Graz-Seckau (Diocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Bishop(s)

Wilhelm Krautwaschl, Bishop
Egon Kapellari, Bishop Emeritus

General Information

Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
Name Changed: 22 April 1963
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Salzburg
Rite: Latin (or Roman)
Country: Austria
Square Kilometers: 16,440 (6,349 Square Miles)
Official Web Site: http://www.graz-seckau.at/
Mailing Address: Bischofplatz 4, A-8010 Graz, Oesterreich
Telephone: (0316)80.410
Fax: 80.41.303

Historical Details

Diocese of Seckau
- Latin Name: Seccoviensis
- Erected: 22 June 1218
- Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Salzburg
- Country: Austria
- Square Kilometers: 16,373 (6,324 Square Miles)

Past and Present Ordinaries

Karl von Friesach † (25 Sep 1218 Appointed - 14 Dec 1230 Died)
Heinrich von Mariasall † (Aug 1231 Appointed - 7 Oct 1243 Died)
Ulrich von Stadeck † (Jan 1244 Appointed - 6 Jun 1268 Died)
Bernhard Wernhard (von Marsbach) † (2 Nov 1268 Appointed - 20 Jan 1283 Died)
Leopold † (Feb 1283 Appointed - 13 Dec 1291 Died)
Heinrich † ( 1292 Appointed - 27 Feb 1297 Died)
Ulrich von Paldau † ( 1297 Appointed - 3 Feb 1308 Died)
Friedrich von Mitterkirchen † ( 1308 Appointed - 23 Aug 1318 Died)
Wocho † ( 1318 Appointed - 30 Oct 1334 Died)
Heinrich von Burghausen † ( 1334 Appointed - 13 Jul 1337 Died)
Rudmar von Haider † ( 1337 Appointed - 28 Sep 1352 Died)
Ulrich von Weißenegg † (30 Oct 1355 Confirmed - 25 Mar 1371 Died)
Augustin Münzmeister von Breisach, O.E.S.A. † (26 Apr 1372 Appointed - 25 Mar 1380 Died)
Johann von Neuberg † ( 1380 Appointed - 10 Jun 1399 Died)
Friedrich von Perneck † (16 Sep 1399 Confirmed - 4 Sep 1414 Died)
Sigmar von Holleneck † ( 1415 Appointed - 15 Jun 1417 Died)
Ulrich von Albeck † (15 Dec 1417 Appointed - 12 Dec 1431 Died)
Konrad von Reisberg † ( 1431 Appointed - 8 Jun 1443 Died)
Georg Lembacher † ( 1443 Appointed - 20 Oct 1446 Died)
Friedrich Gren † ( 1446 Appointed - 15 Nov 1452 Died)
Georg Überacker † (2 Jul 1452 Appointed - 30 Jan 1477 Died)
Christoph de Trautmannsdorf † (4 May 1477 Appointed - 16 Nov 1480 Died)
Johann Serlinger † ( 1480 Appointed - 1481 Resigned)
Matthias Scheit (Scheidt) † (30 Dec 1481 Appointed - 29 Jul 1502 Resigned)
Christophe von Zach † (29 Jul 1502 Appointed - 27 Sep 1508 Died)
Christophorus von Raubar (Rauber) † (15 Feb 1512 Succeeded - 26 Oct 1536 Died)
Georg von Tessing † ( 1536 Appointed - 1541 Died)
Christoph von Lamberg † ( 1542 Appointed - 1546 Resigned)
Johann von Malentein † ( 1546 Appointed - 1549 Died)
Peter Perčić † ( 1550 Appointed - 8 May 1572 Died)
Georg Agricola † ( 1572 Appointed - 16 Mar 1584 Died)
Sigismond von Arzt † ( 1584 Appointed - 1584 Died)
