Wien {Vienna} (Archdiocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Bishop(s)

Christoph Schönborn, O.P., Cardinal, Archbishop
Franz Scharl, Auxiliary Bishop
Stephan Turnovszky, Auxiliary Bishop

General Information

Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
Elevated: 1 June 1722
Metropolitan See
Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
Rite: Latin (or Roman)
Country: Austria
Square Kilometers: 9,101 (3,515 Square Miles)
Official Web Site: http://www.erzdioezese-wien.at/
Mailing Address: Wollzeile 2/3/326-330, A-1010 Wien, Oesterreich
Telephone: (01)515.52.3200
Fax: 515.52.2760

Historical Details

Diocese of Wien
- Latin Name: Viennensis o Vindobonensis
- Erected: 18 January 1469
- Country: Austria

Past and Present Ordinaries

Leo von Spaur † (23 Dec 1471 Confirmed - 6 Mar 1479 Died)
Bernard von Polheim † (18 Mar 1500 Appointed - 13 Jan 1504 Died)
Georg von Slatkonia † (12 Aug 1513 Appointed - 26 Apr 1522 Died)
Johann von Revellis † (6 Apr 1524 Confirmed - 27 Dec 1529 Died)
Johann Fabri (Heigerlein von Leutkirch) † (5 Dec 1530 Appointed - 21 May 1541 Died)
Friedrich Nausea † (21 May 1541 Succeeded - 6 Feb 1552 Died)
Antonín Brus von Muglitz, O. Cruc. † (17 Jul 1560 Appointed - 5 Sep 1561 Appointed, Archbishop of Praha {Prague})
Johann Kaspar Neuböck † (4 Feb 1575 Appointed - 28 Aug 1594 Died)
Melchior Klesl † (15 Jul 1613 Appointed - 18 Sep 1630 Died)
Anton Wolfradt † (26 May 1631 Confirmed - 1 Apr 1639 Died)
Philipp Friedrich von Breuner † (5 Sep 1639 Confirmed - 22 May 1669 Died)
Wilderich von Walderdorff † (19 Aug 1669 Confirmed - 4 Sep 1680 Died)
Emerich (Johann Anton) Sinelli, O.F.M. Cap. † (3 Mar 1681 Confirmed - 28 Feb 1685 Died)
Ernst von Trautson zu Falkenstein † (10 Sep 1685 Confirmed - 7 Jan 1702 Died)
Franz Anton von Harrach zu Rorau † (7 Jan 1702 Succeeded - 31 Jul 1706 Resigned)
Franz Ferdinand von Rummel † (4 Oct 1706 Confirmed - 15 Mar 1716 Died)
Sigismund von Kollonitsch † (1 Jul 1716 Confirmed - 12 Apr 1751 Died)
Johann Joseph von Trautson zu Falkenstein (Trauston) † (12 Apr 1751 Succeeded - 10 Mar 1757 Died)
Christoph Bartholomäus Anton Migazzi Von Waal Und Sonnenthurn † (23 May 1757 Confirmed - 14 Apr 1803 Died)
Sigismund Anton von Hohenwart, S.J. † (20 Jun 1803 Confirmed - 29 Jun 1820 Died)
Leopold Maximilian von Firmian (Frimian) † (19 Apr 1822 Confirmed - 29 Nov 1831 Died)
Vincenz Eduard Milde † (24 Feb 1832 Confirmed - 14 Mar 1853 Died)
Joseph Othmar von Rauscher † (27 Jun 1853 Confirmed - 24 Nov 1875 Died)
Johann Baptist Rudolph Kutschker † (3 Apr 1876 Confirmed - 27 Jan 1881 Died)
Cölestin (Josef) Ganglbauer, O.S.B. † (4 Aug 1881 Confirmed - 14 Dec 1889 Died)
Anton Josef Gruscha † (23 Jun 1890 Confirmed - 5 Aug 1911 Died)
Franz Xaver Nagl † (5 Aug 1911 Succeeded - 4 Feb 1913 Died)
Friedrich Gustav Piffl, C.R.S.A. † (2 May 1913 Confirmed - 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 - )

