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{{Short description|Catholic archdiocese in Germany}}
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{{Infobox diocese
| jurisdiction      = Metropolitan Archdiocese<!-- Type of jurisdiction: i.e. Diocese or Archdiocese -->
| name              = Paderborn
| latin             = Archidioecesis Metropolitae Paderbornensis
| local             = Metropolitanerzbistum Paderborn
| image             = Paderborn Dom asv2024-05 img13.jpg
| image_size        = frameless
| image_alt         = 
| caption           = Paderborn Cathedral
| coat              = Coat of arms of Archdiocese of Paderborn.png
| coat_size         = 
| coat_alt          = 
| coat_caption      = 
<!---- Locations ---->
| country           = {{flag|Germany}}
| territory         = [[Paderborn]], [[North Rhine-Westphalia]]
| province          = Paderborn
| deaneries         = 
| headquarters      = 
| coordinates       = <!-- Use {{coord}} -->
<!---- Statistics ---->
| area_km2          = 14,750<!-- Area in square kilometers, automatically converted -->
| area_footnotes    = 
| population        = 4,856,342
| population_as_of  = 2013
| catholics         = 1,596,405<!-- Number of Catholics in the diocese -->
| catholics_percent = 32.9
| parishes          = <!-- Number of parishes in the diocese -->
| churches          = <!-- Number of churches in the diocese -->
| congregations     = <!-- Number of congregations in the diocese -->
| schools           = <!-- Number of church supported schools in the diocese -->
| members           = <!-- Number of members in the diocese -->
<!---- Information ---->
| denomination      = [[Catholic Church|Catholic]]
| sui_iuris_church  = [[Latin Church]]
| rite              = [[Roman Rite]]
| established       = 799
| cathedral         = [[Paderborn Cathedral]]
| cocathedral       = 
| patron            = [[Saint Kilian|St. Kilian]]<br>[[Liborius|St. Liborius]]
| priests           = <!-- Number of priests in the diocese -->
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| pope              = {{Incumbent pope}} <!-- DO NOT CHANGE. This will update the Popes Automatically as they change -->
| bishop            = [[Udo Marcus Bentz]]
| bishop_title      = Archbishop
| metro_archbishop  = 
| coadjutor         = 
| suffragans        = 
| auxiliary_bishops = [[Matthias König]], [[Josef Holtkotte]]
| apostolic_admin   = 
| vicar_general     = 
| episcopal_vicar   = 
| judicial_vicar    = 
| emeritus_bishops  = {{unbulleted list|[[Hans-Josef Becker]]|[[Manfred Grothe]]|[[Hubert Berenbrinker]]}}
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| map               = Karte Erzbistum Paderborn.png
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<!---- Website ---->
| website           = {{Official website|https://www.erzbistum-paderborn.de/|erzbistum-paderborn.de}}
| footnotes         = 
}}
The '''Metropolitan Archdiocese of Paderborn''' ({{langx|la|Archidioecesis Metropolitae Paderbornensis}}) is a [[Latin Church]] [[archdiocese]] of the [[Catholic Church]] in [[Germany]]; its seat is [[Paderborn]].<ref name=CathHierPaderborn>[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dpade.html "Archdiocese of Paderborn"] ''[[Catholic-Hierarchy.org]]''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016</ref><ref name=GCathPaderborn>[http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/pade0.htm "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Paderborn"] ''GCatholic.org''. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016</ref> It was a [[diocese]] from its foundation in 799 until 1802, and again from 1821 until 1930. In 1930, it was promoted to an archdiocese. From 1281 until 1802, the [[Bishopric of Paderborn]] (German: ''Fürstbistum Paderborn'') was also a state of the [[Holy Roman Empire]].

==History==
The diocese of Paderborn was founded in 799 by [[Pope Leo III]]. In the early years it was subordinated to the bishop of [[Bishopric of Würzburg|Würzburg]]. Since 855 the clergy had the right to elect the bishop. The diocese included the larger part of [[County of Lippe|Lippe]], [[Waldeck (state)|Waldeck]], and nearly half of the [[County of Ravensberg]].

