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 GaubitschGaubitschView parish
- Pfarre GaweinstalGaweinstalView parish
- Pfarre Gerasdorf bei WienGerasdorf bei WienView parish
- Pfarre GersthofWienView parish
- Pfarre GettsdorfGettsdorfView parish
- Pfarre GießhüblGießhüblView parish
- Pfarre GlaubendorfGlaubendorfView parish
- Pfarre GloggnitzGloggnitzView parish
- Pfarre GnadendorfGnadendorfView parish
- Pfarre GoggendorfGoggendorfView parish
- Pfarre GrafenbergGrafenbergView parish
- Pfarre GrafensulzGrafensulzView parish
- Pfarre GrafenwörthGrafenwörthView parish
- Pfarre GrillenbergGrillenbergView parish
- Pfarre GrinzingWienView parish
- Pfarre GroßGroßView parish
- Pfarre Groß-EnzersdorfGroß-EnzersdorfView parish
- Pfarre Groß-SchweinbarthGroß-SchweinbarthView parish
- Pfarre GroßebersdorfGroßebersdorfView parish
- Pfarre GroßengersdorfGroßengersdorfView parish
- Pfarre GroßharrasGroßharrasView parish
- Pfarre GroßinzersdorfGroßinzersdorfView parish
- Pfarre GroßjedlersdorfWienView parish
- Pfarre GroßkrutGroßkrutView parish
- Pfarre GroßmeiseldorfGroßmeiseldorfView parish
- Pfarre GroßmuglGroßmuglView parish
- Pfarre GroßnondorfGroßnondorfView parish
- Pfarre GroßriedenthalGroßriedenthalView parish
- Pfarre GroßrußbachGroßrußbachView parish
- Pfarre GroßstelzendorfGroßstelzendorfView 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.