The Diocese of Sankt Pölten ( la, Dioecesis Sancti Hippolyti) is a

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located in the city of

Sankt Pölten Sankt Pölten (; Central Bavarian: ''St. Pödn''), mostly abbreviated to the official name St. Pölten, is the capital and largest city of the State of Lower Austria in northeast Austria, with 55,538 inhabitants as of 1 January 2020. St. Pölten ...

in the

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in Austria.

History

* January 28, 1785: Established as Diocese of Sankt Pölten from the

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and

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 ...

Special churches

*Minor Basilicas: ** Basilika Maria Taferl,

Maria Taferl Maria Taferl is an Austrian market municipality of 872 people in the District of Melk (district), Melk and the most important pilgrimage site in all of Lower Austria. After Mariazell, Maria Taferl is the most important pilgrimage destination in al ...

Niederösterreich Lower Austria (german: Niederösterreich; Austro-Bavarian: ''Niedaöstareich'', ''Niedaestareich'') is one of the nine states of Austria, located in the northeastern corner of the country. Since 1986, the capital of Lower Austria has been Sankt P� ...

** Basilika Unserer Lieben Frau,

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, Niederösterreich ** Hl. Dreifaltigkeit,

Sonntagberg Sonntagberg is a town in the district of Amstetten in Lower Austria in Austria. It is an important Catholic pilgrimage center. Geography Sonntagberg lies in the Mostviertel in Lower Austria. About 29 percent of the municipality is forested. Sig ...

, Niederösterreich ** Maria Dreieichen «ad tres Quercus», Dreieichen, Niederösterreich ** Stift Lilienfeld,

Lilienfeld Lilienfeld () is a city in Lower Austria (Niederösterreich), Austria, south of St. Pölten, noted as the site of Lilienfeld Abbey. It is also the site of a regional hospital Landesklinikum Voralpen Lilienfeld. The city is located in the valle ...

, Niederösterreich

Leadership

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s of Sankt Pölten (Roman rite) ** Bishop Alois Schwarz (since 2018.07.01) ** Bishop Klaus Küng (2004.10.07 - 2018.07.01) ** Bishop

Kurt Krenn Kurt Krenn (28 June 1936 – 25 January 2014) was an Austrian Roman Catholic prelate and Bishop of Sankt Pölten, near Vienna, from 1991 to 2004. Childhood and youth Kurt Krenn was in Rannariedl, in the municipality of Neustift im Mühlkreis i ...

(1991.07.11 – 2004.10.07) ** Bishop Franz Žak (1961.10.01 – 1991.07.11) ** Bishop Michael Memelauer (1927.04.18 – 1961.09.30) ** Bishop Johannes Baptist Rößler (1894.01.05 – 1927.01.04) ** Bishop Matthäus Joseph Binder (1872.10.07 – 1893.08.14) ** Bishop Joseph Feßler (1864.09.23 – 1872.04.23) ** Bishop Ignaz Feigerle (1851.12.02 – 1863.09.27) ** Bishop Anton Alois Buchmayer (1842.12.28 – 1851.09.02) ** Bishop

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(1835.11.16 – 1842.10.23) ** Bishop Johann Michael Leonhard (1835.02.20 – 1835.11.19) ** Bishop

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(1827.01.02 – 1834.10.11) ** Bishop Joseph Chrysostomus Pauer (1823.11.10 – 1826.12.19) ** Bishop

Johann Nepomuk Ritter von Dankesreither Johann, typically a male given name, is the German form of ''Iohannes'', which is the Latin form of the Greek name ''Iōánnēs'' (), itself derived from Hebrew name ''Yochanan'' () in turn from its extended form (), meaning "Yahweh is Gracious" ...

(1816.06.30 – 1823.06.10) ** Bishop Godfried Joseph Crüts van Creits (1806.03.14 – 1815.04.05) ** Archbishop

Sigismund Anton Graf von Hohenwart Sigismund Anton Graf von Hohenwart, S.J. (2 May 1730 – 30 June 1820) was from 1791 to 1794 Bishop of Trieste, from 1794 to 1803 Bishop of St. Pölten, and from 1803 to 1820 he was Prince-Archbishop of Vienna. Biography Von Hohenwart was ...

, S.J. (1794.01.10 – 1803.06.20) ** Bishop Johann Heinrich von Kerens, S.J. (1785.02.14 – 1792.11.26)

References

External links

GCatholic.org

Catholic Hierarchy

Diocese website
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History

Special churches

Leadership

See also

References

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