The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Salzburg ( la, Archidioecesis Salisburgensis) is an
archdiocese
In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associate ...
of the
Latin Rite
Latin liturgical rites, or Western liturgical rites, are Catholic rites of public worship employed by the Latin Church, the largest particular church ''sui iuris'' of the Catholic Church, that originated in Europe where the Latin language once ...
of the
Roman Catholic Church
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in
Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...
. The archdiocese is one of two Austrian archdioceses, serving alongside the
Archdiocese of Vienna
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vienna ( la, Archidioecesis Viennensis) is an 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 archdio ...
.
The
Archbishopric of Salzburg
The Prince-Archbishopric of Salzburg (german: Fürsterzbistum Salzburg; Erzstift Salzburg; Erzbistum Salzburg) was an ecclesiastical principality and state of the Holy Roman Empire. It comprised the secular territory ruled by the archbishops of ...
was a
prince-bishopric of the
Holy Roman Empire
The Holy Roman Empire was a Polity, political entity in Western Europe, Western, Central Europe, Central, and Southern Europe that developed during the Early Middle Ages and continued until its Dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire, dissolution i ...
until 1803, when it was secularized as the
Electorate of Salzburg
The Electorate of Salzburg (german: Kurfürstentum Salzburg or ), occasionally known as the Grand Duchy of Salzburg, was an electoral principality of the Holy Roman Empire from 1803–05, the short-lived successor state of the Prince-Archbi ...
. The archdiocese was reestablished in 1818 without temporal power.
Suffragan dioceses
*
Feldkirch Feldkirch may refer to:
Places
* Feldkirch, Vorarlberg, a medieval city and capital of an administrative district in Austria
** Feldkirch (district), an administrative division of Vorarlberg, Austria
* Feldkirch (Hartheim), a village in the munici ...
*
Graz–Seckau
*
Gurk
*
Innsbruck
Innsbruck (; bar, Innschbruck, label=Bavarian language, Austro-Bavarian ) is the capital of Tyrol (state), Tyrol and the List of cities and towns in Austria, fifth-largest city in Austria. On the Inn (river), River Inn, at its junction with the ...
Episcopal Ordinaries
Abbot-Bishops of Iuvavum c. 300s – c. 482
*
St. Maximus of Salzburg, died 476.
''Abandoned after c. 482''
Bishops of Iuvavum (from 755, Salzburg)
*St. Ruprecht, born c. 543 ''or'' c. 698 – c. 718.
*Vitalis
*Erkenfried
*Ansologus
*Ottokar
*Flobrigis
*Johann I
*
St. Virgil, c. 745 ''or'' c. 767 – c. 784
Archbishops of Salzburg, 798–1213
*
Arno
The Arno is a river in the Tuscany region of Italy. It is the most important river of central Italy after the Tiber.
Source and route
The river originates on Monte Falterona in the Casentino area of the Apennines, and initially takes a s ...
784–821
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Adalram
Adalram (died 836) was an early 8th-century prelate active in Bavaria. He is known to have been archdeacon of the Salzburg diocese c. 819, and in 821 succeeded Arno as Archbishop of Salzburg.Klein, "Adalram" In 824, following the request of the emp ...
821–836
* Leutram 836–859
* Adalwin 859–873
* Adalbert I 873
*
Dietmar
Dietmar is a German forename.
*Dietmar I (archbishop of Salzburg), ruled 874 to 907
* Dietmar von Aist, Minnesinger from a baronial family of Upper Austria, documented between 1140 and 1171
*Dietmar Bär (born 1961), German actor
* Dietmar Bartsc ...
I 873–907
*
Pilgrim I 907–923
*
Adalbert II 923–935
* Egilholf 935–939
* Herhold 939–958
* Friedrich I 958–991
*
Hartwig 991–1023
* Günther 1024–1025
* Dietmar II 1025–1041
* Baldwin 1041–1060
*
Gebhard 1060–1088
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Thiemo
Thiemo (''Thimo'', also called ''Dietmar'' or ''Theodinarus''; 28 September 1101/02) was Archbishop of Salzburg from 1090 until his death. He is venerated as a Christian martyr.
Life
A scion of the Bavarian comital House of Vornbach (Formbach), ...
