The
Archdiocese of Bamberg (lat.
Archidioecesis Bambergensis) is a
diocese of the
Roman Catholic Church in
Bavaria and is one of 27
Roman Catholic dioceses in Germany. About a third (actually 38.1% in 2006) of the population is Catholic. With 15.6% this diocese has one of higher (relative) numbers of worshippers on Sunday in Germany. It comprises the majority of the administrative regions of
Upper Franconia and
Middle Franconia, as well as a small part of
Lower Franconia and the
Upper Palatinate. Its seat is
Bamberg. The dioceses of
Speyer,
Eichstätt, and
Würzburg are subordinate to it. The Diocese was founded in 1007 out of parts of the dioceses of Eichstätt and Würzburg. In 1817, the diocese was raised to an archdiocese.