The

Catholic Church in Austria , native_name_lang = de , image = Wien_-_Stephansdom_(3).JPG , imagewidth = 200px , alt = , caption = St. Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna. , abbreviation = , type = ...

is currently composed of : * two

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s and 7

suffragan diocese A suffragan diocese is one of the dioceses other than the metropolitan archdiocese that constitute an ecclesiastical province. It exists in some Christian denominations, in particular the Catholic Church, the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria ...

s of the western

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* an exempt military ordinate and a

territorial abbey A territorial abbey (or territorial abbacy) is a particular church of the Catholic Church comprising defined territory which is not part of a diocese but surrounds an abbey or monastery whose abbot or superior functions as ordinary for all Ca ...

, both also Latin Rite. * ''an ordinariate for Eastern Catholic faithful, Byzantine Rite

Current Dioceses

Austrian Episcopal Conference (Latin)

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Latin Exempt ''Sui iuris'' Jurisdictions

Military Ordinariate of Austria The Military Ordinariate of Austria (german: Militärordinariat der Republik Österreich, la, Ordinariatus Militaris Austriae) is a Latin Church military ordinariate of the Catholic Church. Immediately exempt to the Holy See, it provides past ...

Territorial Abbey of Wettingen-Mehrerau Wettingen-Mehrerau Abbey is a Cistercian territorial abbey and cathedral located at Mehrerau on the outskirts of Bregenz in Vorarlberg, Austria. Wettingen-Mehrerau Abbey is directly subordinate to the Holy See and thus forms no part of the Cath ...

Ecclesiastical Province of Salzburg

* Metropolitan Archdiocese of Salzburg,

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see of all

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 ...

Diocese of Feldkirch The Diocese of Feldkirch ( la, Dioecesis Campitemplensis) is a diocese located in the city of Feldkirch, Vorarlberg, in the Ecclesiastical province of Salzburg in Austria. History * until the 19th century: part of the Swabian Dioceses of the C ...

Diocese of Graz-Seckau The Roman Catholic Diocese of Graz-Seckau ( la, Dioecesis Seccoviensis, german: Diözese Graz-Seckau) is a diocese comprising the Austrian state of Styria. It is part of the ecclesiastical province of Salzburg. History The See of Seckau was f ...

Diocese of Gurk-Klagenfurt The Roman Catholic Diocese of Gurk-Klagenfurt (german: Diözese Gurk-Klagenfurt, sl, Krška škofija) is a Catholic diocese covering the Austrian state of Carinthia. It is part of the ecclesiastical province of Salzburg. Though named after Gur ...

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

Ecclesiastical Province of Vienna

* Metropolitan Archdiocese of Vienna **

Diocese of Eisenstadt The Roman Catholic Diocese of Eisenstadt ( la, Dioecesis Sideropolitanus) is a diocese located in the city of Eisenstadt in the Ecclesiastical province of Vienna in Austria. The episcopal seat is in Eisenstadt Cathedral. History * May 18, 1922: ...

Diocese of Linz The Diocese of Linz ( la, Dioecesis Linciensis) is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Vienna, Austria. History Early history In the early Middle Ages the greater part of the territory of the present Diocese of Linz was subject to the bishops of ...

** Diocese of Sankt Pölten

''Eastern Catholic Exempt ''Sui iuris'' Ordinariate for Eastern Catholic faithful''

* '' Ordinariate for Byzantine-rite Catholics in Austria''

Defunct jurisdictions

Latin Titular sees

Metropolitan titular archbishoprics

* Metropolitan

Archdiocese of Tiburnia The diocese of Teurnia (or Tiburnia) was a Chalcedonian Christian church in the Roman province of Noricum during the 5th through 7th centuries. It is today a titular see in the Catholic Church. Ancient diocese There was a Christian population in ...

* Metropolitan

Archdiocese of Lauriacum 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 ...

Titular bishoprics

* Ancient

Diocese of Aguntum 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 ...

* Ancient

Diocese of Virunum 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 ...

Roman Catholic Diocese of Wiener Neustadt The former Roman Catholic Diocese of Wiener Neustadt in Lower Austria existed from 1469 to 1785. In 1990, it was re-established as a titular see which is held by the bishop for the Military Services in Austria. History Upon the request of the ...

Other defunct jurisdictions

:''Excluding precursors of present dioceses that were merely renamed or promoted'' * Ancient

Diocese of Juvavo 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 ...

Roman Catholic Diocese of Lavant The Diocese of Lavant(tal) ( la, Lavantina) was a suffragan bishop, suffragan bishopric of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Salzburg, Archdiocese of Salzburg, established 1228 in the Lavanttal, Lavant Valley of Duchy of Carinthia, Carinthia. In ...

(Lavanttal, Lavantin(us)), united with

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Maribor Metropolitan may refer to: * Metropolitan area, a region consisting of a densely populated urban core and its less-populated surrounding territories * Metropolitan borough, a form of local government district in England * Metropolitan county, a ...

Roman Catholic Diocese of Leoben Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy *Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD *Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a lette ...

, merged into Diocese of Graz–Seckau * Stift Sankt Peter Salzburg, an

Abbacy nullius A territorial abbey (or territorial abbacy) is a particular church of the Catholic Church comprising defined territory which is not part of a diocese but surrounds an abbey or monastery whose abbot or superior functions as ordinary for all Ca ...

Sources and external links

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