Archdiocese of Vaduz
Vadutien(sis)
Archdiocese immediately subject to the Holy See · Latin Church · Vaduz, Liechtenstein
Latin archdiocese comprising the whole Principality of Liechtenstein, erected on 2 December 1997 by Pope John Paul II from the Swiss Diocese of Chur and immediately subject to the Holy See. Its cathedral is the Cathedral of St. Florin in Vaduz; the see is vacant, with Bishop Benno Elbs as apostolic administrator since September 2023.
The see
- Rank
- Archdiocese immediately subject to the Holy See
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 2 December 1997
- Latin
- Vadutien(sis)
- Patron
- Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary; Saints Lucius and Florin
- Annuario code
- 001000061
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 27,279
- Population
- 35,894
- Catholic share
- 76.0%
- Priests
- 23
- Catholics per priest
- 1,186
- Extent
- 160 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 170
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
The register holds no ordinary for this see. Where a chair is vacant the vacancy is the fact, and it is recorded rather than filled in. See the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of St. Florin, Vaduz stands in Vaduz, 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
Erected in 1997, the Archdiocese of Vaduz (Latin: Archidioecesis Vaduzensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church whose territory takes in the whole Principality of Liechtenstein.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].