Archdiocese of Hamburg

ARCHDIOCESE OF HAMBURG (Archidioecesis Hamburgensis)

Country : Germany
Denomination : Roman Catholic

Established : 1995

Official blazon

In rot zwei schräg gekreuzte silberne Schlüssel, oben einen sechsstrahligen silbernen Stern und unten ein silbernes Kreuz, aus dem ein silbernes Herz wächst.

Origin/meaning

The two crossed keys are taken from the arms of the medieval Diocese of Bremen. The star is the symbol for St. Mary, the patron saint of the city and Archdiocese of Hamburg. The heart is taken from the arms of the Blessed Niels Stensen, apostolic vicar of the Nordic Missions (1638 -1686).

Arms of Archbishops

Ludwig Averkamp (1995-2002)
Werner Thissen (2003-2014)
Stefan Heße (2015-present)

Arms of Auxiliary Bishops

Norbert Werbs (1994-2015)
Hans-Jochen Jaschke (1994-2016)
Horst Eberlein (2017-present)

Literature:

Religious or Ecclesiastical heraldry portal

This page is part of the Ecclesiastical heraldry portal	Heraldry of the World
Ecclesiastical heraldry per country Catholic heraldry Roman Catholic Arms of Popes Cardinals (2,111) Archdioceses (644) Archbishops (3,371) Dioceses (2,486) Bishops (10,118) Nunciatures (210) and more Armenian Catholic Chaldean Catholic Coptic Catholic Ethiopian Catholic Hungarian Catholic Greek Catholic Maronite Catholic Ruthenian Catholic Syriac Catholic Syro-Malabar Catholic Syro-Malankara Catholic Liberal Catholic Old Catholic Free Catholic	Centre for Ecclesiastical Heraldry : We will help you designing your coat of arms Other Christian churches Anglican Churches Lutheran Churches Orthodox Churches Reformed Churches Unitarianism Other religions Judaism Total pages in the Ecclesiastical section : 18,832 Total images in the Ecclesiastical section : 17,799