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. Andrä im LavanttalSt. AndräView parish
- Pfarre St. Daniel im GailtalSt. DanielView parish
- Pfarre St. DonatSt. DonatView parish
- Pfarre St. Egyden an der Drau/Št. Ilj ob DraviSt. Egyden an der DrauView parish
- Pfarre St. Filippen bei ReineggSt. Filippen bei ReineggView parish
- Pfarre St. GangolfSt. GangolfView parish
- Pfarre St. Georgen am LängseeSt. Georgen am LängseeView parish
- Pfarre St. Georgen am SandhofKlagenfurt am WörtherseeView parish
- Pfarre St. Georgen am WeinbergSt. Georgen am WeinbergView parish
- Pfarre St. Georgen im GailtalSt. Georgen im GailtalView parish
- Pfarre St. Georgen im LavanttalSt. Georgen im LavanttalView parish
- Pfarre St. Georgen unter StraßburgSt. Georgen unter StraßburgView parish
- Pfarre St. Gertraud im LavanttalSt. GertraudView parish
- Pfarre St. Jakob im LesachtalSt. Jakob im LesachtalView parish
- Pfarre St. Jakob im Rosental/Št. Jakob v RožuSt. Jakob im RosentalView parish
- Pfarre St. Jakob ob GurkSt. Jakob ob GurkView parish
- Pfarre St. Johann am PressenSt. Johann am PressenView parish
- Pfarre St. Johann im Rosental/Št. Janž v RožuSt. Johann im RosentalView parish
- Pfarre St. Josef am Ossiacher SeeSt. Josef am Ossiacher SeeView parish
- Pfarre St. Kanzian/ŠkocjanSt. Kanzian am Klopeiner SeeView parish
- Pfarre St. Leonhard bei SiebenbrünnSt. Leonhard bei SiebenbrünnView parish
- Pfarre St. Leonhard im LavanttalBad St. Leonhard im LavanttalView parish
- Pfarre St. Lorenzen am LorenzenbergSt. Lorenzen am LorenzenbergView parish
- Pfarre St. Lorenzen im GitschtalSt. Lorenzen im GitschtalView parish
- Pfarre St. Lorenzen im LesachtalSt. Lorenzen im LesachtalView parish
- Pfarre St. Lorenzen in der ReichenauReichenauView parish
- Pfarre St. MareinSt. MareinView parish
- Pfarre St. Margareten im Rosental/Šmarjeta v RožuSt. Margareten im RosentalView parish
- Pfarre St. Margarethen bei WolfsbergSt. MargarethenView parish
- Pfarre St. Margarethen in der ReichenauReichenauView 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
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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.