Roman Catholic Diocese of Sankt Pölten

Diocese of Sankt Pölten Dioecesis Sancti Hippolyti
Dom Mariä Himmelfahrt (Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary)
Location
Country	Austria
Territory	Lower Austria
Ecclesiastical province	Archdiocese of Vienna
Metropolitan	Sankt Pölten
Population - Catholics	(as of 2004) 566,679
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	January 28, 1785
Cathedral	Dom of St. Pölten (Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary)
Patron saint	Saint Hippolyte
Current leadership
Pope	Benedict XVI
Bishop	Klaus Küng Bishop of St. Pölten Kurt Krenn (em.)
Metropolitan Archbishop	Christoph Schönborn, OP Archbishop of Vienna
Auxiliary Bishop	Most Rev. Anton Leichtfried Most Rev. Heinrich Fasching (em.)
Map
Website
dsp.at

The Diocese of Sankt Pölten (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Hippolyti) is a diocese located in the city of Sankt Pölten in the Ecclesiastical province of Wien in Austria.

History

• January 28, 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 Klaus Küng (since 2004.10.07)
  • 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

Source

• Giga-Catholic Information
• Catholic Hierarchy
• Diocese website