Diocese of Innsbruck
Oenipontan(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Innsbruck, Austria
Latin-rite diocese covering most of the Austrian state of Tyrol, suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Salzburg. Its seat is Innsbruck Cathedral, the Baroque Cathedral of St. James (Dom zu St. Jakob), built 1717-1724. Bishop Hermann Glettler was appointed 27 September 2017; the diocese counts roughly 350,000 Catholics in 291 parishes and pastoral units.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1968
- Latin
- Oenipontan(us)
- Patron
- Saint Peter Canisius
- Annuario code
- 001001665
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 350,000
- Population
- 570,120
- Catholic share
- 61.4%
- Priests
- 279
- Catholics per priest
- 1,254
- Extent
- 9,845 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 36
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
- Hermann Glettler
- Born
- 8 January 1965
- Birthplace
- Übelbach
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
Innsbruck Cathedral stands in Innsbruck, 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 Graz-SeckauGraz-Seckau
- Diocese of GurkGurk
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Covering most of the Austrian state of Tyrol, the Diocese of Innsbruck (Latin: Dioecesis Oenipontanus) is a Latin Church suffragan see in the province of the Metropolitan of Salzburg, in western Austria. The bishop's seat is Innsbruck Cathedral, dedicated to Saint James, in the city of Innsbruck. Four Minor basilicas also lie within the diocese: the Herz-Jesu-Basilika in Hall in Tirol, dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus; St. Michael in Absam; Unsere Liebe Frau von der Unbefleckten Empfängnis (Immaculate Conception) in Wilten; and the Zisterzienserkirche, the Cistercian monastery church, in Stams.
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].