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 ObritzbergObritzberg-RustView parish
- Pfarre OedOed-OehlingView parish
- Pfarre OllernOllernView parish
- Pfarre OllersbachOllersbachView parish
- Pfarre OpponitzOpponitzView parish
- Pfarre OttenschlagOttenschlagView parish
- Pfarre Paudorf-GöttweigPaudorfView parish
- Pfarre Pernegg in NiederösterreichPerneggView parish
- Pfarre PersenbeugPersenbeug-GottsdorfView parish
- Pfarre PetzenkirchenPetzenkirchenView parish
- Pfarre PfaffenschlagPfaffenschlag bei Waidhofen an der ThayaView parish
- Pfarre PischingPischingView parish
- Pfarre Plank am KampPlank am KampView parish
- Pfarre PlankensteinTexingtalView parish
- Pfarre PleissingPleissingView parish
- Pfarre PottenbrunnSt. Pölten-PottenbrunnView parish
- Pfarre Puch in NÖPuchView parish
- Pfarre PuchenstubenPuchenstubenView parish
- Pfarre PurgstallPurgstall an der ErlaufView parish
- Pfarre PurkKottes-PurkView parish
- Pfarre Pyhra bei St. PöltenPyhraView parish
- Pfarre PöbringArtstetten-PöbringView parish
- Pfarre PöchlarnPöchlarnView parish
- Pfarre PöggstallPöggstallView parish
- Pfarre Raabs an der ThayaRaabs an der ThayaView parish
- Pfarre Rabenstein an der PielachRabenstein an der PielachView parish
- Pfarre RamsauRamsauView parish
- Pfarre RandeggRandeggView parish
- Pfarre RappoltenkirchenRappoltenkirchenView parish
- Pfarre RappottensteinRappottensteinView 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.