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Archdiocese of Salzburg

Archidioecesis Salisburgensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Franz Lackner, O.F.M., Archbishop
  • Hansjörg Hofer, Auxiliary Bishop
  • Andreas Laun, O.S.F.S., Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

Suffragan Dioceses

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
  • Elevated: 20 April 798
  • Metropolitan See
  • Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Austria
  • Square Kilometers: 9,715 (3,752 Square Miles)
  • Official Web Site: http://www.kirchen.net/
  • Mailing Address: Kapitelplatz 2, A-5010 Salzburg, Oesterreich
  • Telephone: (0662)80.47.1100

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Diocese of Salzburg
6th CenturyErectedDiocese of Salzburg (erected)
Archdiocese of Salzburg
20 April 798ElevatedDiocese of Salzburg Archdiocese of Salzburg
6 March 1071Territory LostArchdiocese of Salzburg Diocese of Gurk (erected)
28 January 1216Territory LostArchdiocese of Salzburg Diocese of Chiemsee (erected)
22 June 1218Territory LostArchdiocese of Salzburg Diocese of Seckau (erected)
10 May 1228Territory LostArchdiocese of Salzburg Diocese of Lavant (erected)
18 January 1469Territory LostArchdiocese of Salzburg Diocese of Wiener Neustadt (erected)
28 January 1785Territory LostArchdiocese of Salzburg Diocese of Leoben (erected)
1 April 1818Territory AddedDiocese of Chiemsee (suppressed) Archdiocese of München und Freising {Munich}
Archdiocese of Salzburg
10 December 1949Territory LostArchdiocese of Salzburg (19 houses from Berndorf) Diocese of Linz

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Archdiocese of Salzburg
1950370,000430,00086.0%4081715796392481,305199ap1951
1970473,556517,94991.4%3661795458683331,072204ap1971
1980531,000540,00098.3%3301604901,0832244913206ap1981
1990520,367579,94189.7%2891404291,21212243717206ap1991
1999643,706.0%25297349029206499207ap2000*
2000518,341676,70176.6%251913421,51532184489207ap2001
2001516,767677,00076.3%252923441,50232188478210ap2002
2002520,456682,82676.2%249913401,53030179451205ap2003
2003514,019682,82675.3%240883281,56733170436208ap2004
2004513,126682,82675.1%234823161,62337155418208ap2005
2010497,378708,84770.2%213842971,67438155369210ap2011
2014479,781715,28067.1%207812881,66542149346210ap2015
2017470,141735,13564.0%195872821,66755130290210ap2018
2020460,106746,51561.6%196972931,57054143262210ap2021
2022446,262756,52659.0%182972791,59959147223210ap2023

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Diocese of Salzburg
    • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 307, to Page 308
  • Archdiocese of Salzburg
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 432
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 228
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 291
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 302
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 340, and Page 341
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 363, and Page 364
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 330
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 492, and Page 493

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