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
Diocese of Wien
18 January 1469	Erected	Diocese of Passau	Diocese of Wien (erected)
Archdiocese of Wien {Vienna}
1 June 1722	Elevated	Diocese of Wien	Archdiocese of Wien {Vienna}
28 January 1785	Territory Added	Diocese of Wiener Neustadt (suppressed)	Archdiocese of Wien {Vienna}
2 September 1937	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Wien {Vienna} (Valtice)	Diocese of Brno
14 November 2014	Territory Added	Diocese of Sankt Pölten (Portions of Hochstraß and Schwabendörfl in Altlengbach)	Archdiocese of Wien {Vienna}

Year Catholics Total Population Percent Catholic Diocesan Priests Religious Priests Total Priests Catholics Per Priest Permanent Deacons Male Religious Female Religious Parishes Source

Archdiocese of Wien {Vienna}

1950 2,056,142 2,336,214 88.0% 918 693 1,611 1,276 1,233 5,905 621 ap1951

1969 2,060,150 2,373,150 86.8% 996 806 1,802 1,143 1,300 5,147 588 ap1971

1980 1,736,613 2,378,292 73.0% 771 710 1,481 1,172 49 1,052 3,629 645 ap1981

1990 1,532,287 2,339,918 65.5% 652 577 1,229 1,246 105 923 2,497 655 ap1991

1999 1,422,394 2,320,000 61.3% 613 941 1,554 915 123 1,154 1,878 654 ap2000

2000 1,404,720 2,320,000 60.5% 603 567 1,170 1,200 133 684 1,862 661 ap2001

2001 1,390,747 2,464,315 56.4% 596 571 1,167 1,191 126 676 1,862 662 ap2002

2002 1,380,380 2,487,589 55.5% 595 578 1,173 1,176 189 826 1,706 660 ap2003

2003 1,368,962 2,437,986 56.2% 591 566 1,157 1,183 133 797 1,690 660 ap2004

2004 1,360,433 2,423,466 56.1% 608 564 1,172 1,160 145 757 1,783 660 ap2005

2010 1,301,570 2,601,000 50.0% 616 530 1,146 1,135 176 819 1,453 660 ap2011

2014 1,246,608 2,713,222 45.9% 616 484 1,100 1,133 177 756 1,331 659 ap2015

2017 1,210,828 2,803,652 43.2% 624 502 1,126 1,075 202 752 1,144 647 ap2018

2020 1,156,923 2,892,484 40.0% 616 492 1,108 1,044 206 720 1,078 626 ap2021

2022 1,113,043 2,928,330 38.0% 601 456 1,057 1,053 213 650 964 619 ap2023

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
Archdiocese of Wien {Vienna}
1950	2,056,142	2,336,214	88.0%	918	693	1,611	1,276		1,233	5,905	621	ap1951
1969	2,060,150	2,373,150	86.8%	996	806	1,802	1,143		1,300	5,147	588	ap1971
1980	1,736,613	2,378,292	73.0%	771	710	1,481	1,172	49	1,052	3,629	645	ap1981
1990	1,532,287	2,339,918	65.5%	652	577	1,229	1,246	105	923	2,497	655	ap1991
1999	1,422,394	2,320,000	61.3%	613	941	1,554	915	123	1,154	1,878	654	ap2000
2000	1,404,720	2,320,000	60.5%	603	567	1,170	1,200	133	684	1,862	661	ap2001
2001	1,390,747	2,464,315	56.4%	596	571	1,167	1,191	126	676	1,862	662	ap2002
2002	1,380,380	2,487,589	55.5%	595	578	1,173	1,176	189	826	1,706	660	ap2003
2003	1,368,962	2,437,986	56.2%	591	566	1,157	1,183	133	797	1,690	660	ap2004
2004	1,360,433	2,423,466	56.1%	608	564	1,172	1,160	145	757	1,783	660	ap2005
2010	1,301,570	2,601,000	50.0%	616	530	1,146	1,135	176	819	1,453	660	ap2011
2014	1,246,608	2,713,222	45.9%	616	484	1,100	1,133	177	756	1,331	659	ap2015
2017	1,210,828	2,803,652	43.2%	624	502	1,126	1,075	202	752	1,144	647	ap2018
2020	1,156,923	2,892,484	40.0%	616	492	1,108	1,044	206	720	1,078	626	ap2021
2022	1,113,043	2,928,330	38.0%	601	456	1,057	1,053	213	650	964	619	ap2023

