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 Brand bei LoschenLoschbergView parish
- Pfarre Brand-LaabenBrand-LaabenView parish
- Pfarre Brunn im FeldeBrunn im FeldeView parish
- Pfarre BrunnkirchenBrunnkirchenView parish
- Pfarre BuchbachBuchbachView parish
- Pfarre BurgschleinitzBurgschleinitz-KühnringView parish
- Pfarre BärnkopfBärnkopfView parish
- Pfarre BöheimkirchenBöheimkirchenView parish
- Pfarre BöhlerwerkSonntagbergView parish
- Pfarre ChorherrnChorherrnView parish
- Pfarre DietmannsDietmannsView parish
- Pfarre Dietmannsdorf an der WildDietmannsdorf an der WildView parish
- Pfarre DobersbergDobersbergView parish
- Pfarre DorfstettenDorfstettenView parish
- Pfarre DrosendorfDrosendorf-ZissersdorfView parish
- Pfarre DroßDroßView parish
- Pfarre Dürnstein an der DonauDürnsteinView parish
- Pfarre EbersdorfEbersdorfView parish
- Pfarre EchsenbachEchsenbachView parish
- Pfarre EgelseeKrems an der DonauView parish
- Pfarre EggenburgEggenburgView parish
- Pfarre EggernEggernView parish
- Pfarre EibensteinEibensteinView parish
- Pfarre EichgrabenEichgrabenView parish
- Pfarre EisgarnEisgarnView parish
- Pfarre ElsElsView parish
- Pfarre EmmersdorfEmmersdorf an der DonauView parish
- Pfarre ErlaErlaView parish
- Pfarre ErlaufErlaufView parish
- Pfarre ErnsthofenErnsthofenView 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.