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Archdiocese of Wien {Vienna}

Archidioecesis Viennensis o Vindobonensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Christoph Schönborn, O.P., Cardinal, Archbishop
  • Franz Scharl, Auxiliary Bishop
  • Stephan Turnovszky, Auxiliary Bishop

Suffragan Dioceses

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
  • Elevated: 1 June 1722
  • Metropolitan See
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Austria
  • Square Kilometers: 9,101 (3,515 Square Miles)
  • Official Web Site: http://www.erzdioezese-wien.at/
  • Mailing Address: Wollzeile 2/3/326-330, A-1010 Wien, Oesterreich
  • Telephone: (01)515.52.3200
  • Fax: 515.52.2760

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Diocese of Wien
18 January 1469ErectedDiocese of Passau Diocese of Wien (erected)
Archdiocese of Wien {Vienna}
1 June 1722ElevatedDiocese of Wien Archdiocese of Wien {Vienna}
28 January 1785Territory AddedDiocese of Wiener Neustadt (suppressed) Archdiocese of Wien {Vienna}
14 November 2014Territory AddedDiocese of Sankt Pölten (Portions of Hochstraß and Schwabendörfl in Altlengbach) Archdiocese of Wien {Vienna}

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Archdiocese of Wien {Vienna}
19502,056,1422,336,21488.0%9186931,6111,2761,2335,905621ap1951
19692,060,1502,373,15086.8%9968061,8021,1431,3005,147588ap1971
19801,736,6132,378,29273.0%7717101,4811,172491,0523,629645ap1981
19901,532,2872,339,91865.5%6525771,2291,2461059232,497655ap1991
19991,422,3942,320,00061.3%6139411,5549151231,1541,878654ap2000
20001,404,7202,320,00060.5%6035671,1701,2001336841,862661ap2001
20011,390,7472,464,31556.4%5965711,1671,1911266761,862662ap2002
20021,380,3802,487,58955.5%5955781,1731,1761898261,706660ap2003
20031,368,9622,437,98656.2%5915661,1571,1831337971,690660ap2004
20041,360,4332,423,46656.1%6085641,1721,1601457571,783660ap2005
20101,301,5702,601,00050.0%6165301,1461,1351768191,453660ap2011
20141,246,6082,713,22245.9%6164841,1001,1331777561,331659ap2015
20171,210,8282,803,65243.2%6245021,1261,0752027521,144647ap2018
20201,156,9232,892,48440.0%6164921,1081,0442067201,078626ap2021

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Diocese of Wien
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 368
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 414
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 441
    • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 321, to Page 322
  • Archdiocese of Wien {Vienna}
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 396
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 107, Page 308

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