Archdiocese of Salzburg

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Bishop(s) Alois Kothgasser, S.D.B., Archbishop Andreas Laun, O.S.F.S., Auxiliary Bishop Georg Eder, Archbishop Emeritus Jakob Mayr, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus Suffragan Dioceses Feldkirch Graz-Seckau Gurk Innsbruck

General Information Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese Elevated: 20 April 798 Metropolitan See Rite: Latin (or Roman) Country: Austria Square Kilometers: 9,715 (3,752 Square Miles) Official Web Site: http://www.kirchen.net/ Mailing Address: Postfach 62, A-5010 Salzburg, Oesterreich Telephone: (0662)80.47.101 Fax: 80.47.75

Historical Details

• Diocese of Salzburg
  • Latin Name: Salisburgensis
  • Erected: 6th Century
  • Country: Austria

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Past and Present Ordinaries

• Johann von Reisberg † ( 1429 Appointed - 1441 Died)
• Friedrich Truchseß von Emmerberg † (30 Sep 1441 Appointed - 3 Apr 1452 Died)
• Sigmund von Volkersdorf † (10 Apr 1452 Appointed - 3 Nov 1461 Died)
• Burkhard von Weißpriach † (16 Nov 1461 Appointed - 16 Feb 1466 Died)
• Bernhard von Rohr † (25 Feb 1466 Appointed - 21 Mar 1487 Died)
• Johann Beckenschlager † (21 Mar 1487 Succeeded - 15 Dec 1489 Died)
• Friedrich Graf von Schaumberg † (19 Dec 1489 Appointed - 4 Oct 1494 Died)
• Sigmund von Hollenegg † (16 Oct 1494 Appointed - 3 Jul 1495 Died)
• Leonhard von Keutschach, C.R.S.A. † (7 Jul 1495 Appointed - 8 Jun 1519 Died)
• Matthäus Lang von Wellenburg † (8 Jun 1519 Succeeded - 30 Mar 1540 Died)
• Michael von Kuenburg † (21 Jul 1554 Appointed - 17 Nov 1560 Died)
• Johann Jakob von Kuen-Belasy † (28 Nov 1560 Appointed - 4 May 1586 Died)
• Georg von Kuenburg † (4 May 1586 Succeeded - 25 Jan 1587 Died)
• Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau † (2 Mar 1587 Appointed - 7 Mar 1612 Resigned)
• Markus Sittikus von Hohenems † (18 Mar 1612 Appointed - 9 Oct 1619 Died)
• Paris Reichsgraf von Lodron † (13 Nov 1618 Appointed - 15 Dec 1653 Died)
• Guidobald von Thun † (3 Feb 1654 Appointed - 1 Jun 1668 Died)
• Maximilian Gandolf Reichsgraf von Kuenburg † (30 Jul 1668 Appointed - 3 May 1687 Died)
• Johann Ernst Reichsgraf von Thun † (30 Jun 1687 Appointed - 20 Apr 1709 Died)
• Franz Anton Fürst von Harrach zu Rorau † (20 Apr 1709 Succeeded - 18 Jul 1727 Died)
• Leopold Anton Eleutherius Reichsfreiherr von Firmian † (4 Oct 1727 Appointed - 22 Oct 1744 Died)
• Giovanni Battista Lomellino † (17 Aug 1729 Appointed - 28 Feb 1733 Died)
• Jakob Ernst Graf von Liechtenstein-Kastelkorn † (13 Jan 1745 Appointed - 12 Jun 1747 Died)
• Andreas Jakob Reichsgraf von Dietrichstein † (10 Sep 1747 Appointed - 5 Jan 1753 Died)
• Siegmund Christoph Graf von Schrattenbach † (5 Apr 1753 Appointed - 16 Dec 1771 Died)
• Hieronymus Joseph Franz de Paula Graf Colloredo von Wallsee und Mels † (14 Mar 1772 Appointed - 20 May 1812 Died)
• Sigmund Christoph Graf von Waldburg-Zeil-Trauchburg † (20 May 1812 Appointed - 7 Nov 1814 Died)
• Augustin Johann Joseph Gruber † (16 Feb 1823 Appointed - 28 Jun 1835 Died)
• Friedrich Johann Joseph Cölestin Fürst zu von Schwarzenberg † (23 Sep 1835 Appointed - 13 Dec 1849 Appointed, Archbishop of Praha {Prague})
• Maximilian Joseph von Tarnóczy † (24 Oct 1850 Appointed - 4 Apr 1876 Died)
• Franz de Paula Albert Eder, O.S.B. † (27 May 1876 Appointed - 10 Apr 1890 Died)
• Johann Evangelist Haller † (20 May 1890 Appointed - 5 May 1900 Died)
• Johannes Baptist Katschthaler † (10 May 1900 Appointed - 27 Feb 1914 Died)
• Balthasar Kaltner † (2 Apr 1914 Appointed - 6 Jul 1918 Died)
• Ignaz Rieder † (12 Aug 1918 Appointed - 8 Oct 1934 Died)
• Sigismund Waitz † (10 Dec 1934 Appointed - 30 Oct 1941 Died)
• Andreas Rohracher † (3 Feb 1943 Appointed - 30 Jun 1969 Retired)
• Eduard Macheiner † (9 Oct 1969 Appointed - 17 Jul 1972 Died)
• Karl Berg † (26 Dec 1972 Appointed - 5 Sep 1988 Retired)
• Georg Eder (21 Dec 1988 Appointed - 23 Nov 2002 Resigned)
• Alois Kothgasser, S.D.B. (27 Nov 2002 Appointed - )

