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 MurstettenMurstettenView parish
- Pfarre MödringMödringView parish
- Pfarre Mühldorf-NiederrannaMühldorfView parish
- Pfarre Münichreith am OstrongMünichreith-LaimbachView parish
- Pfarre Münichreith an der ThayaMünichreithView parish
- Pfarre NagelbergBrand-NagelbergView parish
- Pfarre NeidlingNeidlingView parish
- Pfarre Neuhofen an der YbbsNeuhofen an der YbbsView parish
- Pfarre Neukirchen am OstrongNeukirchen am OstrongView parish
- Pfarre Neukirchen an der WildNeukirchen an der WildView parish
- Pfarre NeulengbachNeulengbachView parish
- Pfarre Neumarkt an der YbbsNeumarkt an der YbbsView parish
- Pfarre NeupöllaPöllaView parish
- Pfarre Neustadtl an der DonauNeustadtl an der DonauView parish
- Pfarre NiederfladnitzNiederfladnitzView parish
- Pfarre NiedergrünbachNiedergrünbachView parish
- Pfarre NiedernondorfNiedernondorfView parish
- Pfarre NiklasbergNiklasbergView parish
- Pfarre Nondorf an der WildNondorf an der WildView parish
- Pfarre Nussdorf ob der TraisenNußdorf ob der TraisenView parish
- Pfarre NöchlingNöchlingView parish
- Pfarre Ober-GrafendorfOber-GrafendorfView parish
- Pfarre ObergrünbachObergrünbachView parish
- Pfarre OberhöfleinOberhöfleinView parish
- Pfarre OberkirchenOberkirchenView parish
- Pfarre ObermeislingObermeislingView parish
- Pfarre ObermixnitzObermixnitzView parish
- Pfarre Oberndorf an der MelkOberndorf an der MelkView parish
- Pfarre OberstrahlbachOberstrahlbachView parish
- Pfarre OberwölblingOberwölblingView 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.