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

Affiliated Bishops, Living

Maximilian Aichern, O.S.B.
Werner Freistetter (Priest: 9 Oct 1979 to 16 Apr 2015)
Andreas Laun, O.S.F.S.
Franz Scharl (Priest: 29 Jun 1990; Auxiliary Bishop: 9 Feb 2006)
Christoph Schönborn, O.P. (Auxiliary Bishop: 11 Jul 1991; Coadjutor Archbishop: 13 Apr 1995; Archbishop: 14 Sep 1995 - )
Alois Schwarz (Priest: 29 Jun 1976; Auxiliary Bishop: 27 Dec 1996 to 22 May 2001)
Ludwig Schwarz, S.D.B. (Auxiliary Bishop: 15 Oct 2001 to 6 Jul 2005)
Stephan Turnovszky (Priest: 29 Jun 1998; Auxiliary Bishop: 6 Mar 2008)

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

Laurenz Aidinger † (Priest: 1642 to 15 Dec 1666)
Eduard Angerer † (Deacon: 19 Jul 1841; Priest: 24 Jul 1841; Auxiliary Bishop: 26 Jun 1876 to 22 Aug 1898)
Andrzej Alojzy Ankwicz † (Deacon: 26 Aug 1810; Priest: 2 Sep 1810 to 15 Mar 1815)
Edmund Maria Josef Artz von und zu Vasegg † (Auxiliary Bishop: 28 Sep 1778 to 11 Mar 1805)
Joseph Franz Anton von Auersperg †
József Batthyány †
Joseph Heinrich von Braitenbücher † (Deacon: 1 Aug 1699; Priest: 5 Aug 1699; Auxiliary Bishop: 12 Apr 1728 to 24 Feb 1749)
Johann Joseph von Breuner †
Philipp Friedrich von Breuner † (Bishop: 5 Sep 1639 to 22 May 1669)
Antonín Brus von Muglitz, O. Cruc. † (Bishop: 17 Jul 1560 to 5 Sep 1561)
Antal Ferenc von Buchheim †
Anton Alois Buchmayer † (Auxiliary Bishop: 6 Apr 1835 to 30 Jan 1843)
Antonín Theodor Colloredo von Wallsee und Mels †
Jérôme Joseph Franz de Paula Colloredo von Wallsee und Mels † (Priest: 6 Feb 1761 to 8 May 1762)
Johann Nepomuk von Dankesreither † (Priest: 1783; Auxiliary Bishop: 24 Aug 1807 to 23 Sep 1816)
Philipp Wirich Lorenz von Daun zu Sassenheim und Callenborn †
Adam Dwertitsch (Dvertisch) † (Deacon: 22 Mar 1738; Priest: 25 Mar 1738; Auxiliary Bishop: 17 Jul 1775 to 8 Feb 1778)
Johann Fabri (Heigerlein von Leutkirch) † (Bishop: 5 Dec 1530 to 21 May 1541)
Leopold Maximilian von Firmian (Frimian) † (Archbishop: 19 Apr 1822 to 29 Nov 1831)
Jakob Frint † (Deacon: 16 Aug 1795; Priest: 30 Aug 1795 to 9 Apr 1827)
Cölestin (Josef) Ganglbauer, O.S.B. † (Archbishop: 4 Aug 1881 to 14 Dec 1889)
Franz Josef von Gondola, O.S.B. †
Giacomo Ferdinando de Gorizzutti † (Priest: 1652 to 30 Jan 1673)
Ulrich Grappler von Trappenburg †
Hans Hermann Groër, O.S.B. † (Priest: 12 Apr 1942 to 8 Sep 1976; Archbishop: 15 Jul 1986 to 14 Sep 1995)
Augustin Johann Joseph Gruber † (Deacon: 2 Nov 1788; Priest: 9 Nov 1788 to 22 Jul 1816)
Anton Josef Gruscha † (Deacon: 15 Jul 1842; Priest: 4 May 1843 to 19 Jan 1878; Archbishop: 23 Jun 1890 to 5 Aug 1911)
Ferdinand Michael Cyriakus von Hallweil † (Deacon: 12 Mar 1729; Priest: 11 Jun 1729 to 29 May 1741)
Franz Anton von Harrach zu Rorau † (Coadjutor Bishop: 21 Nov 1701; Bishop: 7 Jan 1702 to 31 Jul 1706)
Antonius von Herberstein, C.R. †
Sigismund Anton von Hohenwart, S.J. † (Priest: 1777 to 26 Sep 1791; Archbishop: 20 Jun 1803 to 29 Jun 1820)
