Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vienna

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vienna (Latin: Archidioecesis Viennensis immersive Vindobonensis ) is located in northeastern Austria. Since September 14, 1995, it is headed by Archbishop Christoph Schönborn, who is also a Cardinal since 1998.

History

Originally the territory of the present archdiocese was subordinate to the Diocese of Passau, founded in 739, some parishes in the south of Lower Austria belonged to the Archdiocese of Salzburg. The efforts of Leopold VI. , To establish its own diocese in Vienna at the beginning of the 13th century, failed due to the intervention of the Bishop of Passau.

Duke Rudolf IV began to expand the St. Stephen's Church to a Gothic cathedral. In 1358 he built the Chapel of All Saints in the Hofburg a collegiate, which relocated in 1365 to the Church of St. Stephen; 1469, this pin was created using the collection to the diocese of a cathedral chapter.

Only the Habsburgs under Emperor Friedrich III. succeeded in 1469 in obtaining from Pope Paul II in the papal bull supramae dignitatis specula that the bishoprics of Vienna and Wiener Neustadt built in Austria. This bull also the Roman Emperor and his successors were given the right to use the bishops, a right which is exercised by the Austrian emperor until 1918.

The diocese included only the urban area of ​​Vienna and handed in the south to Mödling. The first bishop Leo of Spaur has his office probably never exercised. Because the diocese was considered poor, it was administered to 1513 only by administrators. Only George Slatkonia actually resided in Vienna.

In the following years the church life was weakened by the first Turkish siege of Vienna in 1529 and the spread of Protestantism. Especially the hl. Peter Canisius ( administrator 1554-1555 ) and Cardinal Melchior Klesl ( Bishop of 1598-1630 ) promoted the Counter-Reformation.

1631 Ferdinand II gave to Bishop Anton Wolfradt and all successors to the imperial prince title she led as Archbishop of Vienna until 1918.

Under the episcopate of Sigismund Graf von Kollonitz Vienna on June 1, 1722 by Pope Innocent XIII. with the Bull Suprema dispositione elevated to the rank of archdiocese. But the bull was brought to Vienna only on 14 February 1723. The Diocese of Wiener Neustadt was a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Vienna. From the Diocese of Passau in 1729, the district came under the Vienna Woods ( with the parishes between Vienna and Wiener Neustadt) to the new archdiocese.

Emperor Joseph II forced the diocese of Passau with an agreement dated August 4, 1784 to surrender their parishes in Lower Austria. This came under Bishop Christoph Anton Graf Migazzi the district under the Manhart mountain ( with the parishes north of Vienna ), 5 parishes in the Diocese of Raab (Győr ) in Hungary and the diocese in 1785 resolved Wiener Neustadt to the diocesan territory. The newly established diocese of Linz and St. Pölten Vienna were assumed as suffragan sees.

On September 2, 1937, lying in the parishes of Czechoslovakia came to Feldberg ( Czech Valtice ) to the Diocese of Brno.

From 1922 to 1949, the archbishops of Vienna were also Apostolic Administrator of Burgenland. Built in 1960, the Diocese of Eisenstadt was also suffragan of Vienna.

Metopolitankirche is the St. Stephen's Cathedral, which is dedicated to St. Stephen.

Former archbishops

• Cardinal Theodor Innitzer (1932-1955)
• Cardinal Franz König (1956-1986)
• Cardinal Hans Hermann Groër (1986-1995)

See also: Bishops and Archbishops of Vienna

Structure

It is divided into three curacies:

• Vicariate of Vienna city includes the urban district of Vienna ( Episcopal Vicar Dariusz Schutzki CR)
• Vicariate under the Manhartsberg the northern part of the Archdiocese ( Episcopal Vicar Bishop Stephan Turnovszky )
• Vicariate under the Wienerwald the southern part ( Episcopal Vicar Rupert Stadler ).

As a suffragan of the Archdiocese are subject to:

• Diocese of Eisenstadt
• Diocese of Linz
• Diocese of St. Pölten

In addition, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Vienna is also the diocesan bishop for the Catholics of the Byzantine Rite in Austria:

• Ukrainian Greek Catholic parish of St. Barbara to central Vienna

Cathedral chapter

The metropolitan and cathedral chapter of St. Stephan currently consists of the following priests:

• Provost Ernst Pucher
• Domdekan Episcopal Vicar Karl Rühringer
• Domkustos Josef Weismayer
• Cathedral Priest Anton Faber
• Auxiliary Bishop Franz Scharl
• Bishop Stephan Turnovszky
• Ordinariate Chancellor Walter Mick
• Episcopal Vicar Matthias Roch
• Franz Schuster
• Caritas director Michael Landau
• Vicar General Nikolaus Krasa
• Rudolf Prokschi

Ehrendomherren are:

• Edward J. Daniel SAC
• Wolfgang Flasch
• Josef Gassler
• Heinrich Hahn
• Amadeus Hörschläger OCist
• Josef Kollmayer
• Willibald Steiner
• Josef Neubauer

Emeritus canons:

• Karl Hoff Egger
• Auxiliary Bishop em. Helmut Krätzl
• Franz Merschl
• Rudolf Trpin
• Josef Toth
• Michael Wilhelm
• Michael Scharf

Personalities

• St. Severin (c. 410; † January 8 482 ) Apostle of Noricum
• St. Leopold (* 1073, † November 15, 1136 ) Margrave, patron of Lower Austria, Upper Austria and Vienna
• St. John of Capistrano (* June 24, 1386, † October 23, 1456 ) preacher
• Blessed Marco d' Aviano (* 1631, † 1699) preacher, Capuchin, Savior of Vienna
• Abraham a Sancta Clara (* July 2, 1644; † December 1, 1709 in Vienna), preacher and writer
• St. Clement Mary Hofbauer ( born December 26, 1751 † March 15 1820 in Vienna) preacher and a Redemptorist Patron Saint of Vienna