Archdiocese of Vienna

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Archdiocese of Vienna
Archidioecesis Viennensis other Vindobonensis
Statistics
Country: Austria
Rite: Roman
Area: 9.000 km²
Population:
  Total:
  Catholics:
2.423.466
1.360.433 (56,1%)
Cathedral: Cathedral of Vienna
Ordinaries
Bishop: Cardinal Christoph Schönborn

The Archdiocese of Vienna (Latin: Archidioecesis Viennensis other Vindobonensis) is an archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Austria.

Erected as the Diocese of Vienna on 18 January 1469, and elevated to the dignity of an archdiocese on 1 June 1722, the archepiscopal see resides in the cathedral of Stephansdom in Vienna.

Along with the Archdiocese of Salzburg the two ecclesiastical provinces comprise the whole of the modern state of Austria. The Archdiocese is the metropolitan of 3 dioceses: Eisenstadt, Linz, Sankt Pölten.

The current bishop is Christoph Schoenborn, appointed in 1995.

[edit] Ordinaries

  • Melchior Klesl † (15 Jul 1613 Appointed - 18 Sep 1630 Died)
  • Philipp Friedrich Reichsfreiherr von Breuner † (3 Jun 1639 Appointed - 22 May 1669 Died)
  • Wilderich Reichsfreiherr von Walderdorff † (28 Jun 1669 Appointed - 4 Sep 1680 Died)
  • Emerich (Johann Anton) Sinelli, O.F.M. Cap. † (14 Nov 1680 Appointed - 25 Feb 1685 Died)
  • Ernst Reichsgraf von Trautson zu Falkenstein † (23 Mar 1685 Appointed - 7 Jan 1702 Died)
  • Franz Anton Fürst von Harrach zu Rorau † ( 1702 Ordained Bishop - 31 Jul 1706 Resigned)
  • Franz Ferdinand Freiherr von Rummel † (4 Oct 1706 Confirmed - 15 Mar 1716 Died)
  • Sigismund Graf Kollonitsch † (1 Jul 1716 Appointed - 12 Apr 1751 Died)
  • Johann Joseph Reichsgraf von Trautson zu Falkenstein (Trauston) † (12 Apr 1751 Succeeded - 10 Mar 1757 Died)
  • Christoph Bartholomäus Anton Graf Migazzi † (15 Mar 1757 Appointed - 14 Apr 1803 Died)
  • Sigismund Anton Graf von Hohenwart, S.J. † (29 Apr 1803 Appointed - 30 Jun 1820 Died)
  • Leopold Maximilian Graf von Firmian (Frimian) † (25 Jan 1822 Appointed - 29 Nov 1831 Died)
  • Vinzenz Eduard Milde † (27 Oct 1831 Appointed - 14 Mar 1853 Died)
  • Joseph Othmar von Rauscher † (20 Mar 1853 Appointed - 24 Nov 1875 Died)
  • Johann Baptist Rudolph Kutschker † (12 Jan 1876 Appointed - 27 Jan 1881 Died)
  • Cölestin Joseph Ganglbauer, O.S.B. † (23 Mar 1881 Appointed - 14 Dec 1889 Died)
  • Anton Josef Gruscha † (24 Jan 1890 Appointed - 15 Aug 1911 Died)
  • Franz Xavier Nagl † (5 Aug 1911 Succeeded - 4 Feb 1913 Died)
  • Friedrich Gustav Piffl † (1 Apr 1913 Appointed - 21 Apr 1932 Died)
  • Theodor Innitzer † (19 Sep 1932 Appointed - 9 Oct 1955 Died)
  • Franz König † (10 May 1956 Appointed - 16 Sep 1985 Retired)
  • Hans Hermann Groër, O.S.B. † (15 Jul 1986 Appointed - 14 Sep 1995 Retired)
  • Christoph Schönborn, O.P. (14 Sep 1995 Succeeded - )
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