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 ErtlErtlView parish
- Pfarre Eschenau in NÖEschenauView parish
- Pfarre EtzenEtzenView parish
- Pfarre EuratsfeldEuratsfeldView parish
- Pfarre FellingFellingView parish
- Pfarre FerschnitzFerschnitzView parish
- Pfarre FrankenfelsFrankenfelsView parish
- Pfarre FranzenFranzenView parish
- Pfarre FreischlingFreischlingView parish
- Pfarre FreundorfFreundorfView parish
- Pfarre FriedersbachFriedersbachView parish
- Pfarre FurthFurth bei GöttweigView parish
- Pfarre GamingGamingView parish
- Pfarre GansbachGansbachView parish
- Pfarre Gars am KampGars am KampView parish
- Pfarre GasternGasternView parish
- Pfarre GerasGerasView parish
- Pfarre Gerersdorf-PrinzersdorfGerersdorfView parish
- Pfarre GeroldingDunkelsteinerwaldView parish
- Pfarre GetzersdorfGetzersdorfView parish
- Pfarre GföhlGföhlView parish
- Pfarre GleißSonntagbergView parish
- Pfarre Gmünd-NeustadtGmündView parish
- Pfarre Gmünd-St. StefanGmündView parish
- Pfarre GobelsburgGobelsburgView parish
- Pfarre GollingGolling an der ErlaufView parish
- Pfarre GottsdorfGottsdorfView parish
- Pfarre GrafenschlagGrafenschlagView parish
- Pfarre GrainbrunnGrainbrunnView parish
- Pfarre GrestenGrestenView 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.