RK: g) - white
• August 17th: St. Hyacinth of Poland (religious priest) - g - white
• September 17th: St. Hildegard von Bingen (abbess) - F (RK: g) - white
• 0October 9: St. Gunther (hermit) - g - white
• October 16: St. Hedwig von Andechs (Duchess of Silesia ) - in St. Hedwig's Cathedral: H, in the archbishopric: F - white
• October 22: Bl. Contardo Ferrini (lay helper) - g - white
• October 30th: Bl. Maria Teresa of St. Joseph (founder of the order) - g - white
• 0November 5th: Bl. Bernhard Lichtenberg (priest and martyr) - F - red
• 0November 6th: Anniversary of the consecration of the cathedral to Saint Hedwig - in the cathedral: H, in the rest of the archbishopric: F - white
• 0November 8: All martyrs of the archdiocese - g - red
• November 19: St. Elisabeth of Thuringia (Landgravine of Thuringia ) - F (RK: G) - white

See also

• List of profaned churches in the Archdiocese of Berlin
• List of sacred buildings in Berlin
• Roman Catholic Church in Germany

literature

• Hubert Bengsch: Diocese of Berlin. Church between the Elbe and Oder with a thousand-year history. Stapp, Berlin 1985, ISBN 3-87776-422-3 , 214 pages.
• Waltraud Bilger, Dieter Hanky: Archdiocese of Berlin 1930–1996 - data, facts, figures. 2., revised. and exp. Edition. Press office of the Archdiocese of Berlin, Berlin 1997, 111 pages.
• W. Dittmann, G. von Glowczewski, F. Pauli, M. Richter, R. Stawinski (Eds.): Berlin. 750 years. Churches and monasteries. HB Verlags- und Vertriebs-Gesellschaft, Hamburg 1987, ISBN 3-616-06724-3 , 113 pages.
• Klaus Fitschen : Berlin Church History. Elsengold-Verlag, Berlin 2017, ISBN 978-3-944594-72-9 .
• Archbishop's Ordinariat Berlin (ed.), Text by Dieter Hanky: In the sign of the cross. From the medieval dioceses to the diocese of Berlin. A walk through 1000 years of church history. Servi, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-933757-00-2 .
• Michael Höhle: The foundation of the Diocese of Berlin 1930 (publications of the commission for contemporary history; B research, 73). Schöningh, Paderborn u. a. 1996, ISBN 3-506-79978-9 , 308 pages.
• Michael Höhle (Ed.): 75 years of the Diocese of Berlin - 20 personalities. Cordier, Heiligenstadt 2005, ISBN 3-929413-92-2 , 239 pages.
• Leo Jablonski: History of the prince-bishop's delegation district of Brandenburg and Pomerania. 2 volumes. Volume 1: The external development, Volume 2: The internal development. Wroclaw 1929.
• Wolfgang Knauft (Ed.): Co -builder of the Diocese of Berlin. 50 years of history in character images. Morus-Verlag, Berlin 1979, ISBN 3-87554-176-6 (240 pages).
• Wolfgang Knauft: Diocese of Berlin. From the series Germany your dioceses, ed. by G. Mees and G. Graf. Pattloch Verlag, Aschaffenburg 1987, ISBN 3-557-91360-0 , 112 pages.
• Judith Luig: On the way to diversity . In: Berliner Morgenpost , February 24, 2013.
• Josef Rudolf: The most difficult diocese in the world. Fromm Verlag, March 2020, ISBN 978-613-8-36455-9 .