Martin Brenner † ( 1585 Appointed - 1615 Resigned)
Jakob Eberlein † ( 1615 Appointed - 12 Aug 1633 Died)
Johannes Markus von Aldringen † (25 Aug 1633 Appointed - 3 Feb 1664 Died)
Maximilian Gandolf von Kuenburg † (7 Feb 1665 Appointed - 12 Nov 1668 Confirmed, Archbishop of Salzburg)
Wenzel Wilhelm von Hofkirchen † (20 Feb 1670 Appointed - 6 Nov 1679 Died)
Johann Ernst von Thun † (29 Dec 1679 Appointed - 24 Nov 1687 Confirmed, Archbishop of Salzburg)
Rudolf Joseph von Thun † (16 Feb 1690 Appointed - 20 May 1702 Died)
Franz Anton Adolph von Wagensperg † ( 1702 Appointed - 18 Feb 1712 Appointed, Bishop of Chiemsee)
Joseph Dominikus Franz Kilian von Lamberg † (13 Mar 1712 Appointed - 15 Mar 1723 Confirmed, Bishop of Passau)
Karl Joseph von Kuenburg † (21 Apr 1723 Appointed - 4 Oct 1723 Appointed, Bishop of Chiemsee)
Leopold Anton Eleutherius von Firmian † (17 Jan 1724 Appointed - 22 Dec 1727 Confirmed, Archbishop of Salzburg)
Jakob Ernst von Liechtenstein-Kastelkorn † (17 Jan 1728 Appointed - 26 Jan 1739 Confirmed, Bishop of Olomouc (Olmütz))
Leopold Ernst von Firmian † (13 Feb 1739 Appointed - 26 Sep 1763 Confirmed, Bishop of Passau)
Joseph Philipp Franz von Spaur † (6 Oct 1763 Appointed - 20 Mar 1780 Confirmed, Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone})
Joseph Adam Arco † (6 Apr 1780 Confirmed - 3 Jun 1802 Died)
Johann Friedrich von Waldenstein-Wartenberg † (13 Aug 1802 Confirmed - 15 Apr 1812 Died)
Simon Melchior de Petris † (19 Apr 1812 Appointed - 1 Aug 1823 Resigned)
Roman Sebastian (Franz Xaver) Zängerle, O.S.B. † (10 Sep 1824 Confirmed - 27 Apr 1848 Died)
Joseph Othmar von Rauscher † (12 Apr 1849 Confirmed - 27 Jun 1853 Confirmed, Archbishop of Wien {Vienna})
Ottokar Maria von Attems † (5 Nov 1853 Confirmed - 12 Apr 1867 Died)
Johann Baptist Zwerger † (12 Oct 1867 Confirmed - 14 Aug 1893 Died)
Leopold Schuster † (20 Oct 1893 Appointed - 18 Mar 1927 Died)
Ferdinand Stanislaus Pawlikowski † (26 Apr 1927 Appointed - 7 Dec 1953 Retired)
Josef Schoiswohl † (18 Jan 1954 Appointed - 1 Jan 1969 Resigned)
Johann Weber † (10 Jun 1969 Appointed - 14 Mar 2001 Retired)
Egon Kapellari (14 Mar 2001 Appointed - 28 Jan 2015 Retired)
Wilhelm Krautwaschl (16 Apr 2015 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
Diocese of Seckau
22 June 1218	Erected	Archdiocese of Salzburg	Diocese of Seckau (erected)
1 September 1859	Territory Added	Diocese of Leoben (suppressed)	Diocese of Seckau
1 January 1919	Territory Lost	Diocese of Seckau (Fresen)	Archdiocese of Salzburg
7 August 1925	Territory Added	Diocese of Linz (Two houses in parish of Spital)	Diocese of Seckau
Diocese of Graz-Seckau
22 April 1963	Name Changed	Diocese of Seckau	Diocese of Graz-Seckau

