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Archdiocese of Vienna Archidioecesis Viennensis Archidioecesis Vindobonensis Erzdiözese Wien | |
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Location | |
Country | Austria |
Territory | Vienna, Lower Austria |
Ecclesiastical province | Archdiocese of Vienna |
Metropolitan | Vienna |
Statistics | |
Area | 9,100 km2 (3,500 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2020)![]() ![]() ![]() |
Parishes | 626 |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 18 January 1469 |
Cathedral | St. Stephen's Cathedral |
Patron saint | Saint Stephen |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Christoph Schönborn |
Auxiliary Bishops | Franz Scharl Stefan Turnovsky |
Vicar General | Nikolaus Krasa |
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Website | |
Website of the Archdiocese |
The Archdiocese of Vienna (Latin : Archidioecesis Viennensis) is a Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Austria. It was erected as the Diocese of Vienna on 18 January 1469 out of the Diocese of Passau, and elevated to an archdiocese on 1 June 1722. The episcopal see is situated in the cathedral of S. Stephen in Vienna.
The Archdiocese is the metropolitan diocese of three suffragan dioceses: Roman Catholic Diocese of Eisenstadt, of Linz, and of Sankt Pölten. These four dioceses together constitute the ecclesiastical province of Vienna, one of only two ecclesiastical provinces of Austria, the other under the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Salzburg.
The current bishop is Christoph Schoenborn, appointed in 1995 and elevated to cardinal in 1998.
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