1090–1101
*
Konrad I von Abensberg 1106–1147
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Eberhard I von Hilpolstein-Biburg 1147–1164
*
(Conradus II) Konrad II of Austria 1164–1168
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Adalbert III of Bohemia
Adalbert III of Bohemia (1145 – 8 April 1200), also called Vojtěch in Bohemia, was Archbishop of Salzburg between 1168 and 1177 and then again between 1183 and 1200. His reign is marked significantly from the struggle with Emperor Frederick I Ba ...
1168–1177
*
Conrad III 1177–1183
*
Adalbert III of Bohemia
Adalbert III of Bohemia (1145 – 8 April 1200), also called Vojtěch in Bohemia, was Archbishop of Salzburg between 1168 and 1177 and then again between 1183 and 1200. His reign is marked significantly from the struggle with Emperor Frederick I Ba ...
(restored) 1183–1200
Prince-Archbishops of Salzburg, 1213–1803
*
Eberhard II of Regensburg 1200–1246
* Bernhard I of Ziegenhain 1247
*
Philipp of Carinthia 1247–1256
* Ulrich of Sekau 1256–1265
*
Ladislaus of Salzburg
Władysław of Salzburg, also known as Władysław of Wrocław/Breslau ( pl, Władysław Wrocławski) or Władysław of Silesia (german: Wladislaus von Schlesien, cs, Vladislav Slezský; – 27 April 1270), a member of the Silesian Piasts, was ...
1265–1270
* Frederick II of Walchen 1270–1284
* Rudolf of Hoheneck 1284–1290
* Conrad IV of Breitenfurt 1291–1312
* Weichard of Pollheim 1312–1315
* Frederick III of Leibnitz 1315–1338
* Henry of Pirnbrunn 1338–1343
*
Ordulf of Wiesseneck 1343–1365
*
Pilgrim II of Pucheim 1365–1396
* Gregor Schenk von Osterwitz † (6 Jun 1396 Appointed – 9 May 1403 Died)
* Berthold von Wehingen † (6 Feb 1404 Appointed – 13 Jan 1406 Resigned)
* Eberhard von Neuhaus † (13 Jan 1406 Confirmed – 18 Jan 1427 Died)
* Eberard von Starhemberg † (11 Apr 1427 Confirmed – 9 Feb 1429 Died)
*Johann von Reisberg † (1429 Elected – 1441 Died)
*Friedrich Truchseß von Emmerberg † (30 Sep 1441 Elected – 3 Apr 1452 Died)
*Sigmund von Volkersdorf † (10 Apr 1452 Elected – 3 Nov 1461 Died)
*
Burkhard von Weißpriach † (16 Nov 1461 Elected – 16 Feb 1466 Died)
*Bernhard von Rohr † (25 Feb 1466 Elected – 21 Mar 1487 Died)
*Johann Beckenschlager † (21 Mar 1487 Succeeded – 15 Dec 1489 Died)
*Friedrich Graf von Schaumberg † (19 Dec 1489 Elected – 4 Oct 1494 Died)
*Sigmund von Hollenegg † (16 Oct 1494 Elected – 3 Jul 1495 Died)
*
Leonhard von Keutschach
Leonhard von Keutschach (c. 1442 – 8 June 1519) was Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg from 1495 until his death, the last to rule in the feudal style.
Biography
He was probably born at Viktring in Carinthia, the son of Otto von Keutschach, a ...
,
C.R.S.A. † (7 Jul 1495 Elected – 8 Jun 1519 Died)
*
Matthäus Lang von Wellenburg
Matthäus Lang von Wellenburg (1469 – 30 March 1540) was a statesman of the Holy Roman Empire, a Cardinal and Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg from 1519 to his death.
Life
Matthäus Lang was the son of a burgher of Augsburg and later received ...
† (8 Jun 1519 Succeeded – 30 Mar 1540 Died)
*Michael von Kuenburg † (21 Jul 1554 Elected – 17 Nov 1560 Died)
*Johann Jakob von Kuen-Belasy † (28 Nov 1560 Elected – 4 May 1586 Died)
*Georg von Kuenburg † (4 May 1586 Succeeded – 25 Jan 1587 Died)
*
Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau
Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau (26 March 1559 – 16 January 1617) was Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg from 1587 to 1612.
