Roman Catholic Diocese of Innsbruck

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Diocese of Innsbruck

Dioecesis Oenipontanus

Diözese Innsbruck
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Coat of arms
Location
CountryFlag of Austria.svg  Austria
Territory Tyrol
Ecclesiastical province Salzburg
Metropolitan Archdiocese of Salzburg
Statistics
Area9,845 km2 (3,801 sq mi)
Population
  • Total
  • Catholics
  • (as of 2019)
  • 570,120
  • 378,373 (66.4%)
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Rite Roman Rite
EstablishedDecember 8, 1968
Cathedral Cathedral of St James
Patron saint Saint Peter Canisius
Current leadership
Pope Sede vacante
Bishop Hermann Glettler
Metropolitan Archbishop Franz Lackner
Map
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Website
Website of the Diocese

The Diocese of Innsbruck (Latin : Dioecesis Oenipontanus) is a Latin Church suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan of Salzburg (in western Austria) of the Catholic Church, covering the Bundesland (state) Tyrol.

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Its cathedral episcopal see is the Innsbruck Cathedral, dedicated to Saint James, in the city of Innsbruck.
It also has four Minor basilicas: Herz-Jesu-Basilika, dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, in Hall in Tirol; St. Michael, in Absam; Unsere Liebe Frau von der Unbefleckten Empfängnis, Immaculate Conception, in Wilten and Zisterzienserkirche, Cistercian monastery in Stams.

History

Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally served 395,490 Catholics (72.8% of 543,173 total) on 9,845 km2 in 243 parishes and 49 missions with 344 priests (193 diocesan, 151 religious), 64 deacons, 803 lay religious (246 brothers, 557 sisters) and 6 seminarians.

Episcopal Ordinaries

(al Roman rite)

Apostolic Administrators of Innsbruck – Feldkirch
Suffragan Bishops of Innsbruck

See also

References

  1. "Resignations and Appointments".

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