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 KleinhadersdorfKleinhadersdorfView parish
- Pfarre KleinharrasKleinharrasView parish
- Pfarre KleinhöfleinKleinhöfleinView parish
- Pfarre KleinriedenthalKleinriedenthalView parish
- Pfarre KleinschweinbarthKleinschweinbarthView parish
- Pfarre KleinwilfersdorfKleinwilfersdorfView parish
- Pfarre Klosterneuburg-St. LeopoldKlosterneuburgView parish
- Pfarre Klosterneuburg-St. MartinKlosterneuburgView parish
- Pfarre Klosterneuburg-StiftspfarreKlosterneuburgView parish
- Pfarre KordonWienView parish
- Pfarre KorneuburgKorneuburgView parish
- Pfarre KottingbrunnKottingbrunnView parish
- Pfarre KottingneusiedlKottingneusiedlView parish
- Pfarre KritzendorfKritzendorfView parish
- Pfarre KronbergKronbergView parish
- Pfarre KrumbachKrumbachView parish
- Pfarre Königsbrunn am WagramKönigsbrunn am WagramView parish
- Pfarre Laa an der ThayaLaa an der ThayaView parish
- Pfarre Laab im WaldeLaab im WaldeView parish
- Pfarre Laaer BergWienView parish
- Pfarre LadendorfLadendorfView parish
- Pfarre LainzWienView parish
- Pfarre LandstraßeWienView parish
- Pfarre Langenzersdorf-DirnelwieseLangenzersdorfView parish
- Pfarre Langenzersdorf-St. KatharinaLangenzersdorfView parish
- Pfarre LanzenkirchenLanzenkirchenView parish
- Pfarre LasseeLasseeView parish
- Pfarre LaxenburgLaxenburgView parish
- Pfarre LeitzersdorfLeitzersdorfView parish
- Pfarre LeobendorfLeobendorfView 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.