The Diocese of Feldkirch ( la, Dioecesis Campitemplensis) is a
diocese
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 associ ...
located in the city of
Feldkirch, Vorarlberg
Feldkirch () is a medieval town in the western Austrian state of Vorarlberg, bordering on Switzerland and Liechtenstein. It is the administrative centre of the Feldkirch district. After Dornbirn, it is the second most populous town in Vorar ...
, in the
Ecclesiastical province
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of
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 ...
in Austria.
History
* until the 19th century: part of the
Swabia
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The name is ultimately derived from the medieval Duchy of ...
n Dioceses of the Catholic Church:
Constance,
Augsburg
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* then attached to the (Tyrolean and thus Austrian)
Diocese of Brixen after the split-up of the
Holy Roman Empire
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From the accession of Otto I in 962 unt ...
* came with the Austrian part of Brixen to the Apostolic Administrature (1921), later (1964)
Diocese of Innsbruck-Feldkirch
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 cathedra ...
* 8 December 1968: detached from Innsbruck and established as Diocese of Feldkirch
Special churches
*Minor Basilicas:
** Liebfrauenbasilika Rankweil,
Rankweil,
Vorarlberg
Bishop
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In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ...
s of Feldkirch
*
Bruno Wechner
Bruno may refer to:
People and fictional characters
*Bruno (name), including lists of people and fictional characters with either the given name or surname
* Bruno, Duke of Saxony (died 880)
* Bruno the Great (925–965), Archbishop of Cologne, ...
(9 December 1968 – 21 January 1989)
*
Klaus Küng
Klaus is a German, Dutch and Scandinavian given name and surname. It originated as a short form of Nikolaus, a German form of the Greek given name Nicholas.
Notable persons whose family name is Klaus
*Billy Klaus (1928–2006), American base ...
(21 January 1989 – 7 October 2004)
*
Elmar Fischer
Elmar Fischer (6 October 1936 – 19 January 2022) was an Austrian Roman Catholic prelate.
Fischer was born in Feldkirch, Vorarlberg, Austria. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1961 for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Feldkirch
The Diocese o ...
(24 May 2005 – 15 November 2011)
*
Benno Elbs (since 8 May 2013)
See also
*
Roman Catholicism in Austria
References
External links
GCatholic.org
Catholic Hierarchy
Diocese website
Roman Catholic dioceses in Austria
Christian organizations established in 1968
Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century
Feldkirch, Roman Catholic Diocese of
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