Web links

Commons : Archdiocese of Berlin  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Homepage of the Archdiocese of Berlin
• Own celebrations in the diocesan calendar of the Archdiocese of Berlin ( Memento from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 141 kB)
• Entry on Archdiocese of Berlin on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved February 24, 2013.
• Homepage of the Diocesan Archives Berlin

Remarks

1. ↑ Wroclaw's other two suffragans were the diocese of Warmia (previously exempt) and the newly created prelature Schneidemühl .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The Archdiocese in Figures, as of December 31, 2016
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Catholic Church in Germany. (PDF: 1,041 kB) Statistical data 2018. Secretariat of the German Bishops' Conference, July 19, 2019, p. 3 , accessed on July 19, 2019 . 
3. ↑ AP2019
4. ↑ hedwigs-kathedrale.de: St. Hedwig moved to St. Joseph . (PDF)
5. ^ Chronicle: Berlin, August 13th . In: Daily facts of the Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein
6. ^ Waltraud Bilger, Dieter Hanky: Archdiocese of Berlin 1930–1996 - dates, facts, figures. 2., revised. and exp. Edition. Press office of the Archdiocese of Berlin, Berlin 1997, p. 57. Omission and addition in square brackets not in the original.
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11. ^ The St. Karl Borromäus-Salvator Foundation in Berlin. ( Memento from January 17, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) karl-borromaeus.de
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17. ↑ Markus Huth : After the Reich Concordat of 1933: New Archbishop Woelki is the first Archbishop to take an oath of allegiance in the Red City Hall . In: Potsdam Latest News from August 15, 2011.
18. ↑ Dr. Rainer Maria Woelki introduced into office as the new Archbishop of Berlin ( memento from September 15, 2011 in the Internet Archive ). Website of the Archdiocese of Berlin. Retrieved August 27, 2011.
19. ^ Rainer Maria Cardinal Woelki: Where Faith Gains Space (PDF; 207 kB), pastoral letter on pastoral redesign, December 2, 2012, accessed online on December 2, 2012
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22. ↑ Circular Archdiocese of Berlin - Coronavirus (PDF) of March 17, 2020, accessed on March 18, 2020.
23. ↑ kathisch.de : Corona: Now the services in all German dioceses are canceled , March 18, 2020.
24. ↑ dioezesanarchiv-berlin.de Kalendarium Archidioecesis Berolinensis
25. ↑ erzbistumberlin.de: Consecration of the Archdiocese of Berlin on August 15, 2020 , June 19, 2020
26. ↑ Archbishopric Berlin, diocesan priest: Kuratus Leonhard Berger. In: Witnesses for Christ. The German Martyrology of the 20th Century, pp. 91–93. Edited by Helmut Moll on behalf of the German Bishops' Conference. Verlag Ferdinand Schöningh, Paderborn 1999. ISBN 978-3-506-75778-4
27. ↑ ^{a b c} Archdiocese of Berlin: Victims of unjust violence
28. ^ Archdiocese of Berlin, lay people: Arno Ertner. In: Witnesses for Christ. The German Martyrology of the 20th Century, pp. 125–127. Edited by Helmut Moll on behalf of the German Bishops' Conference. Verlag Ferdinand Schöningh, Paderborn 1999. ISBN 978-3-506-75778-4
29. ↑ ^{a b} Ursula Pruss: Concentration camp terminus: Lieselott Neumark and Arno Ertner, two little-known victims of the Nazi dictatorship from the diocese of Berlin
30. ^ Heinz Kühn, martyrs of the diocese of Berlin. Klausener, Lichtenberg, Lampert, Lorenz, Simoleit, Mandrella, Hirsch, Wachsmann, Metzger, Schäfer, Willimsky, Lenzel, Froehlich. More publishing house, Berlin 1952
31. ↑ Archbishopric Berlin, diocesan priest: Pastor Albert Hirsch. In: Witnesses for Christ. The German Martyrology of the 20th Century, pp. 98–100. Edited by Helmut Moll on behalf of the German Bishops' Conference. Verlag Ferdinand Schöningh, Paderborn 1999. ISBN 978-3-506-75778-4
