Metropolitan see Wien, Austria
Archdiocese of Wien
Viennen(sis) seu Vindobonen(sis)
Latin Church
Latin-rite metropolitan archdiocese of the Austrian capital, a diocese since 1469, whose province includes Eisenstadt, Linz and Sankt Poelten. Its seat is St. Stephen's Cathedral (Stephansdom) in Vienna. Josef Gruenwidl, appointed by Pope Leo XIV on 17 October 2025 and ordained and installed on 24 January 2026, is the 33rd Archbishop of Vienna, succeeding Cardinal Christoph Schoenborn.
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- Established
- 1469
- Catholics
- 1,156,923
- Priests
- 1,047
- Territory
- 9,100 km²
Parishes and churches
599 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Pfarre RetzRetzView parish
- Pfarre RingelsdorfRingelsdorfView parish
- Pfarre RodaunWienView parish
- Pfarre Rohr im GebirgeRohr im GebirgeView parish
- Pfarre RohrauRohrauView parish
- Pfarre RohrbachZiersdorfView parish
- Pfarre RoseldorfRoseldorfView parish
- Pfarre RossauWienView parish
- Pfarre RupperthalRupperthalView parish
- Pfarre RöschitzRöschitzView parish
- Pfarre SandleitenWienView parish
- Pfarre Sankt Corona am WechselSankt Corona am WechselView parish
- Pfarre SarasdorfSarasdorfView parish
- Pfarre ScharndorfScharndorfView parish
- Pfarre ScheiblingkirchenScheiblingkirchenView parish
- Pfarre ScheuchensteinScheuchensteinView parish
- Pfarre SchleinbachSchleinbachView parish
- Pfarre SchmelzWienView parish
- Pfarre SchottenfeldWienView parish
- Pfarre SchrattenbergSchrattenbergView parish
- Pfarre SchrattenthalSchrattenthalView parish
- Pfarre SchrickSchrickView parish
- Pfarre SchwadorfSchwadorfView parish
- Pfarre Schwarzau am SteinfeldSchwarzau am SteinfeldView parish
- Pfarre Schwarzau im GebirgeSchwarzau im GebirgeView parish
- Pfarre SchwarzenbachSchwarzenbachView parish
- Pfarre SchwarzlackenauWienView parish
- Pfarre SchwechatSchwechatView parish
- Pfarre Schönau an der TriestingSchönau an der TriestingView parish
- Pfarre SchöngrabernSchöngrabernView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Josef Gruenwidl
- Born
- 22 January 1945
- Birthplace
- Skalsko
- Institute
- FRATI PREDICATORI (DOMENICANI) (O.P.)
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The cathedral
St. Stephen's Cathedral (Stephansdom), Vienna stands in Wien, 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
Founded as the Diocese of Vienna on 18 January 1469 out of the Diocese of Passau, and raised to an archdiocese on 1 June 1722, Vienna (Latin: Archidioecesis Viennensis) is a Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Austria. Its episcopal seat is the cathedral of St. Stephen in Vienna, and as metropolitan it presides over three suffragan sees: the dioceses of Eisenstadt, Linz, and Sankt Pölten.