Theodor Innitzer † (Priest: 25 Jul 1902; Archbishop: 19 Sep 1932 to 9 Oct 1955)
Franz Jáchym † (Priest: 19 Jul 1936; Coadjutor Bishop: 20 Jan 1950 to 15 Sep 1983)
Franz Kamprath † (Priest: 25 Jul 1894; Auxiliary Bishop: 15 Feb 1929 to 8 Apr 1952)
Anton Kautschitz † (Priest: 1777; Auxiliary Bishop: 23 Sep 1805 to 24 Aug 1807)
Melchior Klesl † (Priest: 30 Aug 1579; Bishop: 15 Jul 1613 to 18 Sep 1630)
Sigismund von Kollonitsch † (Priest: 22 Oct 1699 to 14 Oct 1709; Bishop: 1 Jul 1716; Archbishop: 1 Jun 1722 to 12 Apr 1751)
László Kollonitz †
Franz König † (Archbishop: 10 May 1956 to 16 Sep 1985)
Alfred Kostelecky † (Priest: 29 Jun 1948; Auxiliary Bishop: 12 Nov 1986 to 10 Feb 1990)
Helmut Krätzl † (Priest: 29 Jun 1954; Auxiliary Bishop: 30 Sep 1977 to 6 Mar 2008)
Kurt Krenn † (Auxiliary Bishop: 3 Mar 1987 to 11 Jul 1991)
Florian Kuntner † (Priest: 29 Jun 1957; Auxiliary Bishop: 30 Sep 1977 to 30 Mar 1994)
Johann Baptist Rudolph Kutschker † (Auxiliary Bishop: 7 Apr 1862; Archbishop: 3 Apr 1876 to 27 Jan 1881)
Gottfried Xaver von Laimbeckhoven, S.J. †
Johann Philipp von Lamberg †
Johann Michael Leonhard † (Deacon: 23 Aug 1806; Priest: 24 Aug 1806; Auxiliary Bishop: 15 Dec 1828 to 6 Apr 1835)
Wilhelm von Leslie † (Deacon: 23 Mar 1681; Priest: 5 Apr 1681 to 18 Dec 1711)
Ferdinand-Marie de Lobkowitz †
Franciscus Antonius von und zu Losenstein †
Pio Manzador, B. †
Godfried Marschall † (Priest: 24 Jul 1864; Auxiliary Bishop: 15 Apr 1901 to 23 Mar 1911)
Franz Xaver Anton Marxer † (Deacon: 13 Mar 1728; Priest: 22 May 1728; Auxiliary Bishop: 6 May 1748 to 26 May 1775)
Dominik Mayer † (Deacon: 19 Jul 1834; Priest: 22 Jul 1834 to 1 Oct 1863)
Laurenz Mayer † (Priest: 5 Aug 1853; Auxiliary Bishop: 11 Jan 1899 to 13 May 1912)
Joseph Melcher †
Christoph Bartholomäus Anton Migazzi Von Waal Und Sonnenthurn † (Archbishop: 23 May 1757 to 14 Apr 1803)
Vincenz Eduard Milde † (Deacon: 24 Aug 1799; Priest: 9 Mar 1800 to 16 May 1823; Archbishop: 24 Feb 1832 to 14 Mar 1853)
Karl Moser † (Priest: 30 Oct 1938; Auxiliary Bishop: 9 Jul 1969 to 27 Sep 1991)
Ernest Maria Müller † (Deacon: 13 Jul 1846; Priest: 20 Jul 1846 to 27 Mar 1885)
Franz Xaver Nagl † (Priest: 14 Jul 1878 to 9 Jun 1902; Coadjutor Archbishop: 19 Jan 1910; Archbishop: 5 Aug 1911 to 4 Feb 1913)
Friedrich Nausea † (Coadjutor Bishop: 19 Mar 1539; Bishop: 21 May 1541 to 6 Feb 1552)
Johann Kaspar Neuböck † (Bishop: 4 Feb 1575 to 28 Aug 1594)
Leopold Josef Hannibal Petazzi de Castel Nuovo †
Joseph Pfluger † (Priest: 24 Jul 1881; Auxiliary Bishop: 30 Nov 1911 to 10 Jan 1929)
Friedrich Gustav Piffl, C.R.S.A. † (Archbishop: 2 May 1913 to 21 Apr 1932)
Augustin Pitterich, O.S.B. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 9 Aug 1627 to 20 Sep 1629)
Bernard von Polheim † (Bishop: 18 Mar 1500 to 13 Jan 1504)
Mathias Pollitzer † (Auxiliary Bishop: 19 Jun 1843 to 12 Sep 1850)
Joseph Othmar von Rauscher † (Priest: 21 Mar 1823 to 12 Apr 1849; Archbishop: 27 Jun 1853 to 24 Nov 1875)
