Diocese of Graz-Seckau
Graecen(sis)-Seccovien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Graz-Seckau, Austria
Latin-rite diocese covering the Austrian state of Styria, founded 22 June 1218 as the See of Seckau, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Salzburg. The episcopal see was transferred to Graz in 1786 and the diocese took the name Graz-Seckau in 1963. Its cathedral is the Dom St. Aegydius (Graz Cathedral). Bishop Wilhelm Krautwaschl was appointed 16 April 2015.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1218
- Latin
- Graecen(sis)-Seccovien(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Rupert, Saint Virgil
- Annuario code
- 001001521
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 817,000
- Population
- 1,240,214
- Catholic share
- 65.9%
- Priests
- 164
- Catholics per priest
- 4,982
- Extent
- 16,392 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 50
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Wilhelm Krautwaschl
- Born
- 5 March 1963
- Birthplace
- Gleisdorf
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Graz Cathedral stands in Graz-Seckau, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Salzburg
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Salzburg.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of SalzburgSalzburg
- Diocese of FeldkirchFeldkirch
- Diocese of GurkGurk
- Diocese of InnsbruckInnsbruck
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Covering the Austrian state of Styria, the Diocese of Graz-Seckau (Latin: Dioecesis Seccoviensis, German: Diözese Graz-Seckau) is a Latin Church see belonging to the Ecclesiastical Province of Salzburg.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].