Roman Catholicism in Germany
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The Roman Catholic Church in Germany is part of the worldwide Roman Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope and curia in Rome.
There are 7 archdioceses and 20 dioceses.
- Archdiocese of Bamberg
- Archdiocese of Berlin
- Archbishopric of Cologne
- Archdiocese of Freiburg
- Archdiocese of Hamburg
- Archbishopric of Mainz
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Munich
- Archdiocese of Paderborn
- Archbishopric of Trier
Securalisation has hit in Germany as elsewhere in Europe; nowadays less than one third of the total population is Catholic (31.4% or 25,905,000 people as of December 2005) compared to 45% in 1970. Furthermore, a mere 4.5% of the Germans attended a Catholic church service on Sundays in 2005. The current Pope Benedict XVI comes from Bavaria, one of the most Catholic areas.
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Albania · Andorra · Armenia1 · Austria · Azerbaijan1 · Belarus · Belgium · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Bulgaria · Croatia · Cyprus1 · Czech Republic · Denmark · Estonia · Finland · France · Georgia1 · Germany · Greece · Hungary · Iceland · Ireland · Italy · Kazakhstan1 · Latvia · Liechtenstein · Lithuania · Luxembourg · Republic of Macedonia · Malta · Moldova · Monaco · Montenegro · Netherlands · Norway · Poland · Portugal · Romania · Russia1 · San Marino · Serbia · Slovakia · Slovenia · Spain · Sweden · Switzerland · Turkey1 · Ukraine · United Kingdom · Vatican City
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1 Has significant territory in Asia.
