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Archdiocese of Vienna, Austria 🇦🇹

Celebrations

History

  • 1469.01.18: Established as Diocese of Wien / Vienna (English) / Vienna (Italiano) / Viennen(sis) (Latin) / Vindobonen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Passau and became suffragan of Salzburg)
  • 1722.06.01: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Wien / Vienna (English) / Vienna (Italiano) / Viennen(sis) (Latin) / Vindobonen(sis) (Latin)
  • 1729: Gained territory from Diocese of Passau
  • 1784: Gained territory from Diocese of GyÅ‘r and Diocese of Passau
  • 1785.01.28: Gained territory from the suppressed Diocese of Wiener Neustadt and gained suffragan sees Linz and Sankt Pölten
  • 1937: Lost territory to Diocese of Brno
  • 1960.08.15: Gained suffragan see Eisenstadt
  • 2014.11.14: Gained territory from Diocese of Sankt Pölten

Papal Visits

Present Prelates

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Wien (Roman Rite)

Fr. Josef Grünwidl (61)Fr. Josef Grünwidl (61)
(Apostolic Administrator 2025.01.22 – ...)

Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, O.P. (80)Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, O.P. (80)
(1995.09.14 – 2025.01.22)

Cardinal-Priest of Gesù Divin Lavoratore
Ordinary of Austria of the Eastern Rite (Austria)
President of Commission of Cardinals overseeing the Institute for Works of Religion
Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Wien (Austria)

Vos autem dixi amicos

Cardinal Hans Hermann Groër, O.S.B.
(1986.07.15 – 1995.09.14)

In verbo autem tuo

Cardinal Franz König
(1956.05.10 – 1985.09.16)

Veritate in caritate

Cardinal Theodor Innitzer
(1932.09.19 – 1955.10.09)

In caritate servire

Cardinal Friedrich Gustav Piffl, C.R.S.A.
(1913.05.02 – 1932.04.21)

Non laboro honori

Cardinal Franz Xaver Nagl
(1911.08.05 – 1913.02.04)

Pacem et veritatem

Born:1855.11.26 (Wien, Austria)
Ordained Priest:1878.07.14
Consecrated Bishop:1902.06.15
Created Cardinal:1911.11.27
Died:1913.02.04 (Wien, Austria † 57)

Bishop of Koper (Slovenia) (1902.06.02 – 1910.01.19)

Bishop of Trieste (Italy) (1902.06.02 – 1910.01.19)

Titular Archbishop of Tyrus (1910.01.19 – 1911.08.05)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Wien (Austria) (1910.01.19 – 1911.08.05)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Wien (Austria) (1911.08.05 – 1913.02.04)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Marco (1912.12.02 – 1913.02.04)

Cardinal Anton Josef Gruscha
(1890.06.23 – 1911.08.05)

In nomine Jesu

Born:1820.11.03 (Wien, Austria)
Ordained Priest:1843.05.04
Consecrated Bishop:1878.04.28
Created Cardinal:1891.06.01
Died:1911.08.05 (Kranichberg, Austria † 90)

Titular Bishop of Charræ (1878.03.28 – 1890.06.23)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Wien (Austria) (1890.06.23 – 1911.08.05)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria degli Angeli (1891.12.17 – 1911.08.05)

Cardinal Cölestin Ganglbauer, O.S.B.
(1881.08.04 – 1889.12.14)

Crux sacra lux mihi

Born:1817.08.20 (Thanstetten, Austria)
Ordained Priest:1843.07.22
Consecrated Bishop:1881.08.28
Created Cardinal:1884.11.10
Died:1889.12.14 (Wien, Austria † 72)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Wien (Austria) (1881.08.04 – 1889.12.14)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Eusebio (1886.06.10 – 1889.12.14)

Cardinal Johannes Baptiste Kutschker
(1876.04.15 – 1881.01.27)

Born:1810.04.11 (Wiese, Czechia)
Ordained Priest:1833.04.21
Consecrated Bishop:1862.05.11
Created Cardinal:1877.06.22
Died:1881.01.27 (Wien, Austria † 70)

Titular Bishop of Charræ (1862.04.07 – 1876.04.15)

Auxiliary Bishop of Wien (Austria) (1862.04.07 – 1876.04.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Wien (Austria) (1876.04.15 – 1881.01.27)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Eusebio (1877.06.25 – 1881.01.27)

Cardinal Joseph Othmar von Rauscher
(1853.06.27 – 1875.11.24)

Born:1797.10.06 (Wien, Austria)
Ordained Priest:1823.03.21
Consecrated Bishop:1849.04.15
Created Cardinal:1855.12.17
Died:1875.11.24 (Wien, Austria † 78)

Apostolic Administrator of Leoben (Austria) (1849.01.29 – 1853.03.20)

Bishop of Seckau (Austria) ([1849.01.29] 1849.04.12 – 1853.06.27)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Wien (Austria) (1853.06.27 – 1875.11.24)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Vittoria (1858.12.23 – 1875.11.24)

