Roman Catholic Diocese of Sankt Pölten

The Diocese of Sankt Pölten (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Hippolyti) is a Latin Church diocese located in the city of Sankt Pölten in the ecclesiastical province of Wien in Austria.

Diocese of Sankt Pölten Dioecesis Sancti Hippolyti Diözese St. Pölten
Sankt Pölten Cathedral Dom Mariä Himmelfahrt (Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary)
Coat of arms
Location
Country	Austria
Territory	Lower Austria
Ecclesiastical province	Archdiocese of Vienna
Metropolitan	Sankt Pölten
Statistics
Area	10,450 km2 (4,030 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2017) 629,000 501,221 (79.7%)
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	January 28, 1785
Cathedral	Sankt Pölten Cathedral
Patron saint	Saint Hippolyte
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Alois Schwarz
Metropolitan Archbishop	Christoph Schönborn
Auxiliary Bishops	Anton Leichtfried
Bishops emeritus	Klaus Küng
Map
Website
Website of the Diocese

History

• 28 January 1785: Established as Diocese of Sankt Pölten from the Diocese of Passau, Germany and Diocese of Wiener Neustadt

Special churches

• Minor Basilicas:
  • Basilika Maria Taferl, Maria Taferl, Niederösterreich
  • Basilika Unserer Lieben Frau, Geras, Niederösterreich
  • Hl. Dreifaltigkeit, Sonntagberg, Niederösterreich
  • Maria Dreieichen «ad tres Quercus», Dreieichen, Niederösterreich
  • Stift Lilienfeld, Lilienfeld, Niederösterreich

Leadership

• Bishops of Sankt Pölten (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Alois Schwarz (since 2018.07.01)
  • Bishop Klaus Küng (2004.10.07 - 2018.07.01)
  • Bishop Kurt Krenn (1991.07.11 – 2004.10.07)
  • Bishop Franz Žak (1961.10.01 – 1991.07.11)
  • Bishop Michael Memelauer (1927.04.18 – 1961.09.30)
  • Bishop Johannes Baptist Rößler (1894.01.05 – 1927.01.04)
  • Bishop Matthäus Joseph Binder (1872.10.07 – 1893.08.14)
  • Bishop Joseph Feßler (1864.09.23 – 1872.04.23)
  • Bishop Ignaz Feigerle (1851.12.02 – 1863.09.27)
  • Bishop Anton Alois Buchmayer (1842.12.28 – 1851.09.02)
  • Bishop Michael Johann Wagner (1835.11.16 – 1842.10.23)
  • Bishop Johann Michael Leonhard (1835.02.20 – 1835.11.19)
  • Bishop Jakob Frint (1827.01.02 – 1834.10.11)
  • Bishop Joseph Chrysostomus Pauer (1823.11.10 – 1826.12.19)
  • Bishop Johann Nepomuk Ritter von Dankesreither (1816.06.30 – 1823.06.10)
  • Bishop Godfried Joseph Crüts van Creits (1806.03.14 – 1815.04.05)
  • Archbishop Sigismund Anton Graf von Hohenwart, S.J. (1794.01.10 – 1803.06.20)
  • Bishop Johann Heinrich von Kerens, S.J. (1785.02.14 – 1792.11.26)

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Austria

Links

• Diocesan website
•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Diocese of Wiener-Neustadt". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.