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Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
Diocese of Salzburg
6th Century	Erected		Diocese of Salzburg (erected)
Archdiocese of Salzburg
20 April 798	Elevated	Diocese of Salzburg	Archdiocese of Salzburg
6 March 1071	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Salzburg	Diocese of Gurk (erected)
28 January 1216	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Salzburg	Diocese of Chiemsee (erected)
22 June 1218	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Salzburg	Diocese of Seckau (erected)
10 May 1228	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Salzburg	Diocese of Lavant (erected)
28 January 1785	Territory Lost	Diocese of Passau Archdiocese of Salzburg	Diocese of Leoben (erected)
1 April 1818	Territory Added	Diocese of Chiemsee (suppressed)	Archdiocese of München und Freising {Munich} Archdiocese of Salzburg

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Statistics

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
Archdiocese of Salzburg
1950	370,000	430,000	86.0%	408	171	579	639		248	1,305	199	ap1951
1970	473,556	517,949	91.4%	366	179	545	868		333	1,072	204	ap1971
1980	531,000	540,000	98.3%	330	160	490	1,083	2	244	913	206	ap1981
1990	520,367	579,941	89.7%	289	140	429	1,212	12	243	717	206	ap1991
1999	250,161	643,706	38.9%	252	97	349	716	29	206	499	207	ap2000
2000	518,341	676,701	76.6%	251	91	342	1,515	32	184	489	207	ap2001
2001	516,767	677,000	76.3%	252	92	344	1,502	32	188	478	210	ap2002
2002	520,456	682,826	76.2%	249	91	340	1,530	30	179	451	205	ap2003
2003	514,019	682,826	75.3%	240	88	328	1,567	33	170	436	208	ap2004
2004	513,126	682,826	75.1%	234	82	316	1,623	37	155	418	208	ap2005

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

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Affiliated Bishops, Living

• Georg Eder (Priest: 15 Jul 1956; Archbishop: 21 Dec 1988 to 23 Nov 2002)
• Alois Kothgasser, S.D.B. (Archbishop: 27 Nov 2002 - )
• Andreas Laun, O.S.F.S. (Auxiliary Bishop: 25 Jan 1995)
• Jakob Mayr (Priest: 9 Jul 1950; Auxiliary Bishop: 12 Mar 1971 to 15 Aug 2001)

