The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Salzburg ( la, Archidioecesis Salisburgensis) is an

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of the

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of the

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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 o ...

was a prince-bishopric of the

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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 * Graz–Seckau * Gurk *

Innsbruck Innsbruck (; bar, Innschbruck, label=Austro-Bavarian ) is the capital of Tyrol and the fifth-largest city in Austria. On the River Inn, at its junction with the Wipp Valley, which provides access to the Brenner Pass to the south, it had a p ...

Episcopal Ordinaries

Abbot-Bishops of Iuvavum c. 300s – c. 482

St. Maximus of Salzburg Maximus of Salzburg (died 476) was an abbot-bishop of Salzburg in the 5th century when the see was established in 474. A disciple of Severinus of Noricum, Maximus was an early Christian martyr - according to some accounts he was hanged, while ot ...

, 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

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784–821 *

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 em ...

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 *

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 Conrad I f Abenberg(german: Konrad von Abenberg, c. 1075 – 9 April 1147) was Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria, in the first half of the 12th century. Born into the Abenberg- Frensdorf nobility, Conrad was raised for a clerical career at the cour ...

1106–1147 * Eberhard I von Hilpolstein-Biburg 1147–1164 * (Conradus II) Konrad II of Austria 1164–1168 *

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 Conrad III (german: Konrad; it, Corrado; 1093 or 1094 – 15 February 1152) of the Hohenstaufen dynasty was from 1116 to 1120 Duke of Franconia, from 1127 to 1135 anti-king of his predecessor Lothair III and from 1138 until his death in 1152 ...

1177–1183 *

(restored) 1183–1200

Prince-Archbishops of Salzburg, 1213–1803

Eberhard II of Regensburg Eberhard is an old Germanic name meaning the strength or courage of a wild boar. People First name *Eberhard of Friuli (815–866), Duke and key figure in the Carolingian Empire *Eberhard of Béthune (died 1212), Flemish grammarian *Eberhard I, Du ...

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 Pilgrim von Puchheim ( – 5 April 1396) was Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg (as Pilgrim II) from 1365 until his death. From 1393 onwards, he also was administrator of the Berchtesgaden Provostry. Pilgrim is known as a patron of literature and music ...

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,

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† (7 Jul 1495 Elected – 8 Jun 1519 Died) * Matthäus Lang von Wellenburg † (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 † (2 Mar 1587 Elected – 7 Mar 1612 Resigned) * Markus Sittikus von Hohenems † (18 Mar 1612 Elected – 9 Oct 1619 Died) Salzburgkath

* 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 Johann Ernst Graf von Thun und Hohenstein (3 July 1643 – 20 April 1709) was Bishop of Seckau from 1679 to 1687 and Prince-archbishop of Salzburg from 1687 until his death. Life and career Born in Prague, Bohemia, he was a member of the Tyro ...

† (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 † (4 Oct 1727 Elected – 22 Oct 1744 Died) * Jakob Ernst Graf von Liechtenstein-Kastelkorn † (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 (17 Feb 1851 Confirmed – 4 April 1876 Died) * Franz de Paula Albert Eder,

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(29 Sep 1876 Confirmed – 10 April 1890 Died) *

Johannes Evangelist Haller Johannes Evangelist Haller (30 April 1825 – 5 May 1900) was an Austrian-Hungarian prelate of the Catholic Church who was Archbishop of Salzburg from 1890 until his death. He was made a cardinal in 1896. Biography Johannes Evangelist Haller w ...

(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 Karl Berg (27 December 1908 – 1 September 1997) was an Austrian Catholic cleric and Archbishop of Salzburg from 1973 to 1988. Life Berg was born on 27 December 1908 in the Austrian town of Radstadt. He was ordained into priesthood on 29 Octo ...

(9 January 1973 Confirmed – 5 September 1988 Retired) *

Georg Eder Georg Eder (6 March 1928 – 19 September 2015) was an Austrian Roman Catholic bishop. Because of his strict conservatism, reported one obituary, he was frequently the center of public controversy. Eder was born in Mattsee and ordained a priest ...

(17 January 1989 Confirmed – 23 November 2002 Resigned) * Alois Kothgasser,

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(27 November 2002 Appointed – 4 November 2013 Retired) *

Franz Lackner Franz Lackner (born 14 July 1956) is an Austrian prelate who has been Archbishop of Salzburg since 2013. In June 2020 he was elected the president of the Austrian Bishops' Conference. Life Franz Lackner was born in Feldbach in the district of ...

, O.F.M. (18 November 2013 Appointed – present)

References

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Salzburg Salzburg (, ; literally "Salt-Castle"; bar, Soizbuag, label=Austro-Bavarian) is the fourth-largest city in Austria. In 2020, it had a population of 156,872. The town is on the site of the Roman settlement of ''Iuvavum''. Salzburg was founded ...

Salzburg

Prince-Archbishopric of Salzburg