Diocese of Eisenstadt
Sideropolitan(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Eisenstadt, Austria
Latin-rite diocese covering the Austrian state of Burgenland, with origins as an apostolic administration in 1922, in the ecclesiastical province of Vienna. Its seat is the Martinsdom (St. Martin's Cathedral) in Eisenstadt. Bishop Aegidius Johann Zsifkovics has led the diocese since 9 July 2010.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 18 May 1922
- Latin
- Sideropolitan(us)
- Patron
- Saint Martin
- Annuario code
- 001001349
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 191,164
- Population
- 289,535
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 66.0%
- Priests
- 140
- Catholics per priest
- 1,365
- Extent
- 3,966 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 48
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Aegidius Johann Zsifkovics
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
St. Martin's Cathedral (Martinsdom), Eisenstadt stands in Eisenstadt, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Vienna
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Vienna.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of WienWien
- Diocese of LinzLinz
- Diocese of Sankt PöltenSankt Pölten
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
With its episcopal seat at Eisenstadt Cathedral, the Diocese of Eisenstadt (Latin: Dioecesis Sideropolitana) is a Latin Church see in the city of Eisenstadt, within Austria's ecclesiastical province of Vienna.
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The see's own website · Wikipedia
Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.