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.
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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 Klagenfurt-AnnabichlKlagenfurt am WörtherseeMass times recorded
- Pfarre Klagenfurt-DomKlagenfurt am WörtherseeView parish
- Pfarre Klagenfurt-Don BoscoKlagenfurt am WörtherseeView parish
- Pfarre Klagenfurt-St. EgidKlagenfurt am WörtherseeView parish
- Pfarre Klagenfurt-St. HemmaKlagenfurt am WörtherseeView parish
- Pfarre Klagenfurt-St. Jakob an der StraßeKlagenfurt am WörtherseeMass times recorded
- Pfarre Klagenfurt-St. Josef-SiebenhügelKlagenfurt am WörtherseeView parish
- Pfarre Klagenfurt-St. LorenzenKlagenfurt am WörtherseeView parish
- Pfarre Klagenfurt-St. MartinKlagenfurt am WörtherseeView parish
- Pfarre Klagenfurt-St. ModestusKlagenfurt am WörtherseeMass times recorded
- Pfarre Klagenfurt-St. PeterKlagenfurt am WörtherseeMass times recorded
- Pfarre Klagenfurt-St. RuprechtKlagenfurt am WörtherseeMass times recorded
- Pfarre Klagenfurt-St. TheresiaKlagenfurt am WörtherseeMass times recorded
- Pfarre Klagenfurt-WelzeneggKlagenfurt am WörtherseeView parish
- Pfarre Klein St. PaulKlein St. PaulView parish
- Pfarre Klein St. VeitKlein St. VeitView parish
- Pfarre KolbnitzKolbnitzView parish
- Pfarre KornatKornatView parish
- Pfarre KraigKraigView parish
- Pfarre Kranzlhofen/DvorKranzlhofenView parish
- Pfarre KraßnitzKraßnitzView parish
- Pfarre KremsalpeKremsalpeView parish
- Pfarre KremsbrückeKremsbrückeView parish
- Pfarre Kreuth bei Bad BleibergKreuthView parish
- Pfarre KreuzenKreuzenView parish
- Pfarre KrumpendorfKrumpendorf am WörtherseeView parish
- Pfarre Kärntnerisch-LaßnitzKärntnerisch-LaßnitzView parish
- Pfarre Köstenberg/KostanjeKöstenbergView parish
- Pfarre KötschachKötschach-MauthenView parish
- Pfarre Köttmannsdorf/Kotmara vasKöttmannsdorfView 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.