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 RastbachRastbachView parish
- Pfarre RastenfeldRastenfeldView parish
- Pfarre RaxendorfRaxendorfView parish
- Pfarre ReibersReibersView parish
- Pfarre ReidlingReidlingView parish
- Pfarre ReingersReingersView parish
- Pfarre ReinprechtspöllaReinprechtspöllaView parish
- Pfarre ReinsbergReinsbergView parish
- Pfarre Ried am RiederbergRied am RiederbergView parish
- Pfarre RieggersRieggersView parish
- Pfarre RodingersdorfRodingersdorfView parish
- Pfarre RoggendorfRoggendorfView parish
- Pfarre Rohrbach an der GölsenRohrbach an der GölsenView parish
- Pfarre RohrendorfRohrendorf bei KremsView parish
- Pfarre RossatzRossatz-ArnsdorfView parish
- Pfarre RuprechtshofenRuprechtshofenView parish
- Pfarre RustRust im TullnerfeldView parish
- Pfarre RöhrenbachRöhrenbachView parish
- Pfarre SallapulkaSallapulkaView parish
- Pfarre SallingbergSallingbergView parish
- Pfarre SallingstadtSallingstadtView parish
- Pfarre ScheibbsScheibbsView parish
- Pfarre ScheideldorfScheideldorfView parish
- Pfarre SchilternSchilternView parish
- Pfarre Schloss RosenauRosenau am HengstpaßView parish
- Pfarre SchremsSchremsView parish
- Pfarre SchwarzenauSchwarzenauView parish
- Pfarre Schwarzenbach an der GölsenSchwarzenbach an der GölsenView parish
- Pfarre Schwarzenbach an der PielachSchwarzenbach an der PielachView parish
- Pfarre SchweiggersSchweiggersView 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.