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Diocese of Gurk

Dioecesis Gurcensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Josef Marketz, Bishop

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 6 March 1071
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Salzburg
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Austria
  • Square Kilometers: 9,536 (3,683 Square Miles)
  • Official Web Site: http://www.kath-kirche-kaernten.at/
  • Mailing Address: Bischofliches Ordinariat, Mariannengasse 2, A-9020 Klagenfurt am Worthersee, Oesterreich
  • Telephone: (0463)57.770.10.21
  • Fax: 57.770.10.29

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
6 March 1071ErectedArchdiocese of Salzburg Diocese of Gurk (erected)
10 February 1933Territory LostDiocese of Gurk (Deanery of Tarcisinus)
Diocese of Ljubljana (Parish of Fusine in Valromana)
Archdiocese of Udine
10 February 1933Territory AddedDiocese of Ljubljana (Deaneries of Idria and Vippaeco) Diocese of Gurk

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1950430,000500,00086.0%392139531809171543329ap1951
1970450,516526,83085.5%3201184381,028146574333ap1971
1980461,768537,66785.9%2781063841,202127511337ap1981
1990467,650542,00086.3%240883281,42510106437337ap1991
1999443,921564,23778.7%207842911,5253097343337ap2000
2000442,801563,92578.5%203812841,5593091356337ap2001
2001441,287550,59080.1%197802771,5933096310337ap2002
2002440,095561,12678.4%208792871,5333998312337ap2003
2003438,878559,40478.5%194712651,6563891231337ap2004
2004436,795558,00678.3%194702641,6543890292337ap2005
2006414,699559,62174.1%191702611,5883881296337ap2007
2013387,619557,77369.5%188552431,5954965244336ap2014
2016381,000557,64168.3%239462851,3365857206336ap2017
2019363,505560,98364.8%198422401,5146550191336ap2020
2021364,300562,23064.8%198392371,5375946167336ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 269, and Page 270
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 162
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 207
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 200
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 216
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 232
  • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 278, to Page 279
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 25, Page 456, and Page 457

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