Diocese immediately subject to the Holy See Sankt Gallen, Switzerland
Diocese of Sankt Gallen
Sancti Galli
Latin Church
Latin Catholic diocese covering the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland, erected in 1847 and immediately subject to the Holy See. Beat Grogli became bishop on 22 May 2025.
On the map
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- Established
- 1847
- Catholics
- 238,094
- Priests
- 78
- Territory
- 2,429 km²
Parishes and churches
144 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- St. JustusFlumsView parish
- St. Karl BorromausOberrietView parish
- St. Karl BorromäusErnetschwilView parish
- St. KilianBütschwilView parish
- St. KonradWittenbachView parish
- St. LaurentiusFlawilView parish
- St. Luzius und FlorinWalenstadtView parish
- St. MagdalenaUntereggenView parish
- St. MagnusRiedenView parish
- St. MargrethenSankt MargrethenView parish
- St. MariaSankt GallenView parish
- St. Maria MagdalenaZüberwangenView parish
- St. MartinWeesenView parish
- St. MartinJonschwilView parish
- St. MartinNiederwilView parish
- St. MartinSankt GallenView parish
- St. MartinSchwendeView parish
- St. MauritiusAppenzellView parish
- St. MauritiusGoldachView parish
- St. MichaelBergView parish
- St. MichaelEbnat-KappelView parish
- St. MichaelGaisView parish
- St. MichaelGamsView parish
- St. MichaelLütisburgView parish
- St. MichaelNiederbürenView parish
- St. NikolausAltstättenView parish
- St. NotkerHäggenschwilView parish
- St. Oswald und CassianSargansView parish
- St. OtmarAndwilView parish
- St. OtmarSankt GallenView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Beat Grögli
- Born
- 20 September 1970
- Birthplace
- Wil
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The cathedral
Cathedral of Saints Gall and Othmar stands in Sankt Gallen, 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
Though the region around St. Gallen served as a significant center of Christianity in medieval Europe, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint Gallen (Latin: Dioecesis Sangallensis, German: Bistum Sankt Gallen) was erected only in 1847. This Latin Catholic diocese in Switzerland matches the Canton of St. Gallen in extent, and its bishop also serves the cantons of Appenzell Ausserrhoden and Appenzell Innerrhoden as apostolic administrations. The episcopal see is St. Gallen Cathedral, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.