Suffragan diocese Gurk, Austria
Diocese of Gurk
Gurcen(sis)
Latin Church
Latin-rite diocese of Gurk-Klagenfurt covering the Austrian state of Carinthia, Austria's second-oldest diocese with its first bishop ordained in 1072, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Salzburg. Though named after Gurk Cathedral, the bishop's see has been in Klagenfurt since 1787. Bishop Josef Marketz, appointed 3 December 2019, has been diocesan bishop since 2 February 2020.
On the map
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- Established
- 1072
- Catholics
- 363,505
- Priests
- 188
- Territory
- 9,533 km²
Parishes and churches
339 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Pfarre St. Stefan bei DürnsteinSt. Stefan bei DürnsteinView parish
- Pfarre St. Stefan bei NiedertrixenSt. Stefan bei NiedertrixenView parish
- Pfarre St. Stefan im LavanttalSt. Stefan im LavanttalView parish
- Pfarre St. Stefan unter Feuersberg/ŠtebenSt. Stefan unter FeuersbergView parish
- Pfarre St. Stefan-Finkenstein/Šteben/BekštanjSt. Stefan-FinkensteinView parish
- Pfarre St. Thomas am ZeiselbergSt. Thomas am ZeiselbergView parish
- Pfarre St. Ulrich am JohannserbergSt. Ulrich am JohannserbergView parish
- Pfarre St. Ulrich an der GodingSt. Ulrich an der GodingView parish
- Pfarre St. Ulrich bei FeldkirchenSt. UlrichView parish
- Pfarre St. Urban bei FeldkirchenSt. UrbanView parish
- Pfarre St. Veit an der GlanSt. Veit an der GlanMass times recorded
- Pfarre St. Veit im Jauntal/Št. Vid v PodjuniSt. Veit im JauntalView parish
- Pfarre St. WalburgenSt. WalburgenView parish
- Pfarre StallStallView parish
- Pfarre Stein im Jauntal/Kamen v podjuniStein im JauntalView parish
- Pfarre SteinbichlSteinbichlView parish
- Pfarre Steinfeld-RadlachSteinfeldView parish
- Pfarre Sternberg/StrmecSternbergView parish
- Pfarre SteuerbergSteuerbergView parish
- Pfarre Stift GriffenGriffenView parish
- Pfarre StockenboiStockenboiView parish
- Pfarre StraßburgStraßburgView parish
- Pfarre Suetschach/SvečeSuetschachView parish
- Pfarre SörgSörgView parish
- Pfarre Tainach/TinjeTainachView parish
- Pfarre TeuchlTeuchlView parish
- Pfarre TheißeneggTheißeneggView parish
- Pfarre Thörl-MaglernThörl-MaglernView parish
- Pfarre TiffenTiffenView parish
- Pfarre TigringTigringView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Josef Marketz
- Born
- 30 July 1955
- Birthplace
- Sankt Philippen ob Sonnegg
Explore the ministry of the bishop.
The cathedral
Klagenfurt Cathedral stands in Gurk, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Gurk Cathedral.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
The Austrian state of Carinthia forms the territory of the Diocese of Gurk-Klagenfurt (German: Diözese Gurk-Klagenfurt, Slovene: Krška škofija), a Latin Church see within the ecclesiastical province of Salzburg. Although the diocese takes its name from Gurk Cathedral, the bishop has resided at Klagenfurt since 1787. Because of the Carinthian Slovenes living there, the diocese's organizational structures are bilingual, and in 69 southern parishes the Slovene language stands alongside German as the language of church services.