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. Margarethen ob TöllerbergSt. Margarethen ob TöllerbergView parish
- Pfarre St. Martin am KrappfeldSt. Martin am KrappfeldView parish
- Pfarre St. Martin am PonfeldSt. Martin am PonfeldView parish
- Pfarre St. Martin am SilberbergSt. Martin am SilberbergView parish
- Pfarre St. Martin am TechelsbergTechelsberg am Wörther SeeView parish
- Pfarre St. Martin im GranitztalSt. Martin im GranitztalView parish
- Pfarre St. Martin in der Ebene ReichenauReichenauView parish
- Pfarre St. Michael am ZollfeldSt. Michael am ZollfeldView parish
- Pfarre St. Michael bei WolfsbergSt. MichaelView parish
- Pfarre St. Michael ob Bleiburg/Šmihel nad PliberkomSt. Michael ob BleiburgView parish
- Pfarre St. Michael über PischeldorfSt. Michael über PischeldorfMass times recorded
- Pfarre St. Niklas a. d. Drau/Šmiklavž ob DraviSt. Niklas an der DrauView parish
- Pfarre St. Nikolai bei FeldkirchenSt. NikolaiView parish
- Pfarre St. Oswald ob Bad KleinkirchheimSt. OswaldMass times recorded
- Pfarre St. Oswald ob HornburgSt. Oswald ob HornburgView parish
- Pfarre St. Paul an der GailSt. Paul an der GailView parish
- Pfarre St. Paul im LavanttalSt. Paul im LavanttalView parish
- Pfarre St. Paul ob FerndorfSt. Paul ob FerndorfView parish
- Pfarre St. Peter am Wallersberg/Št. Peter na VašinjahSt. Peter am WallersbergView parish
- Pfarre St. Peter bei GrafensteinSt. Peter bei GrafensteinView parish
- Pfarre St. Peter bei ReichenfelsSt. Peter bei ReichenfelsView parish
- Pfarre St. Peter bei TaggenbrunnSt. Peter bei TaggenbrunnView parish
- Pfarre St. Peter im KatschtalSt. Peter im KatschtalView parish
- Pfarre St. Peter in HolzSt. Peter in HolzView parish
- Pfarre St. Peter ob RadentheinSt. Peter ob RadentheinMass times recorded
- Pfarre St. Philippen ob Sonnegg/Št. LipšSt. Philippen ob SonneggView parish
- Pfarre St. Ruprecht bei Völkermarkt/Št. Rupert pri VelikovcuSt. Ruprecht bei VölkermarktView parish
- Pfarre St. SalvatorSt. SalvatorView parish
- Pfarre St. Stefan am KrappfeldSt. Stefan am KrappfeldView parish
- Pfarre St. Stefan an der GailSt. Stefan an der GailView 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.