Archbishop Vinzenz Eduard Milde
(1832.03.19 – 1853.03.14)

Born:1777.05.11 (Czechia)
Ordained Priest:1800.03.09
Consecrated Bishop:1823.07.13
Died:1853.03.14 († 75)

Bishop of Litoměřice (Czechia) ([1823.01.16] 1823.05.06 – 1832.03.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Wien (Austria) ([1831.10.27] 1832.03.19 – 1853.03.14)

Archbishop Leopold Maximilian Graf von Firmian (Frimian)
(1822.04.19 – 1831.11.29)

Born:1766.10.11 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1792.09.22
Consecrated Bishop:1797.11.05
Died:1831.11.29 († 65)

Titular Bishop of Tiberias (1797.07.24 – 1800.11.23)

Auxiliary Bishop of Passau (Germany) (1797.07.24 – 1800.11.23)

Bishop of Lavant (Austria) (1800.11.23 – 1822.04.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Wien (Austria) ([1822.01.25] 1822.04.19 – 1831.11.29)

Archbishop Sigismund Anton Graf von Hohenwart, S.J.
(1803.06.20 – 1820.06.30)

Born:1730.05.02 (Austria)
Ordained Priest:1759.10.07
Consecrated Bishop:1791.10.23
Died:1820.06.30 († 90)

Bishop of Trieste (Italy) ([1791.02.10] 1791.09.26 – 1794.09.12)

Bishop of Sankt Pölten (Austria) ([1794.01.10] 1794.09.12 – 1803.06.20)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Wien (Austria) ([1803.04.29] 1803.06.20 – 1820.06.30)

Cardinal Christoph Anton von Migazzi von Waal und Sonnenthurn
(1757.03.23 – 1803.04.14)

Born:1714.10.20 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1738.04.07
Consecrated Bishop:1751.10.10
Created Cardinal:1761.11.23
Died:1803.04.14 († 88)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Mechelen (Belgium) (1751.09.20 – 1753.05.19)

Titular Archbishop of Carthage (1751.09.20 – 1756.09.20)

Bishop of Vác (Hungary) (1756.09.20 – 1757.05.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Wien (Austria) (1757.03.23 – 1803.04.14)

Apostolic Administrator of Vác (Hungary) (1762.04.19 – 1786)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Quattro Coronati (1775.04.03 – 1803.04.14)

Protopriest of Sacred College of Cardinals (1788.01.21 – 1803.04.14)

Cardinal Johannes Joseph von Trautson
(1751.04.12 – 1757.03.10)

Born:1704.07.27 (Austria)
Ordained Priest:1728.09.26
Consecrated Bishop:1750.12.25
Created Cardinal:1756.04.05
Died:1757.03.10 († 52)

Titular Archbishop of Carthage (1750.12.07 – 1751.04.12)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Wien (Austria) (1750.12.07 – 1751.04.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Wien (Austria) (1751.04.12 – 1757.03.10)

Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned (1756.04.05 – 1757.03.10)

Cardinal Graf Sigismund von Kollonitz
(1722.06.01 – 1751.04.12)

Born:1676.05.28 (Hungary)
Ordained Priest:1699.10.22
Consecrated Bishop:1709.12.07
Created Cardinal:1727.11.26
Died:1751.04.12 († 74)

Bishop of Vác (Hungary) (1708.10.14 – 1716.07.01)

Bishop of Wien (Austria) (1716.07.01 – 1722.06.01)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Wien (Austria) (1722.06.01 – 1751.04.12)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Marcellino e Pietro (1730.08.14 – 1740.08.29)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Crisogono (1740.08.29 – 1751.04.12)

Bishops of Wien (Roman Rite)

Bishop Graf Sigismund von Kollonitz (later Cardinal)
(1716.07.01 – 1722.06.01)

(see above)

Bishop Franz Ferdinand von Rummel
(1706.10.04 – 1716.03.15)

Born:1644.10.28 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:1675.01
Consecrated Bishop:1696.07.29
Died:1716.03.15 († 71)

Bishop of Knin (Croatia) ([1695.10.10] 1696.04.02 – 1706.10.04)

Bishop of Wien (Austria) ([1706.04.11] 1706.10.04 – 1716.03.15)

Archbishop Franz Anton von Harrach zu Rorau
(1702.01.07 – 1706.07.31)

Born:1663.10.02 (Austria)
Ordained Priest:1691.12.31
Consecrated Bishop:1702.04.02
Died:1727.07.18 († 63)

Titular Bishop of Hamatha (1701.11.21 – 1702.01.07)

Coadjutor Bishop of Wien (Austria) ([1701.07.02] 1701.11.21 – 1702.01.07)

Bishop of Wien (Austria) (1702.01.07 – 1706.07.31)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Salzburg (Austria) ([1705.10.19] 1706.04.19 – 1709.04.20)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Salzburg (Austria) (1709.04.20 – 1727.07.18)

