Diocese of Sankt Pölten
Sancti Hippolyti
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Sankt Pölten, Austria
Latin-rite diocese in Lower Austria, erected 28 January 1785 from territory of the Diocese of Passau, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Vienna. Its seat is the Cathedral of the Assumption (Dom Maria Himmelfahrt) in Sankt Poelten. Bishop Alois Schwarz, the 18th bishop of the see, was appointed 17 May 2018.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 28 January 1785
- Latin
- Sancti Hippolyti
- Patron
- Saint Hippolyte
- Annuario code
- 001002920
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 486,200
- Population
- 629,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 77.3%
- Priests
- 408
- Catholics per priest
- 1,192
- Extent
- 10,450 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 47
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
- Alois Schwarz
- Born
- 14 June 1952
- Birthplace
- Hollenthon
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
Cathedral of the Assumption (Dom Maria Himmelfahrt), Sankt Poelten stands in Sankt Pölten, 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 EisenstadtEisenstadt
- Diocese of LinzLinz
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The city of Sankt Pölten, in Austria's ecclesiastical province of Wien, is home to this Latin Church diocese, known in Latin as Dioecesis Sancti Hippolyti.
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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.