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 GroßweikersdorfGroßweikersdorfView parish
- Pfarre GroßwetzdorfGroßwetzdorfView parish
- Pfarre Grünbach am SchneebergGrünbach am SchneebergView parish
- Pfarre GschaidtGschaidtView parish
- Pfarre GumpendorfWienView parish
- Pfarre GumpoldskirchenGumpoldskirchenView parish
- Pfarre GuntersdorfGuntersdorfView parish
- Pfarre Guntramsdorf-St. JakobusGuntramsdorfView parish
- Pfarre Guntramsdorf-St. JosefGuntramsdorfView parish
- Pfarre GutensteinGutensteinView parish
- Pfarre GänserndorfGänserndorfView parish
- Pfarre GöllersdorfGöllersdorfView parish
- Pfarre Gösing am WagramGösing am WagramView parish
- Pfarre GöttlesbrunnGöttlesbrunnView parish
- Pfarre Göttliche BarmherzigkeitWienView parish
- Pfarre GünselsdorfGünselsdorfView parish
- Pfarre Hadersdorf am KampHadersdorf am KampView parish
- Pfarre HadresHadresView parish
- Pfarre HafnerbergHafnerbergView parish
- Pfarre HagenbergHagenbergView parish
- Pfarre Hainburg an der DonauHainburg an der DonauView parish
- Pfarre HaitzendorfHaitzendorfView parish
- Pfarre HanfthalHanfthalView parish
- Pfarre HaringseeHaringseeView parish
- Pfarre HarmannsdorfHarmannsdorfView parish
- Pfarre HaselbachNiederhollabrunnView parish
- Pfarre HaugsdorfHaugsdorfView parish
- Pfarre HausbrunnHausbrunnView parish
- Pfarre HauskirchenHauskirchenView parish
- Pfarre HausleitenHausleitenView 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.