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• Josef Altenweisel † (Priest: 10 Jun 1876 to 6 May 1904)
• Joseph Adam Graf Arco † (Priest: 7 Dec 1755 to 9 Apr 1764)
• Joseph Franz Valerian Felix Reichsgraf von Arco † (Priest: 1725 to 21 Dec 1729)
• Ermest Amadeus Thomas Reichsgraf von Attems † (Priest: 17 Dec 1724 to 2 Dec 1735)
• Joseph Oswald Reichsgraf von Attems † (Priest: 30 Nov 1702 to 20 Feb 1724)
• Ernst Herzog von Bayern † (Apostolic Administrator: 21 May 1540 to 16 Jul 1554)
• Johann Beckenschlager † (Coadjutor Archbishop: 29 Nov 1481; Archbishop: 21 Mar 1487 to 15 Dec 1489)
• Karl Berg † (Priest: 29 Oct 1933; Archbishop: 26 Dec 1972 to 5 Sep 1988)
• Franz de Paula Xaver Ludwig Jakob Fürst von Breuner † (Priest: 27 Dec 1754 to 30 Sep 1773)
• Sigmund Carl Reichsgraf von Castel-Barco † (Priest: 19 Mar 1687 to 13 Jan 1697)
• Anton Felix Ciurletti † (Priest: 29 Jan 1719; Auxiliary Bishop: 7 Sep 1744 to 5 Jan 1755)
• Johann Paul Ciurletti † (Auxiliary Bishop: 23 Jan 1617 to 1640)
• Hieronymus Joseph Franz de Paula Graf Colloredo von Wallsee und Mels † (Archbishop: 14 Mar 1772 to 20 May 1812)
• Giovanni Giacomo della Bona † (Auxiliary Bishop: 4 May 1874 to 16 Jun 1879)
• Wenzeslaus Ignaz von Deym † (Auxiliary Bishop: 26 Mar 1804 to 9 Sep 1816)
• Andreas Jakob Reichsgraf von Dietrichstein † (Priest: 15 Oct 1719; Archbishop: 10 Sep 1747 to 5 Jan 1753)
• Ludwig Ebmer † (Priest: 1476 to 4 May 1495)
• Franz de Paula Albert Eder, O.S.B. † (Archbishop: 27 May 1876 to 10 Apr 1890)
• Johannes Baptist Filzer † (Priest: 19 Jul 1896; Auxiliary Bishop: 18 Feb 1927 to 13 Jul 1962)
• Leopold Anton Eleutherius Reichsfreiherr von Firmian † (Priest: 1707 to 11 Mar 1718; Archbishop: 4 Oct 1727 to 22 Oct 1744)
• Leopold Maximilian Graf von Firmian (Frimian) † (Priest: 22 Sep 1792 to 24 Jul 1797)
• Vigilius Augustin Maria Graf von Firmian † (Priest: 1739 to 26 May 1744)
• Augustin Johann Joseph Gruber † (Archbishop: 16 Feb 1823 to 28 Jun 1835)
• Johann Evangelist Haller † (Auxiliary Bishop: 20 Dec 1880; Archbishop: 20 May 1890 to 5 May 1900)
• Franz Anton Fürst von Harrach zu Rorau † (Priest: 31 Dec 1691 to 2 Jul 1701; Coadjutor Archbishop: 19 Oct 1705; Archbishop: 20 Apr 1709 to 18 Jul 1727)
• Johann Aloys Hoffmann † (Priest: 4 Jun 1803; Auxiliary Bishop: 6 Apr 1835 to 24 Apr 1848)
• Wenzel Wilhelm Reichsgraf von Hofkirchen † (Priest: 1642 to 20 Feb 1670)
• Markus Sittikus von Hohenems † (Archbishop: 18 Mar 1612; Priest: Sep 1612; Archbishop: 7 Oct 1612 to 9 Oct 1619)
• Sigmund von Hollenegg † (Archbishop: 16 Oct 1494 to 3 Jul 1495)
• Franz Philipp Graf von Inzaghi † (Priest: 30 Mar 1754 to 27 Feb 1775)
