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 CanisiuskircheWienMass times recorded
- Pfarre Christus am WienerbergWienView parish
- Pfarre Cyrill und MethodWienMass times recorded
- Pfarre DeinzendorfDeinzendorfView parish
- Pfarre Der Weg JesuWienView parish
- Pfarre Deutsch-BrodersdorfDeutsch-BrodersdorfView parish
- Pfarre Deutsch-HaslauDeutsch-HaslauView parish
- Pfarre Deutsch-WagramDeutsch-WagramView parish
- Pfarre DobermannsdorfDobermannsdorfView parish
- Pfarre DonaufeldWienView parish
- Pfarre DornbachWienView parish
- Pfarre DrasenhofenDrasenhofenView parish
- Pfarre DreistettenDreistettenView parish
- Pfarre DrösingDrösingView parish
- Pfarre Dunkelstein-BlindendorfDunkelstein-BlindendorfView parish
- Pfarre Döbling-St. PaulWienView parish
- Pfarre DürnkrutDürnkrutView parish
- Pfarre EbenfurthEbenfurthView parish
- Pfarre EbenthalEbenthalView parish
- Pfarre EbreichsdorfEbreichsdorfView parish
- Pfarre EckartsauEckartsauView parish
- Pfarre Edlach an der RaxEdlach an der RaxView parish
- Pfarre EdlitzEdlitzView parish
- Pfarre EggendorfEggendorfView parish
- Pfarre Eggendorf am WaldeEggendorf am WaldeView parish
- Pfarre Eggendorf im ThaleEggendorf im ThaleView parish
- Pfarre EibesthalEibesthalView parish
- Pfarre EichenbrunnEichenbrunnView parish
- Pfarre Elsarn im StraßertalElsarn im StraßertalView parish
- Pfarre Emmaus am WienerbergWienView 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.