Johann von Revellis † (Bishop: 6 Apr 1524 to 27 Dec 1529)
Bernhard von Rohr † (Apostolic Administrator: 20 Dec 1484 to 21 Mar 1487)
Franz Ferdinand von Rummel † (Bishop: 4 Oct 1706 to 15 Mar 1716)
Urban Sagstetter † (Priest: 1550 to 17 Apr 1553)
François-Ernest de Salm-Reifferscheid † (Priest: 27 Oct 1726 to 3 Mar 1732)
Franziskus Xaver von Salm-Reifferscheidt-Krautheim † (Deacon: 18 Jun 1775; Priest: 25 Aug 1775 to 24 Jul 1784)
Johannes Schmitzberger, O.S.B. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 18 Dec 1673 to 28 Aug 1683)
Johann Baptist Schneider † (Priest: 19 Jul 1864; Auxiliary Bishop: 25 Jun 1896 to 27 Jan 1905)
Josef Schoiswohl † (Priest: 20 Jul 1924 to 12 Nov 1949)
Ernst Karl Jakob Seydl † (Deacon: 24 Jul 1895; Priest: 25 Jul 1895; Auxiliary Bishop: 30 Sep 1918 to 27 Sep 1952)
Emerich (Johann Anton) Sinelli, O.F.M. Cap. † (Bishop: 3 Mar 1681 to 28 Feb 1685)
Georg von Slatkonia † (Bishop: 12 Aug 1513 to 26 Apr 1522)
Leo von Spaur † (Bishop: 23 Dec 1471 to 6 Mar 1479)
Anton Maria Martin von Stegner † (Deacon: 19 Sep 1733; Priest: 17 Jan 1734; Auxiliary Bishop: 30 Mar 1778 to 28 May 1778)
Matthias Paul Steindl † (Deacon: 20 Jul 1788; Priest: 27 Jul 1788; Auxiliary Bishop: 14 Apr 1817 to 2 May 1828)
Alfons Maria Stickler, S.D.B. †
Simon Ambros Stock † (Priest: 6 Dec 1732 to 20 Mar 1770)
Johannes Kaspar Stredele † (Priest: 1608 to 15 Dec 1631)
Joseph Streidt † (Priest: 19 Jul 1931; Auxiliary Bishop: 3 Aug 1956 to 28 Jan 1961)
Johannes Thuanus † (Priest: 1623 to 3 Oct 1639)
Ernst von Trautson zu Falkenstein † (Bishop: 10 Sep 1685 to 7 Jan 1702)
Johann Joseph von Trautson zu Falkenstein (Trauston) † (Deacon: 21 Sep 1728; Priest: 26 Sep 1728; Coadjutor Archbishop: 7 Dec 1750; Archbishop: 12 Apr 1751 to 10 Mar 1757)
Johann Friedrich von Waldenstein-Wartenberg †
Wilderich von Walderdorff † (Bishop: 19 Aug 1669 to 4 Sep 1680)
Johann Friedrich von Waldstein, O.Cr. †
Johann Walterfinger, O.S.B. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 9 Sep 1630 to 27 Nov 1641)
Jakob Weinbacher † (Priest: 20 Jul 1924; Auxiliary Bishop: 4 Jun 1962 to 15 Jun 1985)
Anton Wolfradt † (Bishop: 26 May 1631 to 1 Apr 1639)
Roman Sebastian (Franz Xaver) Zängerle, O.S.B. † (Priest: 1821 to 10 Sep 1824)
Franz Xaver Zenner † (Priest: 30 Aug 1818; Auxiliary Bishop: 17 Feb 1851 to 29 Oct 1861)
Hermann Zschokke † (Priest: 25 Jul 1861; Auxiliary Bishop: 17 Nov 1910 to 23 Oct 1920)

Source(s)

Diocese of Wien
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 368
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 414
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 441
- Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 321, to Page 322
Archdiocese of Wien {Vienna}
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 396
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 107, Page 308

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