32. ^ Archdiocese of Berlin, lay people: Lieselott Neumark. In: Witnesses for Christ. The German Martyrology of the 20th Century, pp. 136–138. Edited by Helmut Moll on behalf of the German Bishops' Conference. Verlag Ferdinand Schöningh, Paderborn 1999. ISBN 978-3-506-75778-4
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35. ↑ Fewer members, more money. In: Lord's Day , March 15, 2020, p. 1.
36. ^ Pastoral area Stralsund / Rügen / Demmin , Archdiocese of Berlin; accessed on September 12, 2017
37. ^ Pastoral area Usedom / Anklam / Greifswald , Archdiocese of Berlin; accessed on September 12, 2017
38. ^ Pastoral area Hoppenwalde / Pasewalk , Archdiocese of Berlin; accessed on September 12, 2017
39. ^ Pastoral area Fürstenberg-Neuruppin , Archdiocese of Berlin; accessed on September 12, 2017
40. ^ Pastoral area Berlin-Buch - Bernau - Eberswalde , Archdiocese of Berlin; accessed on September 12, 2017
41. ^ Pastoral area Rüdersdorf - Erkner - Hoppegarten - Petershagen , Archdiocese of Berlin; accessed on September 12, 2017
42. ^ Pastoral area Frankfurt (Oder) -Buckow-Müncheberg-Fürstenwalde , Archdiocese of Berlin; accessed on September 12, 2017
43. ^ Pastoral area Königs Wusterhausen-Eichwalde , Archdiocese of Berlin; accessed on September 12, 2017
44. ^ Pastoral area Potsdam-Michendorf , Archdiocese of Berlin; accessed on September 12, 2017
45. ^ Parish of St. Franziskus , Archdiocese of Berlin; accessed on September 12, 2017
46. ^ Pastoral area in northeast Berlin , Archdiocese of Berlin; accessed on September 12, 2017
47. ^ Pastoral area Berlin Wuhle-Spree , Archdiocese of Berlin; accessed on September 12, 2017
48. ↑ Pastoral Space Berlin Friedrichshain-Lichtenberg ( Memento from September 12, 2017 in the Internet Archive ), Archdiocese of Berlin; accessed on September 12, 2017
49. ^ Pastoral Space Berlin Mitte ( Memento from September 12, 2017 in the Internet Archive ), Archdiocese of Berlin; accessed on September 12, 2017
50. ↑ Pastoral Room Tiergarten-Wedding ( Memento from September 12, 2017 in the Internet Archive ), Archdiocese of Berlin; accessed on September 12, 2017
51. ^ Pastoral area Berlin-Schöneberg-Tiergarten Süd , Archdiocese of Berlin; accessed on September 12, 2017
52. ^ Pastoral space Berlin Nord-Neukölln ( Memento from September 12, 2017 in the Internet Archive ), Archdiocese of Berlin; accessed on September 12, 2017
53. ^ Pastoral area Neukölln Süd , Archdiocese of Berlin; accessed on September 13, 2017
54. ↑ Pastoral Space Berlin Treptow-Köpenick ( Memento from September 12, 2017 in the Internet Archive ), Archdiocese of Berlin; accessed on September 12, 2017
55. ^ Pastoral space Berlin-Lichtenrade-Buckow-Mariendorf-Tempelhof , Archdiocese of Berlin; accessed on September 12, 2017
56. ↑ Pastoral Space Berlin Steglitz-Lankwitz-Dahlem ( Memento from September 12, 2017 in the Internet Archive ), Archdiocese of Berlin; accessed on September 12, 2017
57. ^ Pastoral area Berlin Lankwitz-Marienfelde , Archdiocese of Berlin; accessed on September 12, 2017
58. ^ Pastoral area Berlin southwest , Archdiocese of Berlin; accessed on September 12, 2017
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60. ^ Catholic University of Social Sciences Berlin
61. ^ Catholic School of Our Lady
62. ^ Salvator Catholic School
63. ^ Catholic Marienschule
64. ^ Edith Stein Catholic School Center in the Katharinenstift
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70. ^ Stiftung Herz Jesu Berlin-Charlottenburg
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76. ^ Foundation St. Joseph Berlin-Rudow st-joseph-berlin.de
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79. ^ Foundation law for the state of Brandenburg , Brandenburg regulation system; Retrieved July 18, 2014
80. ↑ The Caritas Community Foundation, caritas-spenden-berlin.de; Retrieved July 17, 2014
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84. ↑ Catholic Family Foundation for Soldiers ; accessed on October 5, 2017
85. ↑ School Foundation Dr. Carl Sonnenschein in the Archdiocese of Berlin
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