Berlin Cathedral (German: Berliner Dom) is the colloquial name for the Evangelical (i.e. Protestant) Oberpfarr- und Domkirche (English analogously: Supreme Parish and Collegiate Church, literally Supreme Parish and Cathedral Church) in Berlin, Germany. It is the parish church of the Evangelical congregation Gemeinde der Oberpfarr- und Domkirche zu Berlin, a member of the umbrella organisation Evangelical Church of Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia. Its present building is located on Museum Island in the Mitte borough.
The Berlin Cathedral has never been a cathedral in the actual sense of that term since it has never been the seat of a bishop. The bishop of the Evangelical Church in Berlin-Brandenburg (under this name 1945–2003) is based in St. Mary's Church, Berlin, and Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church. St. Hedwig's Cathedral serves as seat of Berlin's Roman Catholic metropolitan bishop.
Read more about Berlin Cathedral: Establishment of A Collegiate Church in Berlin (1451–1536), The Collegiate Church Residing in The Former Black Friars' Church of St. Paul's South of The Castle , The Supreme Parish Church Residing in Its New Building North of The Castle (1750–1893), The Supreme Parish and Cathedral Church Residing in The Present Building (1905 To Date), The Main Organ in The Supreme Parish and Cathedral Church
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