Roman Catholic Diocese of Feldkirch

Diocese of Feldkirch Dioecesis Campitemplensis Diözese Feldkirch
Feldkirch Cathedral
Location
Country	Austria
Territory	Vorarlberg
Ecclesiastical province	Archdiocese of Salzburg
Metropolitan	Feldkirch
Statistics
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2013) 373,849 247,436 (66.2%)
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	December 8, 1968
Cathedral	Feldkirch Cathedral
Patron saint	Saint Nicholas
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Benno Elbs
Metropolitan Archbishop	Franz Lackner
Bishops emeritus	Elmar Fischer
Map
Website
Website of the Diocese

The Diocese of Feldkirch (Latin: Dioecesis Campitemplensis) is a 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, later Diocese of Innsbruck-Feldkirch
• December 8, 1968: detached from Innsbruck and established as Diocese of Feldkirch

Special churches

• Minor Basilicas:
  • Liebfrauenbasilika Rankweil, Rankweil, Vorarlberg

Leadership

• Bishops of Feldkirch (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Benno Elbs (since 2013.05.08)
  • Bishop Elmar Fischer (2005.05.24 – 2011.11.15)
  • Bishop Klaus Küng (1989.01.21 – 2004.10.07)
  • Bishop Bruno Wechner (1968.12.09 – 1989.01.21)

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Austria

External links

• GCatholic.org ^{[self-published]}
• Catholic Hierarchy ^{[self-published]}
• Diocese website