Cathedral Council

The governing body of Berlin Cathedral is called the Cathedral Church Council (DKK). It comprises twelve honorary cathedral councillors and the cathedral preachers. 

On 30 November 2025, the cathedral parish elected eight cathedral church councillors and four substitute elders, who were appointed as deputy cathedral church councillors, for a term of six years. Four additional cathedral church councillors are appointed by the Union of Evangelical Churches (UEK), the Regional Church (EKBO), the Federal Government and the Berlin Senate. In addition, the chairperson of the parish council and the administrative director participate in the monthly meetings as permanent guests.

Chair of the Cathedral Council

Dr. Katharina Berner
Dr. Katharina Berner

Chairwomen of the Cathedral Council

Dean Stefan Scholpp

Executive Cathedral Dean, Head of Management, Deputy Chairman of the Cathedral Church Council

PD Dr. Joachim Seybold
PD Dr. Joachim Seybold

Second Vice Chairman of the Cathedral Council

Members of the Cathedral Council

Dr. Katharina Berner
Dr. Katharina Berner

Representative of the UEK / EKD in the Domkirchenkollegium, Chairwomen of the Executive Committee

Dr. Christian Blome

Chairman of the Building Committee

Johann Friedrich Graf Brockdorff-Dallwitz

Chairman of the Personnel Committee

Reiner Fineske
Rainer Fineske
Generalsuperintendentin Dr. Julia Helmke

Deputy representative of the EKBO regional church (Photo: Heidi Scherm)

Henrik Iversen
Sabina Jaeckel-Engler
Dr. Britta Martini

Deputy Cathedral Canon

Dean Christiane Münker

Chairwomen of the Church Committee

Christian Ludwig Prinz von Preußen
Julius Schmitzer
Dean Stefan Scholpp

Chairman of the Events Committee

Dr. Rainer Schmack
Dr. Rainer Schmack

Deputy Cathedral Canon

PD Dr. Joachim Seybold
PD Dr. Joachim Seybold

Chairman of the Finance Committee

Tabea Storbeck
Konsistorialpräsidentin Dr. Viola Vogel

Representative of the Regional Church EKBO (Photo: Kauffmann Studios)

Dr. Claudia Wein, MdA

Representative of the Berlin Senate

Lammert Rapke Wijma
Lammert Rapke Wijma

Deputy Cathedral Canon

Dr. Cordula Woeste

Representative of the federal government


The Cathedral Chapter has formed several committees.

Executive Committee
Finance Committee
Personnel Committee
Building Committee
Church Committee
Events Committee

 

The Cathedral Church Council has elected the following representatives.

Representatives for the cathedral cemeteries
Henrik Iversen
Dr. Rainer Schmack

Representative for the partnership with St. Trinitatis Warsaw
Markus Meckel

Volunteer representative
Rainer Fineske

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