Life
Raitenau was born at Hofen Castle in Lochau, near Bregenz in Further Austria, the son of the Habsburg colonel Hans Werne ...
† (2 Mar 1587 Elected – 7 Mar 1612 Resigned)
*
Markus Sittikus von Hohenems † (18 Mar 1612 Elected – 9 Oct 1619 Died)
*
Paris Reichsgraf von Lodron † (13 Nov 1618 Elected – 15 Dec 1653 Died)
*Guidobald Reichsgraf von Thun † (3 Feb 1654 Elected – 1 Jun 1668 Died)
*Maximilian Gandolf Reichsgraf von Kuenburg † (30 Jul 1668 Elected – 3 May 1687 Died)
*
Johann Ernst Reichsgraf von Thun † (30 Jun 1687 Elected – 20 Apr 1709 Died)
*
Franz Anton Fürst von Harrach zu Rorau † (20 Apr 1709 Succeeded – 18 Jul 1727 Died)
*
Leopold Anton Eleutherius Reichsfreiherr von Firmian
Leopold Anton Eleutherius Freiherr von Firmian (11 March 1679 – 22 October 1744) was Bishop of Lavant 1718–24, Bishop of Seckau 1724–27 and Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg from 1727 until his death.
Early life
He was born in Munich, on his ...
† (4 Oct 1727 Elected – 22 Oct 1744 Died)
*
Jakob Ernst Graf von Liechtenstein-Kastelkorn
Jakob Ernst von Liechtenstein-Kastelkorn (14 February 1690 in Doboszowice, Hertwigswalde – 12 June 1747 in Salzburg) was Roman Catholic Diocese of Graz-Seckau, Bishop of Seckau, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Olomouc, Bishop of Olomouc and Archb ...
† (13 Jan 1745 Elected – 12 Jun 1747 Died)
*
Andreas Jakob Reichsgraf von Dietrichstein † (10 Sep 1747 Elected – 5 Jan 1753 Died)
*
Sigismund Christoph Graf von Schrattenbach † (5 Apr 1753 Elected – 16 Dec 1771 Died)
*
Hieronymus Joseph Franz de Paula Graf Colloredo von Wallsee und Mels † (14 Mar 1772 Elected – 20 May 1812 Died)
Archbishops (from 1823)
* Augustin Johann Joseph Gruber (17 November 1823 Confirmed – 28 June 1835 Died)
*
Friedrich Johann Joseph Cölestin zu von Schwarzenberg (1 February 1836 Confirmed – 20 May 1850 Confirmed)
*
Maximilian Joseph von Tarnóczy
Maximilian Joseph von Tarnóczy (Hungarian: Tarnózy Miksa) (24 October 1806 – 4 April 1876) was an Austrian Cardinal and Archbishop.
He was born in Schwaz on 24 October 1806, the son of Franz Xaver von Tarnóczy (Tarnóczy Ferenc), a Hungar ...
(17 Feb 1851 Confirmed – 4 April 1876 Died)
* Franz de Paula Albert Eder,
O.S.B.
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, formation =
, motto = (English: 'Pray and Work')
, found ...
(29 Sep 1876 Confirmed – 10 April 1890 Died)
*
Johannes Evangelist Haller (26 June 1890 Confirmed – 5 May 1900 Died)
*
Johannes Baptist Katschthaler
Johannes Baptist Katschthaler (29 May 1832—27 February 1914) was an Austrian Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Salzburg from 1900 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1903.
Biography
Johannes Ka ...
(17 December 1900 Confirmed – 27 February 1914 Died)
* Balthasar Kaltner (25 May 1914 Confirmed – 8 July 1918 Died)
* Ignaz Rieder (7 October 1918 Confirmed – 8 October 1934 Died)
* Sigismund Waitz (17 December 1934 Confirmed – 30 October 1941 Died)
* Andreas Rohracher (1 May 1943 Confirmed – 30 June 1969 Retired)
* Eduard Macheiner (18 October 1969 Confirmed – 17 July 1972 Died)
*
Karl Berg (9 January 1973 Confirmed – 5 September 1988 Retired)
*
Georg Eder (17 January 1989 Confirmed – 23 November 2002 Resigned)
* Alois Kothgasser,
S.D.B. (27 November 2002 Appointed – 4 November 2013 Retired)
*