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Roman Catholic Diocese of Feldkirch

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Territory
  
Vorarlberg

Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Area
  
2,601 km²

Country
  
Austria

Metropolitan
  
Feldkirch

Rite
  
Roman Rite

Phone
  
+43 4355 2234850

Patron saint
  
Saint Nicholas

Roman Catholic Diocese of Feldkirch

Ecclesiastical province
  
Archdiocese of Salzburg

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2013) 373,849 247,436 (66.2%)

Address
  
Hirschgraben 2, 6800 Feldkirch, Austria

Similar
  
Diözesan Katholisc Kirche Vo, Caritas Vorarlberg, Kirchenb Feldkirch, lebensA Feldkirch, Vorarlber Nachricht

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.

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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: disattached 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)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Feldkirch Wikipedia
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