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Diocese of Linz

Dioecesis Linciensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Manfred Scheuer, Bishop
  • Maximilian Aichern, O.S.B., Bishop Emeritus
  • Ludwig Schwarz, S.D.B., Bishop Emeritus

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 28 January 1785
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Wien {Vienna}
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Austria
  • Square Kilometers: 11,909 (4,599 Square Miles)
  • Official Web Site: http://www.dioezese-linz.at/
  • Mailing Address: Herrenstrasse 19, Postfach 251, A-4021 Linz, Oesterreich
  • Telephone: (0732)772.676.1135

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
28 January 1785ErectedDiocese of Passau Diocese of Linz (erected)
Diocese of Sankt Pölten (erected)
7 August 1925Territory LostDiocese of Linz (Two houses in parish of Spital) Diocese of Seckau
10 December 1949Territory AddedArchdiocese of Salzburg (19 houses from Berndorf) Diocese of Linz

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1950978,4801,133,00086.4%6924621,1548477502,700437ap1951
19701,115,2811,209,18192.2%3585178751,2747112,713462ap1971
19801,121,9931,248,01589.9%5664831,0491,06966392,156467ap1981
19901,080,5451,237,74887.3%4944299231,170255171,753471ap1991
19991,085,1131,388,50078.2%4573498061,346554271,352471ap2000
20001,080,8001,377,70078.4%4583448021,347584261,294471ap2001
20011,073,8001,380,00077.8%4453507951,350634291,263471ap2002
20021,073,5001,382,00077.7%4383407781,379634491,209472ap2003
20031,070,7941,386,00077.3%4313327631,403674161,163472ap2004
20041,067,2981,388,50076.9%4233317541,415714311,100472ap2005
20131,000,3141,423,00070.3%3783026801,471111372832471ap2014
2016991,6001,440,00068.9%3532726251,586117323734474ap2017
2019963,8201,480,00065.1%3352465811,658137303637474ap2020
2021927,9061,493,27962.1%3102325421,712143282636473ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 287
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 42, Page 307

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