Archdiocese of Salzburg
Salisburgen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Salzburg, Austria
Latin-rite metropolitan archdiocese covering the Land Salzburg and the Tyrolean Unterland, raised to a metropolitan archdiocese by Pope Leo III at Charlemagne's request on 20 April 798. Its seat is Salzburg Cathedral (Dom St. Rupert und St. Virgil). Archbishop Franz Lackner, O.F.M. was confirmed 18 November 2013 and installed 12 January 2014; the province includes Feldkirch, Graz-Seckau, Gurk and Innsbruck.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 798
- Latin
- Salisburgen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Rupert, Saint Virgil
- Annuario code
- 001002858
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 460,106
- Population
- 746,515
- Catholic share
- 61.6%
- Priests
- 196
- Catholics per priest
- 2,347
- Extent
- 9,715 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 47
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
- Archbishop
- Franz Lackner, O.F.M.
- Born
- 14 July 1956
- Birthplace
- Feldbach
- Institute
- ORDINE FRANCESCANO FRATI MINORI (O.F.M.)
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
Salzburg Cathedral stands in Salzburg, 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
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of FeldkirchFeldkirch
- Diocese of Graz-SeckauGraz-Seckau
- Diocese of GurkGurk
- Diocese of InnsbruckInnsbruck
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Based in Salzburg, Austria, the Archdiocese of Salzburg (Latin: Archidioecesis Salisburgensis) leads the ecclesiastical province of Salzburg and is one of the country's two archdioceses, the other being Vienna. Through the late medieval and early modern periods its archbishops bore the title of prince-archbishops of the Holy Roman Empire, ruling the Prince-Archbishopric of Salzburg, a distinct polity that endured until 1803. In that year the territory was secularized and became the Electorate of Salzburg, bringing the archbishops' temporal authority to an end.
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].