Saint Mary's Cathedral in Hamburg was the cathedral of the ancient Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hamburg, which was merged in personal union with the Diocese of Bremen in 847, and later in real union to form the Archdiocese of Hamburg-Bremen, as of 1027.
St. Mary's Cathedral in 1800, seen from south against the towers of St. Peter (centre) and St. James (right).
Hamburg Cathedral, seen from east, during demolition in 1806
Hamburg Altar: Main cathedral altar consecrated to Mary of Nazareth, a panel depicting Mary and Joseph of Nazareth, National Museum, Warsaw.
The Archdiocese of Hamburg is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in the north of Germany and covers the Federal States of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein as well as the Mecklenburgian part of the Federal State of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. In terms of surface area it is the largest in Germany. It is characterized by its situation as a diocese in the Diaspora. Seat of the archbishop is the New St. Mary's Cathedral in Sankt Georg, Hamburg. On January 26, 2015 Stefan Heße, Generalvikar of the Archdiocese of Cologne, was appointed Archbishop of Hamburg.
