Suffragan diocese Sankt Pölten, Austria
Diocese of Sankt Pölten
Sancti Hippolyti
Latin Church
Latin-rite diocese in Lower Austria, erected 28 January 1785 from territory of the Diocese of Passau, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Vienna. Its seat is the Cathedral of the Assumption (Dom Maria Himmelfahrt) in Sankt Poelten. Bishop Alois Schwarz, the 18th bishop of the see, was appointed 17 May 2018.
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- Established
- 1785
- Catholics
- 486,200
- Priests
- 408
- Territory
- 10,450 km²
Parishes and churches
421 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Pfarre AbstettenAbstettenView parish
- Pfarre Aggsbach DorfSchönbühel-AggsbachView parish
- Pfarre Aggsbach-MarktAggsbachView parish
- Pfarre Aigen bei RaabsRaabs an der ThayaView parish
- Pfarre AlbrechtsbergAlbrechtsberg an der Großen KremsMass times recorded
- Pfarre AllentsteigAllentsteigView parish
- Pfarre AllhartsbergAllhartsbergView parish
- Pfarre AltenburgAltenburgView parish
- Pfarre Altenmarkt im YspertalYspertalView parish
- Pfarre AltlengbachAltlengbachView parish
- Pfarre AltmelonAltmelonView parish
- Pfarre AltpöllaPöllaView parish
- Pfarre Amstetten-Herz-JesuAmstettenView parish
- Pfarre Amstetten-St. MarienAmstettenView parish
- Pfarre Amstetten-St. StephanAmstettenView parish
- Pfarre Annaberg in NÖAnnabergView parish
- Pfarre ArbesbachArbesbachView parish
- Pfarre Ardagger-MarktArdaggerView parish
- Pfarre Ardagger-StiftArdaggerView parish
- Pfarre ArnsdorfArnsdorfView parish
- Pfarre ArtstettenArtstetten-PöbringView parish
- Pfarre AschbachAschbach-MarktView parish
- Pfarre AsperhofenAsperhofenView parish
- Pfarre Bad TraunsteinBad TraunsteinView parish
- Pfarre BehambergBehambergView parish
- Pfarre BiberbachBiberbachView parish
- Pfarre BischofstettenBischofstettenView parish
- Pfarre BlindenmarktBlindenmarktView parish
- Pfarre Blumau an der WildBlumau an der WildView parish
- Pfarre Brand bei GmündBrand-NagelbergView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Alois Schwarz
- Born
- 14 June 1952
- Birthplace
- Hollenthon
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The cathedral
Cathedral of the Assumption (Dom Maria Himmelfahrt), Sankt Poelten stands in Sankt Pölten, 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.
History
The city of Sankt Pölten, in Austria's ecclesiastical province of Wien, is home to this Latin Church diocese, known in Latin as Dioecesis Sancti Hippolyti.