Roman Catholic Diocese of Feldkirch

The Diocese of Feldkirch (Latin: Dioecesis Campitemplensis) is a Latin Church diocese located in the city of Feldkirch, Vorarlberg, in the ecclesiastical province of Salzburg in Austria.

Diocese of Feldkirch Dioecesis Campitemplensis Diözese Feldkirch
Feldkirch Cathedral
Location
Country	Austria
Territory	Vorarlberg
Ecclesiastical province	Salzburg
Metropolitan	Archdiocese of Salzburg
Statistics
Area	2,601 km2 (1,004 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2019) 395,012 233,081 (59%)
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	8 December 1968
Cathedral	St. Nicholas Cathedral, Feldkirch
Patron saint	Saint Nicholas
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Benno Elbs
Metropolitan Archbishop	Franz Lackner
Map
Website
Website of the Diocese

History

• until the 19th century: part of the Swabian Dioceses of the Catholic Church: Constance, Augsburg
• then attached to the (Tyrolean and thus Austrian) Diocese of Brixen after the split-up of the Holy Roman Empire
• came with the Austrian part of Brixen to the Apostolic Administrature (1921), later (1964) Diocese of Innsbruck-Feldkirch
• 8 December 1968: detached from Innsbruck and established as Diocese of Feldkirch

Special churches

• Minor Basilicas:
  • Liebfrauenbasilika Rankweil, Rankweil, Vorarlberg

Bishops of Feldkirch

• Bruno Wechner (9 December 1968 – 21 January 1989)
• Klaus Küng (21 January 1989 – 7 October 2004)
• Elmar Fischer (24 May 2005 – 15 November 2011)
• Benno Elbs (since 8 May 2013)

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Austria

External links

• GCatholic.org ^{[self-published]}
• Catholic Hierarchy ^{[self-published]}
• Diocese website