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.

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.

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