• Balthasar Kaltner † (Priest: 26 Jul 1868; Auxiliary Bishop: 15 Apr 1901 to 3 Nov 1910; Archbishop: 2 Apr 1914 to 6 Jul 1918)
• Johannes Baptist Katschthaler † (Priest: 31 Jul 1855; Auxiliary Bishop: 4 Jun 1891; Archbishop: 10 May 1900 to 27 Feb 1914)
• Franz Karl Reichsgraf von Kaunitz-Rietberg † (Priest: 16 Nov 1704 to 12 Apr 1710)
• Anton Keil † (Priest: 5 Oct 1876; Auxiliary Bishop: 31 Mar 1919 to 21 Nov 1926)
• Leonhard von Keutschach, C.R.S.A. † (Archbishop: 7 Jul 1495 to 8 Jun 1519)
• Bernhard von Kraiburg † (Priest: 1448 to 1467)
• Johann Jakob von Kuen-Belasy † (Archbishop: 28 Nov 1560 to 4 May 1586)
• Ehrenfried Freiherr von Kuenburg † (Priest: 1603 to 14 Sep 1610)
• Franz Ferdinand Reichsgraf von Kuenburg † (Priest: 9 Apr 1689 to 18 Jul 1701)
• Georg von Kuenburg † (Coadjutor Archbishop: 18 Jul 1580; Archbishop: 4 May 1586 to 25 Jan 1587)
• Johann Sigmund Graf von Kuenburg † (Priest: 15 Mar 1687 to 22 Feb 1704)
• Joseph Ernest Gandolph Graf von Kuenburg † (Priest: 1765 to 20 Feb 1790)
• Karl Joseph Reichsgraf von Kuenburg † (Priest: 1713 to 21 Apr 1723)
• Maximilian Gandolf Reichsgraf von Kuenburg † (Priest: 1648 to 8 Oct 1654; Archbishop: 30 Jul 1668 to 3 May 1687)
• Michael von Kuenburg † (Archbishop: 21 Jul 1554 to 17 Nov 1560)
• Matthäus Lang von Wellenburg † (Coadjutor Bishop: 5 Apr 1512; Archbishop: 8 Jun 1519; Priest: 24 Sep 1519; Archbishop: 25 Sep 1519 to 30 Mar 1540)
• Johann Christoph Graf von Liechtenstein † (Priest: 16 Jun 1621 to 2 Jun 1624)
• Jakob Ernst Graf von Liechtenstein-Kastelkorn † (Priest: Mar 1713 to 17 Jan 1728; Archbishop: 13 Jan 1745 to 12 Jun 1747)
• Karl Graf von Liechtenstein-Kastelkorn † (Priest: 1655 to 12 Mar 1664)
• Paris Reichsgraf von Lodron † (Archbishop: 13 Nov 1618 to 15 Dec 1653)
• Giovanni Battista Lomellino † (Bishop: 17 Aug 1729 to 28 Feb 1733)
• Eduard Macheiner † (Priest: 10 Jul 1932; Auxiliary Bishop: 1 Mar 1963; Archbishop: 9 Oct 1969 to 17 Jul 1972)
• Rupert Mayr † (Priest: 1 Aug 1834; Auxiliary Bishop: 22 Oct 1869 to 27 Jul 1873)
• Ferdinand Stanislaus Pawlikowski † (Priest: 5 Jul 1903 to 25 Feb 1927)
• Johann Franz Reichsgraf von Preysing-Hohenaschau † (Priest: 1668 to 4 Feb 1670)
• Albert von Priamis † (Priest: 9 Dec 1629 to 29 Dec 1640)
• Berthold Pürstinger † (Priest: 1491 to 8 May 1508)
• Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau † (Archbishop: 2 Mar 1587; Priest: 15 Oct 1587; Archbishop: 18 Oct 1587 to 7 Mar 1612)
• Johann von Reisberg † (Archbishop: 1429 to 1441)
• Ignaz Rieder † (Priest: 17 Jul 1881; Auxiliary Bishop: 2 Jan 1911; Archbishop: 12 Aug 1918 to 8 Oct 1934)
• Bernhard von Rohr † (Archbishop: 25 Feb 1466 to 21 Mar 1487)
