Diocese of Sankt Pölten

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Diocese of Sankt Pölten
Dioecesis Sancti Hippolyti
Statistics
Country: Austria
Metropolitan: Wien
Rite: Latin Rite
Area: 10,450 km²
Population:
  Total:
  Catholics:
629,928 (2004)
566,679 (90.0%)
Cathedral: Dom Mariä Himmelfahrt
(Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary)
Ordinaries
Bishop: Klaus Küng
Auxiliary Bishop: Anton Leichtfried

The Diocese of Sankt Pölten {Latin: Sancti Hippolyti } is a diocese located in the city of Sankt Pölten in the Ecclesiastical province of Wien in Austria.

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[edit] History

[edit] Special Churches

Dom Mariä Himmelfahrt(Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary)
Dom Mariä Himmelfahrt
(Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary)
  • Minor Basillicas:
    • Basilika Maria Taferl, Maria Taferl, Niederösterreich
    • Basilika Unserer Lieben Frau, Geras, Niederösterreich
    • Hl. Dreifaltigkeit, Sonntagberg, Niederösterreich
    • Maria Dreieichen «ad tres Quercus», Dreieichen, Niederösterreich
    • Stift Lilienfeld, Lilienfeld, Niederösterreich

[edit] Leadership

  • Bishops of Sankt Pölten (Roman rite)
    • Bishop Klaus Küng (since 2004.10.07)
    • Bishop Kurt Krenn (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 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, S.J. (1794.01.10 – 1803.06.20)
    • Bishop Johann Heinrich von Kerens, S.J. (1785.02.14 – 1792.11.26)

[edit] See also

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