Year Catholics Total Population Percent Catholic Diocesan Priests Religious Priests Total Priests Catholics Per Priest Permanent Deacons Male Religious Female Religious Parishes Source

Diocese of Seckau

1950 952,400 1,080,200 88.2% 627 306 933 1,020 342 1,860 370 ap1951

Diocese of Graz-Seckau

1970 1,098,376 1,223,058 89.8% 644 274 918 1,196 315 1,679 379 ap1971

1980 1,130,688 1,269,449 89.1% 521 245 766 1,476 11 345 1,577 392 ap1981

1990 1,073,163 1,186,525 90.4% 457 189 646 1,661 30 286 1,002 394 ap1991

1999 949,562 1,160,554 81.8% 386 154 540 1,758 38 266 761 389 ap2000

2000 943,699 1,160,956 81.3% 376 152 528 1,787 51 254 714 389 ap2001

2001 939,120 1,202,800 78.1% 370 153 523 1,795 51 257 689 388 ap2002

2002 933,236 1,185,911 78.7% 363 153 516 1,808 50 258 672 388 ap2003

2003 924,025 1,183,303 78.1% 354 143 497 1,859 48 237 670 388 ap2004

2004 916,050 1,183,303 77.4% 352 155 507 1,806 48 243 657 388 ap2005

2006 903,963 1,154,013 78.3% 346 152 498 1,815 55 261 592 388 ap2007

2013 863,286 1,213,255 71.2% 316 138 454 1,901 71 230 489 388 ap2014

2016 855,800 1,231,865 69.5% 308 135 443 1,931 77 234 436 388 ap2017

2019 817,000 1,240,214 65.9% 293 122 415 1,968 74 222 400 388 ap2020

2021 781,081 1,247,159 62.6% 277 109 386 2,023 72 206 355 388 ap2022

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
Diocese of Seckau
1950	952,400	1,080,200	88.2%	627	306	933	1,020		342	1,860	370	ap1951
Diocese of Graz-Seckau
1970	1,098,376	1,223,058	89.8%	644	274	918	1,196		315	1,679	379	ap1971
1980	1,130,688	1,269,449	89.1%	521	245	766	1,476	11	345	1,577	392	ap1981
1990	1,073,163	1,186,525	90.4%	457	189	646	1,661	30	286	1,002	394	ap1991
1999	949,562	1,160,554	81.8%	386	154	540	1,758	38	266	761	389	ap2000
2000	943,699	1,160,956	81.3%	376	152	528	1,787	51	254	714	389	ap2001
2001	939,120	1,202,800	78.1%	370	153	523	1,795	51	257	689	388	ap2002
2002	933,236	1,185,911	78.7%	363	153	516	1,808	50	258	672	388	ap2003
2003	924,025	1,183,303	78.1%	354	143	497	1,859	48	237	670	388	ap2004
2004	916,050	1,183,303	77.4%	352	155	507	1,806	48	243	657	388	ap2005
2006	903,963	1,154,013	78.3%	346	152	498	1,815	55	261	592	388	ap2007
2013	863,286	1,213,255	71.2%	316	138	454	1,901	71	230	489	388	ap2014
2016	855,800	1,231,865	69.5%	308	135	443	1,931	77	234	436	388	ap2017
2019	817,000	1,240,214	65.9%	293	122	415	1,968	74	222	400	388	ap2020
2021	781,081	1,247,159	62.6%	277	109	386	2,023	72	206	355	388	ap2022

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

Affiliated Bishops, Living

Hermann Glettler, Comm. l'Emm. (Priest: 23 Jun 1991 to 27 Sep 2017)
Egon Kapellari (Priest: 9 Jul 1961 to 7 Dec 1981; Bishop: 14 Mar 2001 to 28 Jan 2015)
Wilhelm Krautwaschl (Deacon: 17 Dec 1989; Priest: 1 Jul 1990; Bishop: 16 Apr 2015 - )
Franz Lackner, O.F.M. (Auxiliary Bishop: 23 Oct 2002 to 18 Nov 2013)

