| Archdiocese of Vienna Archidioecesis Viennensis Archidioecesis Vindobonensis |
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St. Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna |
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| Location | |
| Country | Austria |
| Territory | Vienna, Lower Austria |
| Ecclesiastical province | Archdiocese of Vienna |
| Metropolitan | Vienna |
| Statistics | |
| Population - Catholics |
(as of 2004) 1,360,433 |
| Parishes | 660 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 18 January 1469 |
| Cathedral | St. Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna |
| Patron saint | Saint Stephen |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Benedict XVI |
| Archbishop | Christoph Schönborn, OP Archbishop of Vienna |
| Auxiliary Bishop | Most Rev. Franz Scharl Most Rev. Stefan Turnovsky Most Rev. Helmut Krätzl (em.) |
| Vicars General | Rev. Nikolaus Krasa |
| Map | |
| Website | |
| stephanscom.at | |
The Archdiocese of Vienna (Latin: Archidioecesis Viennensis) 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 and elevated to cardinal in 1998.
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