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 Wohnpark AlterlaaWienView parish
- Pfarre Wolfpassing an der HochleithenWolfpassing an der HochleithenView parish
- Pfarre WolfsgrabenWolfsgrabenView parish
- Pfarre WolfsthalWolfsthalView parish
- Pfarre Wolkersdorf im WeinviertelWolkersdorf im WeinviertelView parish
- Pfarre WopfingWopfingView parish
- Pfarre WullersdorfWullersdorfView parish
- Pfarre WultendorfWultendorfView parish
- Pfarre WulzeshofenWulzeshofenView parish
- Pfarre WähringWienView parish
- Pfarre WöllersdorfWöllersdorfView parish
- Pfarre WürflachWürflachView parish
- Pfarre WürnitzWürnitzView parish
- Pfarre ZellerndorfZellerndorfView parish
- Pfarre ZemlingZemlingView parish
- Pfarre ZiersdorfZiersdorfView parish
- Pfarre ZillingdorfZillingdorfView parish
- Pfarre ZistersdorfZistersdorfView parish
- Pfarre ZlabernZlabernView parish
- Pfarre Zu allen HeiligenWienView parish
- Pfarre Zum guten Hirten im SteinfeldSollenauView parish
- Pfarre Zum Göttlichen WortWienView parish
- Pfarre Zum Hl. Klaus von FlüeWienView parish
- Pfarre Zur frohen BotschaftWienView parish
- Pfarre Zur Göttlichen LiebeWienView parish
- Pfarre ZwerndorfZwerndorfView parish
- Pfarre ZwingendorfZwingendorfView parish
- Pfarre ZwölfaxingZwölfaxingView parish
- Pfarre ZöbernZöbernView 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.