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

Georg Agricola † (Bishop: 1572 to 16 Mar 1584)
Ulrich von Albeck † (Bishop: 15 Dec 1417 to 12 Dec 1431)
Johannes Markus von Aldringen † (Bishop: 25 Aug 1633 to 3 Feb 1664)
Joseph Adam Arco † (Bishop: 6 Apr 1780; Archbishop (Personal Title): 1783 to 3 Jun 1802)
Sigismond von Arzt † (Bishop: 1584 to 1584)
Ottokar Maria von Attems † (Priest: 22 Aug 1837; Bishop: 5 Nov 1853 to 12 Apr 1867)
Martin Brenner † (Bishop: 1585 to 1615)
Michael Léopold Brigido von Marenfels und Bresoviz † (Priest: 13 Jan 1765 to 7 Apr 1788)
Heinrich von Burghausen † (Bishop: 1334 to 13 Jul 1337)
Jakob Eberlein † (Bishop: 1615 to 12 Aug 1633)
Leopold Anton Eleutherius von Firmian † (Bishop: 17 Jan 1724 to 22 Dec 1727)
Leopold Ernst von Firmian † (Bishop: 13 Feb 1739 to 26 Sep 1763)
Karl von Friesach † (Bishop: 25 Sep 1218 to 14 Dec 1230)
František Antonín (Franz Anton) Gindl † (Deacon: 8 Sep 1809; Priest: 9 Sep 1809 to 30 Sep 1831)
Friedrich Gren † (Bishop: 1446 to 15 Nov 1452)
Rudmar von Haider † (Bishop: 1337 to 28 Sep 1352)
Wenzel Wilhelm von Hofkirchen † (Bishop: 20 Feb 1670 to 6 Nov 1679)
Sigmar von Holleneck † (Bishop: 1415 to 15 Jun 1417)
Alois Kothgasser, S.D.B. †
Karl Joseph von Kuenburg † (Bishop: 21 Apr 1723 to 4 Oct 1723)
Maximilian Gandolf von Kuenburg † (Bishop: 7 Feb 1665 to 12 Nov 1668)
Christoph von Lamberg † (Bishop: 1542 to 1546)
Joseph Dominikus Franz Kilian von Lamberg † (Bishop: 13 Mar 1712 to 15 Mar 1723)
Georg Lembacher † (Bishop: 1443 to 20 Oct 1446)
Jakob Ernst von Liechtenstein-Kastelkorn † (Bishop: 17 Jan 1728 to 26 Jan 1739)
Eduard Macheiner †
Johann von Malentein † (Bishop: 1546 to 1549)
Heinrich von Mariasall † (Bishop: Aug 1231 to 7 Oct 1243)
Jakob Missia † (Priest: 30 May 1863 to 10 Nov 1884)
Friedrich von Mitterkirchen † (Bishop: 1308 to 23 Aug 1318)
Augustin Münzmeister von Breisach, O.E.S.A. † (Bishop: 26 Apr 1372 to 25 Mar 1380)
Johann von Neuberg † (Bishop: 1380 to 10 Jun 1399)
Ulrich von Paldau † (Bishop: 1297 to 3 Feb 1308)
Ferdinand Stanislaus Pawlikowski † (Auxiliary Bishop: 25 Feb 1927; Bishop: 26 Apr 1927 to 7 Dec 1953)
Peter Perčić † (Bishop: 1550 to 8 May 1572)
Friedrich von Perneck † (Bishop: 16 Sep 1399 to 4 Sep 1414)
Simon Melchior de Petris † (Vicar Apostolic: 19 Apr 1812 to 1 Aug 1823)
Leo Pietsch † (Auxiliary Bishop: 27 Aug 1948 to 1969)
Christophorus von Raubar (Rauber) † (Coadjutor Bishop: 1509; Bishop: 15 Feb 1512 to 26 Oct 1536)
Joseph Othmar von Rauscher † (Bishop: 12 Apr 1849 to 27 Jun 1853)
Konrad von Reisberg † (Bishop: 1431 to 8 Jun 1443)
Matthias Scheit (Scheidt) † (Bishop: 30 Dec 1481 to 29 Jul 1502)
Josef Schoiswohl † (Bishop: 18 Jan 1954 to 1 Jan 1969)
Leopold Schuster † (Priest: 9 Jul 1865; Bishop: 20 Oct 1893 to 18 Mar 1927)
Johann Serlinger † (Bishop: 1480 to 1481)
Joseph Philipp Franz von Spaur † (Bishop: 6 Oct 1763 to 20 Mar 1780)
Ulrich von Stadeck † (Bishop: Jan 1244 to 6 Jun 1268)
Georg von Tessing † (Bishop: 1536 to 1541)
Johann Ernst von Thun † (Bishop: 29 Dec 1679 to 24 Nov 1687)
Rudolf Joseph von Thun † (Bishop: 16 Feb 1690 to 20 May 1702)
Christoph de Trautmannsdorf † (Bishop: 4 May 1477 to 16 Nov 1480)
Georg Überacker † (Bishop: 2 Jul 1452 to 30 Jan 1477)
Franz Anton Adolph von Wagensperg † (Bishop: 1702 to 18 Feb 1712)
Johann Friedrich von Waldenstein-Wartenberg † (Bishop: 13 Aug 1802 to 15 Apr 1812)
Johann Weber † (Priest: 2 Jul 1950; Bishop: 10 Jun 1969 to 14 Mar 2001)
Ulrich von Weißenegg † (Bishop: 30 Oct 1355 to 25 Mar 1371)
Bernhard Wernhard (von Marsbach) † (Bishop: 2 Nov 1268 to 20 Jan 1283)
Christophe von Zach † (Bishop: 29 Jul 1502 to 27 Sep 1508)
Roman Sebastian (Franz Xaver) Zängerle, O.S.B. † (Bishop: 10 Sep 1824 to 27 Apr 1848)
Johann Baptist Zwerger † (Bishop: 12 Oct 1867 to 14 Aug 1893)
Heinrich † (Bishop: 1292 to 27 Feb 1297)
Leopold † (Bishop: Feb 1283 to 13 Dec 1291)
Wocho † (Bishop: 1318 to 30 Oct 1334)

Source(s)

Diocese of Seckau
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 441
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 233
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 295
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 308
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 348, and Page 349
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 371
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 339
- Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 310, to Page 311
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 17, Page 507

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