===History of the bishopric===

{{Main|Bishopric of Paderborn}}

===Restoration and later history===

While the bishopric as a state had been permanently dissolved in 1802, the Diocese of Paderborn, originally [[suffragan]] to [[Archdiocese of Mainz|Mainz Archdiocese]] (till 1805), was recreated by [[Pope Pius VII]] as a suffragan to [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cologne|Cologne Archdiocese]] in 1821. Through the [[Prussian Concordate]], it was promoted to an archdiocese in 1930, heading the new [[Middle German Ecclesiastical Province]]; at the same time, Paderborn lost its districts around [[Erfurt]] and [[Heilbad Heiligenstadt|Heiligenstadt]] to the [[Diocese of Fulda]], and two small areas to the Archdiocese of Cologne. The [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Hildesheim|dioceses of Hildesheim]] and Fulda were made its suffragans.

When the [[Diocese of Essen]] was created in 1958, Paderborn lost a significant portion of its district to it.

In the 1980s the [[Campingkirche]] was founded.

In 1994 Paderborn lost the part of its district located in the former [[East Germany]] to its newly created suffragan [[Diocese of Magdeburg]]. Also the new [[Diocese of Erfurt]] was made subordinate to Paderborn. At the same time, Hildesheim was made subordinate to the [[Archdiocese of Hamburg]].

In the 1990s, the conflict between the Archdiocese and renegade priest [[Eugen Drewermann]] made headlines.

The current archbishop is [[Hans-Josef Becker]].

In April 2008 pope Benedict XVI. announced [[Hubert Berenbrinker]] as a new [[auxiliary bishop]].

==Ordinaries==
===Bishops to 1321===
{| class="wikitable toptextcells" 
!bgcolor="silver" style="width:75px"|Image
!bgcolor="silver" style="width:25%"|Name
!bgcolor="silver"|from
!bgcolor="silver"|to
!bgcolor="silver"|Notes
|-
|
| [[Hathumar]]
| 806
| 815
| 
|-
|
| [[Badurad]]
| 815
| 862
| 
|-
|
| [[Luithard]]
| 862
| 887
| 
|-
|
| [[Biso]]
| 887
| 900
| 
|-
|
| [[Theoderic I (bishop of Paderborn)|Theoderic I]]
| 900
| 917
| 
|-
|
| [[Unwan (bishop of Paderborn)|Unwan]]
| 918
| 935
| 
|-
|
| [[Dudo (bishop of Paderborn)|Dudo]]
| 935
| 959
| 
|-
|
| [[Volkmar (bishop of Paderborn)|Volkmar]]
| 959
| 983
| 
|-
|
| [[Rethar]]
| 983
| 1009
| 
|-
| [[File:FBPB 30 Bischof Meinwerk auf Tragaltar Helmarshausen 1100.jpg|75px]]
| [[Meinwerk]]
| 1009
| 1036
| [[Immedinger]]
|-
|
| [[Rotho (bishop)|Rotho]]
| 1036
| 1051
| 
|-
|
| [[Imad (bishop)|Imad]]
| 1051
| 1076
| [[Billungs|Billunger]]
|-
|
| [[Poppo (bishop of Paderborn)|Poppo]]
| 1076
| 1083
| 
|-
|
| [[Henry I (bishop of Paderborn)|Henry I]]
| 1083
| 1090
| 
|-
| [[File:Heinrichwerl.jpg|75px]]
| [[Henry II (bishop of Paderborn)|Henry II]]
| 1084
| 1127
| 
|-
|
| [[Bernard I (bishop of Paderborn)|Bernard I]]
| 1127
| 1160
| 
|-
|
| [[Evergis]]
| 1160
| 1178
| 
|-
|
| [[Siegfried (bishop of Paderborn)|Siegfried]]
| 1178
| 1188
| von Hallermund?
|-
|
| [[Bernhard von Ibbenbüren|Bernard II]]
| 1188
| 1203
| 
|-
|
| [[Bernard III (bishop of Paderborn)|Bernard III]]
| 1204
| 1223
| 
|-
|
| [[Thomas Olivier]]
| 1223
| 1225
| 
|-
| 
| [[Wilbrand von Oldenburg]]
| 1225
| 1228
| 
|-
|
| [[Bernard IV (bishop of Paderborn)|Bernard IV]]
| 1228
| 1247
| 
|-
|
| [[Simon I (bishop of Paderborn)|Simon I]]
| 1247
| 1277
| 
|-
|
| [[Otto von Rietberg]]
| 1277
| 1307
| 
|-
|
| [[Günther von Schwalenberg|Günther I]]
| 1307
| 1310
| 
|-
|
| [[Dietrich von Itter|Dietrich II]]
| 1310
| 1321
|
|-
|}

