Roman Catholic Diocese Of Feldkirch
The Diocese of Feldkirch (Latin: Dioecesis Campitemplensis) is a Latin Church diocese located in the city of Feldkirch, Vorarlberg, in the ecclesiastical province of Salzburg in Austria.
History
- until the 19th century: part of the Swabian Dioceses of the Catholic Church: Constance, Augsburg
- then attached to the (Tyrolean and thus Austrian) Diocese of Brixen after the split-up of the Holy Roman Empire
- came with the Austrian part of Brixen to the Apostolic Administrature (1921), later (1964) Diocese of Innsbruck-Feldkirch
- 8 December 1968: detached from Innsbruck and established as Diocese of Feldkirch
Special churches
- Minor Basilicas:
- Liebfrauenbasilika Rankweil, Rankweil, Vorarlberg
Bishops of Feldkirch
- Bruno Wechner (9 December 1968 – 21 January 1989)
- Klaus Küng (21 January 1989 – 7 October 2004)
- Elmar Fischer (24 May 2005 – 15 November 2011)
- Benno Elbs (since 8 May 2013)