Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vienna

The Archdiocese of Vienna (Latin: Archidioecesis Viennensis) is a Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Austria. It was erected as the Diocese of Vienna on 18 January 1469 out of the Diocese of Passau, and elevated to an archdiocese on 1 June 1722. The episcopal see is situated in the cathedral of S. Stephen in Vienna.

Archdiocese of Vienna

Archidioecesis Viennensis
Archidioecesis Vindobonensis

Erzdiözese Wien
Location
CountryAustria
TerritoryVienna, Lower Austria
Ecclesiastical provinceArchdiocese of Vienna
MetropolitanVienna
Statistics
Area9,100 km2 (3,500 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2020)
Increase 2,892,484
Decrease 1,156,923 (Decrease 40%)
Parishes626
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
RiteRoman Rite
Established18 January 1469
CathedralSt. Stephen's Cathedral
Patron saintSaint Stephen
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Metropolitan ArchbishopChristoph Schönborn
Auxiliary BishopsFranz Scharl
Stefan Turnovsky
Vicar GeneralNikolaus Krasa
Map
Website
Website of the Archdiocese
St. Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna

The Archdiocese is the metropolitan diocese of three suffragan dioceses: Roman Catholic Diocese of Eisenstadt, of Linz, and of Sankt Pölten. These four dioceses together constitute the ecclesiastical province of Vienna, one of only two ecclesiastical provinces of Austria, the other under the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Salzburg.

The current bishop is Christoph Schoenborn, appointed in 1995 and elevated to cardinal in 1998.

History

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At the request of the Emperor Frederick III, the Diocese of Vienna was established by Pope Paul II on 18 January 1469, out of territory taken from the Diocese of Passau.[1] It was elevated to an archdiocese on 1 June 1722.

In 1642, St. Roch's Church was built in Vienna by Ferdinand III in thanks for the preservation of Vienna from the plague.

Cardinal Joseph Othmar von Rauscher (1853–1875) presided over a provincial synod in the cathedral of S. Stephen in Vienna in October 1858.[2]

Episcopal Ordinaries

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Suffragan Bishops of Vienna

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Metropolitan Archbishops of Vienna

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Notable people

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Cesare Baronio (ed. Augustin Theiner), Annales Ecclesiastici, (in Latin), Vol. 29 (Bar-le-Duc: Bertrand 1876), p. 468.
  2. ^ Acta et decreta Concilii Provinciae Viennensis anno domini MDCCCLVIII: pontificatus Pii papae IX. decimo tertio celebrati, (in Latin) Vienna: ex officina Caes. Reg. typographica aulae et status, 1859.

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