Roman Catholic Diocese Of Sankt Pölten
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The Diocese of Sankt Pölten () is a
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diocese In Ecclesiastical polity, 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 Roman province, prov ...
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 States of Austria, State of Lower Austria in northeast Austria, with 55,538 inhabitants as of 1 Januar ...
in the
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of
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in Austria.


History

* 28 January 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 ...


Notable churches

*Minor Basilicas: ** Basilika Maria Taferl,
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,
Niederösterreich Lower Austria ( , , abbreviated LA or NÖ) is one of the nine states of Austria, located in the northeastern corner of the country. Major cities are Amstetten, Krems an der Donau, Wiener Neustadt and Sankt Pölten, which has been the capital of ...
** 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 pilgrimage location for Catholics. Its basilica church is often cited as one of the most beautiful buildings in the area. Geography Sonntagberg ...
, 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 valley o ...
, Niederösterreich


Leadership

*
Bishop A bishop is an ordained member of the clergy who is entrusted with a position of Episcopal polity, authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance and administration of di ...
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 born in Rannariedl, in the municipality of Neustift im Mühlk ...
(1991.07.11 – 2004.10.07) ** Bishop
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(1961.10.01 – 1991.07.11) ** Bishop
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(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 Michael Johann Wagner (1835.11.16 – 1842.10.23) ** Bishop Johann Michael Leonhard (1835.02.20 – 1835.11.19) ** Bishop Jakob Frint (1827.01.02 – 1834.10.11) ** Bishop Joseph Chrysostomus Pauer (1823.11.10 – 1826.12.19) ** Bishop Johann Nepomuk Ritter von Dankesreither (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, Society of Jesus, S.J. (2 May 1730 – 30 June 1820) was from 1791 to 1794 Roman Catholic Diocese of Trieste, Bishop of Trieste, from 1794 to 1803 Roman Catholic Diocese of Sankt Pölten, Bishop of St. Pö ...
, S.J. (1794.01.10 – 1803.06.20) ** Bishop Johann Heinrich von Kerens, S.J. (1785.02.14 – 1792.11.26)


See also

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Roman Catholicism in Austria The Catholic Church in Austria is part of the worldwide Catholic Church in full communion with the Pope in Rome. The Church's governing body in Austria is the Austrian Conference of Catholic Bishops, made up of the hierarchy of the two archbis ...


Links


Diocesan website
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