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 LitschauLitschauView parish
- Pfarre LoibenDürnsteinView parish
- Pfarre LoichLoichView parish
- Pfarre LoiweinLoiweinView parish
- Pfarre Loosdorf bei MelkLoosdorfView parish
- Pfarre LudweisLudweis-AigenView parish
- Pfarre Lunz am SeeLunz am SeeView parish
- Pfarre MankMankView parish
- Pfarre Marbach am WaldeMarbach am WaldeView parish
- Pfarre Marbach an der DonauMarbach an der DonauView parish
- Pfarre Maria AnzbachMaria AnzbachView parish
- Pfarre Maria DreieichenMaria DreieichenView parish
- Pfarre Maria JeutendorfMaria JeutendorfView parish
- Pfarre Maria Laach am JauerlingMaria Laach am JauerlingView parish
- Pfarre Maria LangeggMaria LangeggView parish
- Pfarre Maria PonseeMaria PonseeView parish
- Pfarre Maria TaferlMaria TaferlView parish
- Pfarre Markersdorf an der PielachMarkersdorf-HaindorfView parish
- Pfarre MartinsbergMartinsbergView parish
- Pfarre MatzleinsdorfMatzleinsdorfView parish
- Pfarre MauerDunkelsteinerwaldView parish
- Pfarre Mauer-OehlingAmstettenView parish
- Pfarre Mautern an der DonauMautern an der DonauView parish
- Pfarre MelkMelkView parish
- Pfarre MendlingMendlingView parish
- Pfarre MessernMessernView parish
- Pfarre MichelbachMichelbachView parish
- Pfarre MichelhausenMichelhausenView parish
- Pfarre Mittelberg in NÖMittelbergView parish
- Pfarre Mitterbach am ErlaufseeMitterbach am ErlaufseeView 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.