Bishop Ernst Reichsgraf von Trautson zu Falkenstein
(1685.09.10 – 1702.01.07)

Born:1633.12.26 (Austria)
Ordained Priest:1661.06.11
Consecrated Bishop:1685.10.28
Died:1702.01.07 († 68)

Bishop of Wien (Austria) ([1685.03.23] 1685.09.10 – 1702.01.07)

Bishop Emerich Sinelli, O.F.M. Cap.
(1681.03.03 – 1685.02.25)

Born:1622.06.29 (Austria)
Ordained Priest:1649
Consecrated Bishop:1681.05.04
Died:1685.02.25 († 62)

Bishop of Wien (Austria) ([1680.11.14] 1681.03.03 – 1685.02.25)

Bishop Wilderich Reichsfreiherr von Walderdorff
(1669.08.19 – 1680.09.04)

Born:1617.01.14 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:1659
Consecrated Bishop:1669.09.29
Died:1680.09.04 († 63)

Bishop of Wien (Austria) ([1669.06.28] 1669.08.19 – 1680.09.04)

Bishop Philipp Friedrich Reichsfreiherr von Breuner
(1639.09.05 – 1669.05.22)

Born:1597.09.06
Ordained Priest:1621.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:1635.09.05
Died:1669.05.22 († 71)

Titular Bishop of Ioppe (1630.09.09 – 1639.09.05)

Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc (Czechia) (1630.09.09 – 1639.09.05)

Bishop of Wien (Austria) ([1639.06.03] 1639.09.05 – 1669.05.22)

Bishop Anton Wolfradt
(1631.05.26 – 1639.04.01)

Born:1582.07.09
Consecrated Bishop:1631.08.03
Died:1639.04.01 († 56)

Bishop of Wien (Austria) (1631.05.26 – 1639.04.01)

Cardinal Melchior Klesl
(1598.07.15 – 1630.09.18)

Bishop Johann Caspar Neubeck
(1575.02.04 – 1594.08.28)

Born:1545
Consecrated Bishop:1575.06.05
Died:1594.08.28 († 48)

Bishop of Wien (Austria) (1575.02.04 – 1594.08.28)

Bishop Urban Sagstetter
(Apostolic Administrator 1563 – 1568)

Archbishop Antonín Brus z Mohelnice
(1558 – 1563)

Saint Fr. Pietro Canisio (Peter Canisius), S.J.
(Apostolic Administrator 1554 – 1555)

Bishop Christoph Wertwein
(1552.02.18 – 1553.05.20 not possessed)

Bishop Friedrich Nausea
(1541.05.21 – 1552.02.06)

Born:1496
Ordained Priest:1542.11
Consecrated Bishop:1543.02
Died:1552.02.06 († 55)

Coadjutor Bishop of Wien (Austria) (1538 – 1541.05.21)

Bishop of Wien (Austria) (1541.05.21 – 1552.02.06)

Bishop Johann Fabri
(1530 – 1541.05.21)

Born:1478
Consecrated Bishop:1531
Died:1541.05.21 († 62)

Coadjutor Bishop of Wien (Austria) (? – 1530)

Bishop of Wien (Austria) (1530 – 1541.05.21)

Bishop Johann von Revellis
(1524.04.06 – 1529.12.27)

Consecrated Bishop:1527.08.07
Died:1529.12.27

Bishop of Wien (Austria) (1524.04.06 – 1529.12.27)

Bishop Pietro Bonomo
(Apostolic Administrator 1522 – 1523)

Bishop Georg von Slatkonia
(1513.08.12 – 1522.04.26)

Born:1456.03.21
Consecrated Bishop:1513.11.13
Died:1522.04.26 († 66)

Bishop of Pedena (Croatia) (1513? – 1522.04.26)

Bishop of Wien (Austria) (1513.08.12 – 1522.04.26)

Fr. Franz Bakocz
(Apostolic Administrator 1504 – 1509)

Bishop Bernhard von Pollheim
(1500.03.18 – 1504.01.13)

Bishop of Wien (Austria) (1500.03.18 – 1504.01.13)

Bishop János Vitéz
(Apostolic Administrator 1493 – 1499)

Fr. Matthias Scheidt
(Apostolic Administrator 1490 – 1493)

Bishop Orbán Dóczy von Nagylúcse
(Apostolic Administrator 1488 – 1490)

Archbishop Bernhard von Rohr
(Apostolic Administrator 1482 – 1487.03.21)

Archbishop Johann Beckenschlager (János Beckensloer)
(Apostolic Administrator 1480 – 1482)

Bishop Leo von Spaur
(Apostolic Administrator 1471.12.16 – 1479.03.06)

Former Prelates

Special Churches

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 9,100 km²

Population: 1,131,960 Catholics (38.0% of 2,979,112 total)

Pastoral Centres: 618 parishes, 73 missions

Personnel: 1,047 priests (599 diocesan, 448 religious), 219 deacons, 1,543 religious (632 brothers, 911 sisters), 52 seminarians