Archbishop of Berlin
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The Archdiocese of Berlin was erected on 13 August 1930 by Pope Pius XI and was elevated to the rank of an archdiocese on 27 June 1994 by Pope John Paul II.
As of 2004 the archdiocese has 377,000 Catholics out of the population of Berlin. This means that a little over 6% of Berlin is Roman Catholic. There are 122 parishes in the archdiocese.
[edit] Ordinaries
- Christian Schreiber † (13 Aug 1930 Appointed - 1 Sep 1933 Died)
- Nikolaus Bares † (27 Oct 1933 Appointed - 1 Mar 1935 Died)
- Konrad Graf von Preysing Lichtenegg-Moos † (5 Jul 1935 Appointed - 21 Dec 1950 Died)
- Wilhelm Weskamm † (4 Jun 1951 Appointed - 21 Aug 1956 Died)
- Julius August Döpfner † (15 Jan 1957 Appointed - 3 Jul 1961 Appointed, Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich})
- Alfred Bengsch † (16 Aug 1961 Appointed - 13 Dec 1979 Died)
- Joachim Meisner (22 Apr 1980 Appointed - 20 Dec 1988 Appointed, Archbishop of Köln {Cologne})
- Georg Maximilian Sterzinsky (28 May 1989 Appointed - )
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