===Prince-Bishops (1321 to 1802)===
{{See|Prince-Bishopric of Paderborn#Prince-bishops}}

===Archbishops===
*[[Franz Egon von Fürstenberg (1737–1825)|Franz Egon Freiherr von Fürstenberg]] † (6 Jan 1789 Succeeded – 1802 Promoted to Archbishop)

===Bishops===
*Franz Egon Freiherr von Fürstenberg † (1821 Demoted to Bishop – 11 Aug 1825 Died)
*[[Friedrich Klemens Freiherr von Ledebur]] † (10 Nov 1825 Appointed – 30 Aug 1841 Died)
*[[Richard Kornelius Dammers]] † (27 Nov 1841 Appointed – 11 Oct 1844 Died)
*[[Johann Franz Drepper]] † (11 Jan 1845 Appointed – 5 Nov 1855 Died)
*[[Konrad Martin]] † (29 Jan 1856 Appointed – 16 Jul 1879 Died)
*[[Franz Kaspar Drobe]] † (24 Mar 1882 Appointed – 7 Mar 1891 Died)
*[[Hubert Theophil Simar]] † (25 Jun 1891 Appointed – 24 Oct 1899 Appointed, Archbishop of Köln {Cologne})
*Wilhelm Schneider † (10 May 1900 Appointed – 31 Aug 1909 Died)
*[[Karl Joseph Schulte]] † (30 Nov 1909 Appointed – 8 Mar 1920 Appointed, Archbishop of Köln {Cologne})
*[[Caspar Klein]] † (30 Apr 1920 Appointed)

===Archbishops===
*Caspar Klein (1930 Promoted to archbishop – 26 January 1941 Died)
*[[Lorenz Jaeger]] (29 May 1941 Appointed – 30 June 1973 Retired)
*[[Johannes Joachim Degenhardt]] (15 March 1974 Appointed – 25 July 2002 Died)
*[[Hans-Josef Becker]] (3 July 2003 – 1 October 2022)

