Austrian Bishops' Conference

The Austrian Bishops' Conference is an existing public corporation since 1849. Its members include all diocesan bishops, auxiliary bishops and the abbot of the Territorial Abbey Wettingen - Mehrerau. She is a member of the Council of European Bishops' Conferences.

Your task is to represent the Roman Catholic Church against the Austrian state. The bishops' conference is also responsible for official Catholic News Agency Kath Press. Secretary General of the Episcopal Conference is Peter Shipka (since 1 March 2011, elected for six years).

Members

  • Cardinal Christoph Schonborn OP, archbishop of Vienna, Chair of the Bishops' Conference: Chairman of the Doctrinal Commission and the Catechetical Commission, member of the Finance Committee, Agendas: Church and State, CCEE, ecumenism, Persecuted Christians, school, vocation director, Canisius work. Member of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the Congregation for the Oriental Churches and the Congregation for Catholic Education and the Pontifical Council for Culture and the Pontifical Commission for the Cultural Heritage of the Church and the Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization.
  • Franz Lackner, OFM, Archbishop of Salzburg, Agendas: Member of the Doctrinal Commission, Charismatic Renewal, church and sports.
  • Egon Kapellari, Diocesan Bishop of Graz- Seckau, Deputy Chairman of the Bishops' Conference, a member of the Finance Committee. Agendas: liturgy, culture, media, COMECE. Consultant to the Pontifical Commission for the Cultural Heritage of the Church.
  • Klaus Küng, Diocesan Bishop of St. Pölten, Chairman of the Finance Committee. Agendas: family, IMABE, life protection, Religious hospitals, Liturgy. Member of the Congregation for the Clergy, consultant to the Pontifical Council for the Family.
  • Christian Werner, Military Bishop of Austria and Titular Bishop of Wiener Neustadt, Agendas: Pastoral in railways and postal services, executive pastoral care, Catholic men's movement in Austria, religious communities, Catholic Media Academy.
  • Alois Schwarz, Diocesan Bishop of Gurk, a member of the Catechetical Commission Agendas: Chosen service, seminaries, General Pastoral, environment, Lay Apostolate, Little seminars.
  • Ludwig Schwarz SDB, Diocesan Bishop of Linz, Diaries: Mission and Development, Justice and Peace, corporate seminars Linz, Catholic Social Academy, Pro Europe; Member of belief and Finance Committees.
  • Manfred Scheuer, Diocesan Bishop of Innsbruck, Agendas: Member of the Doctrinal Commission, ecumenism, Adult Education, Caritas, Pax Christi Austria.
  • Giles J. Zsifkovics, Diocesan Bishop of Eisenstadt, Agendas: Bauorden, Roma and Sinti.
  • Benno Elbs Diözesanabischof of Feldkirch
  • Anselm van der Linde OCist, abbot of Wettingen - Mehrerau, Diaries: Member of the Catechetical Commission.
  • Andreas Laun, OSFS, Auxiliary Bishop of Salzburg and Titular Bishop of Libertina, a member of the Doctrinal Commission, Diaries: Religious movements, life protection, Austrian library work. Consultant to the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers.
  • Franz Scharl, Auxiliary Bishop of Vienna and Titular Bishop of Ierafi; Member of the Catechetical Commission Agendas: Foreign ministry.
  • Anton Easy Fried, Auxiliary Bishop of St. Pölten and Titular Bishop of Rufiniana, Unit: Sanctified service ( with: priests, priest training, priests ' councils, " Distributio Cleri " permanent deacons, training of deacons ); Austrian Catholic Biblical Association; Theological correspondence course.
  • Stephan Turnovszky, Auxiliary Bishop of Vienna and Titular Bishop of Ancusa, Diaries: Children and Youth Ministry.

Former members

The following bishops, mostly, covered their functions for reasons of age and are therefore no longer members of the Austrian Bishops' Conference ( in alphabetical order):

  • Maximilian Aichern OSB ( born December 26, 1932), Diözseanbischof of Linz 1982-2005
  • Georg Eder ( born March 6, 1928), Archbishop of Salzburg from 1989 to 2002
  • Heinrich Fasching ( born May 24, 1929), Auxiliary Bishop of St. Pölten 1993-2004
  • Elmar Fischer ( born October 6, 1936), bishop of Feldkirch 2005-2011.
  • Paul Iby (born 23 January 1935), Diocesan Bishop of Eisenstadt 1992-2010
  • Alois Kothgasser SDB, Bishop of Innsbruck 1997-2002, Archbishop of Salzburg 2003-2013
  • Helmut Krätzl ( born October 23, 1931) Auxiliary Bishop of Vienna 1977-2008
  • Kassian Kaiserslautern OCist (born 29 January 1934), abbot of Wettingen - Mehrerau 1968-2009
  • Johann Weber ( born April 26, 1927), Diocesan Bishop of Graz- Seckau 1969 to 2001, Chairman of the Austrian Bishops' Conference from 1995 to 1998

Chairman

  • Theodor Cardinal Innitzer, Archbishop of Vienna
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  • Franz Cardinal König, Archbishop of Vienna (1973-1985)
  • Karl Berg, Archbishop of Salzburg (1985-1989)
  • Hans Hermann Cardinal Groër OSB, Archbishop of Vienna (1989-1995)
  • Johann Weber, Bishop of Graz- Seckau (1995-1998)
  • Cardinal Christoph Schonborn OP, archbishop of Vienna (since 1998)
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