• Andreas Rohracher † (Archbishop: 3 Feb 1943 to 30 Jun 1969)
• Friedrich Graf von Schaumberg † (Archbishop: 19 Dec 1489 to 4 Oct 1494)
• Balthasar Schitter † (Priest: 11 Jun 1816; Auxiliary Bishop: 20 May 1850 to 19 Oct 1868)
• Siegmund Christoph Graf von Schrattenbach † (Priest: 10 Jan 1723; Archbishop: 5 Apr 1753 to 16 Dec 1771)
• Sigismund Felix Graf von Schrattenbach † (Priest: 30 Nov 1703 to 14 Jul 1727)
• Vinzenz Joseph Franz Sales Graf von Schrattenbach † (Priest: 15 Aug 1768 to 31 May 1777)
• Wolfgang Hannibal Graf von Schrattenbach † (Priest: 28 Sep 1688 to 15 Sep 1711)
• Friedrich Johann Joseph Cölestin Fürst zu von Schwarzenberg † (Priest: 25 Jul 1833; Archbishop: 23 Sep 1835 to 13 Dec 1849)
• Philipp Ludwig Reichsgraf von Sinzendorf † (Priest: 1722 to 5 May 1725)
• Claudius Sozomenus † (Auxiliary Bishop: 1605 to 1614)
• Ignaz Franz Stanislaus Reichsgraf von Spaur † (Priest: 1 Feb 1756 to 23 Jun 1775)
• Franz Virgil Reichsgraf von Spaur und Valör † (Priest: 21 May 1633 to 8 Oct 1640)
• Joseph Ferdinand Guidobald Reichsgraf von Spaur und Valör † (Priest: 8 Apr 1730 to 20 Mar 1780)
• Johann Stieff von Kränzen † (Priest: 24 Jun 1654 to 12 Nov 1685)
• Felix Graf von Stubenberg † (Priest: 13 Jun 1772 to 11 Dec 1780)
• Joseph Graf von Stubenberg † (Priest: 29 Apr 1762 to 21 Sep 1790)
• Maximilian Joseph von Tarnóczy † (Priest: 25 Oct 1829; Archbishop: 24 Oct 1850 to 4 Apr 1876)
• Guidobald von Thun † (Priest: 22 Jan 1645; Archbishop: 3 Feb 1654 to 1 Jun 1668)
• Johann Ernst Reichsgraf von Thun † (Priest: 1677 to 29 Dec 1679; Archbishop: 30 Jun 1687 to 20 Apr 1709)
• Rudolf Joseph Reichsgraf von Thun † (Priest: 1680 to 16 Feb 1690)
• Jakob Maximilian Reichsgraf von Thun und Hohenstein † (Priest: 1705 to 30 Aug 1709)
• Johann Baptist Reichsgraf von Thurn und Taxis † (Priest: 11 Jun 1729 to 4 Feb 1754)
• Adam Lorenz Reichsgraf von Törring-Stein † (Priest: 30 Jan 1639 to 6 Aug 1663)
• Ernst Reichsgraf von Trautson zu Falkenstein † (Priest: 11 Jun 1661 to 23 Mar 1685)
• Friedrich Truchseß von Emmerberg † (Archbishop: 30 Sep 1441 to 3 Apr 1452)
• Sigmund von Volkersdorf † (Archbishop: 10 Apr 1452 to 3 Nov 1461)
• Franz Anton Adolph Graf von Wagensperg † (Priest: 2 Feb 1700 to 1702)
• Sigismund Waitz † (Archbishop: 10 Dec 1934 to 30 Oct 1941)
• Sigmund Christoph Graf von Waldburg-Zeil-Trauchburg † (Priest: 19 Mar 1779 to 1 Apr 1797; Apostolic Administrator: 20 May 1812 to 7 Nov 1814)
• Johann Friedrich Graf von Waldenstein-Wartenberg † (Priest: 25 Mar 1795 to 21 Jul 1802)
• Burkhard von Weißpriach † (Archbishop: 16 Nov 1461 to 16 Feb 1466)
• Sigmund Ignaz Reichgraf von Wolkenstein-Trostburg † (Priest: 1685 to 1 Oct 1687)