Stephan Burger (born 29 April 1962 in Freiburg im Breisgau) is a German Roman Catholic clergyman.

Starting 2002, Burger worked as defender of the bond (defensor vinculi) at the officialate (diocesan tribunal) of the Archdiocese of Freiburg.

Burger chose Christus in cordibus ("Christ in the hearts") from the Letter of St Paul to the Ephesians (Eph 3:17) as his episcopal motto.

[10][11] In a discussion evening with young Catholics in July 2021, which was broadcast publicly as a streaming video, Burger took a negative position against the ordination of women to the priesthood.

The procedure and the amount of the salary increases met with criticism, also in view of the sharp decline in membership and in the available financial resources of the archdiocese.

Georg Bier, Professor of Canon Law at the University of Freiburg, criticized that the archdiocese's approach contradicted the concept of salaries in the civil service and in the church service in Germany: a higher salary grade is generally only awarded if it is associated with a new function with new, more responsible tasks.

[19] On 18 June 2016, Burger was appointed Conventual Chaplain ad honorem of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta during the general assembly of the German national association.