==Auxiliary bishops==
===Diocese (to 1802)===
*[[Johannes Fabri (bishop of Paderborn)|Johannes Fabri]], [[Order of Friars Minor|O.F.M.]] (1437–1458)<ref name=CathHierJohFabri>[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bfabjo.html "Bishop Johannes Fabri, O.F.M."] ''[[Catholic-Hierarchy.org]]''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 29, 2016</ref><ref name=GCathJohFabri>[http://www.gcatholic.org/hierarchy/data/bishops-FA.htm#58251 "Bishop Johannes Fabri, O.F.M."] ''GCatholic.org''. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016</ref>
*[[Johannes Schulte]], [[Order of Saint Augustine|O.S.A.]] (1455–1466)<ref name=CathHierJohSchul>[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bschulj.html "Bishop Johannes Schulte, O.S.A."] ''[[Catholic-Hierarchy.org]]''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 29, 2016</ref>
*[[Heinrich Vuyst]] (Wust), [[Order of Friars Minor|O.F.M.]] (1462–1468)<ref name=CathHierHeinVuy>[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bvuyst.html "Bishop Heinrich Vuyst (Wust), O.F.M."] ''[[Catholic-Hierarchy.org]]''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved October 7, 2016</ref><ref name=GCathHeinVuy>[http://www.gcatholic.org/hierarchy/data/bishops-VONS.htm#58912 "Bishop Heinrich Vuyst, O.F.M."] ''GCatholic.org''. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved October 7, 2016</ref>
*[[Johannes Ymminck]], [[Order of Saint Augustine|O.S.A.]] (1469–1493)<ref name=CathHierJohYmm>[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/byumm.html "Bishop Johannes Ymminck, O.S.A."] ''[[Catholic-Hierarchy.org]]''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 29, 2016</ref>
*[[Johann Welmecher]], [[Order of Friars Minor|O.F.M.]] (1481–1505)
*[[Albert Engel (bishop)]], [[Order of Friars Minor|O.F.M.]] (1493–1500)<ref name=CathHierAlbEng>[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bengel.html "Bishop Albert Engel, O.F.M."] ''[[Catholic-Hierarchy.org]]''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved September 5, 2016</ref>
*[[Johannes Schneider (bishop)]], [[Order of Friars Minor|O.F.M.]] (1507–1551)<ref name=CathHierJohSch>[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bschnej.html "Bishop Johannes Schneider, O.F.M."] ''[[Catholic-Hierarchy.org]]''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved September 5, 2016</ref><ref name=GCathJohSch>[http://www.gcatholic.org/hierarchy/data/bishops-SC.htm#58915 "Bishop Johannes Schneider"] ''GCatholic.org''. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved September 5, 2016</ref>
*[[Nikolaus Arresdorf]], [[O.F.M. Conv.]] (1592–1620)
*[[Johannes Pelking]] (Pelcking), [[O.F.M. Conv.]] (1619–1642)
*[[Bernhard Frick]] (1644–1655)
*Pantaleon Bruns, [[Order of Saint Benedict|O.S.B.]] (1721–1727)
*Winimar Knippschild, [[Order of Saint Benedict|O.S.B.]] (1729–1732)
*Meinwerk Kaup, [[Order of Saint Benedict|O.S.B.]] (1733–1745)
*Johann Christoph von Crass (1746–1751)
*Franz Josef von Gondola, [[Order of Saint Benedict|O.S.B.]] (1752–1761)

===Diocese (1821–1830)===
*Richard Kornelius Dammers (1824–1842) Appointed, Bishop of Paderborn

===Archdiocese (1830–present)===
*Anton Ferdinand Holtgreven (1843–1848)
*Joseph Freusberg (1854–1889)
*Augustinus Göckel (1890–1912)
*Heinrich Hähling von Lanzenauer (1912–1925)
*Johannes Hillebrand (1926–1931)
*Augustinus Philipp Baumann (1932–1953)
*Wilhelm Weskamm (1949–1951)
*Friedrich Maria Heinrich Rintelen (1951–1970)
*Franz Hengsbach (1953–1957)
*Wilhelm Tuschen (1958–1961)
*Paul Heinrich Nordhues (1961–1990)
*[[Johannes Joachim Degenhardt]] (1968–1974) Appointed, Archbishop of Paderborn
*Hans-Georg (Johannes) Braun (1970–1973)
*Paul Josef Cordes (1975–1975)
*Paul-Werner Scheele (1975–1979)
*Hubert Berenbrinker (1977–2008)
*Hans Leo Drewes (1980–1997)
*Paul Consbruch (1980–1999)
*Franz-Josef Hermann Bode (1991–1995)
*Heinz Josef Algermissen (1996–2001)
*Reinhard Marx (1996–2001)
*[[Hans-Josef Becker]] (1999–2003) Appointed, Archbishop of Paderborn
*Karl-Heinz Wiesemann (2002–2007)
*Manfred Grothe (2004–2015)
*Matthias König (2004– )
*Hubert Berenbrinker (2008-2020)
*Dominicus (Michael) Meier, [[Order of Saint Benedict|O.S.B.]] (2015–2024)

==Structure==
The archdiocese is allocated in 19 districts (''[[Dekanat]]e'').{{cn|date=April 2024}}

==References==
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==External links==
*{{Catholic Encyclopedia|wstitle=Paderborn}}
*[http://www.erzbistum-paderborn.de/ Official website of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Paderborn], erzbistum-paderborn.de. Accessed 31 March 2024. (in German).
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